Oil the Splitter Beam: Yes or No

A little wipe of grease under the beam at the contact points and keeping the beam free from rust is what I do.

 

I'll put some oil on bare metal to hopefully slow rust when not being used.
I like STP oil treatment anywhere you might use white lube as it lasts a LOT longer. It's a little 'sticky' though which is a plus except for on maybe downhill racer wheel shafts where you want 'slippery' for max speed.

I sprayed my snow blower chute with Pam and then found a silicon spray that worked even better. When it was new, as it clogged something fierce. But I found as the paint faded and became less shiny it also became less 'sticky' and don't need to spray it any more as it no longer 'sticks'.

 

I didn't have any snow sticking to the snowblower chute this year. I'll see if it does if it ever snows.

 

I got to try out a 36" 15HP snow beast snowblower that i picked on the cheap week or so ago. 6 forward speeds which start at a fair pace and proceed to Telsa ludicrous. Add a sticking clutch lever and it was likely worth of a showing on funniest videos. Then there is the fact that most of the gymnastic one would use the parallel bars for can be done on the handle bars by me, yep, I do not weight enough to leverage the front off the ground so I just sorta got dragged around by it. Almost took a tire off the truck with the toothed low speed auger section because of said lever. On a good note what was taking 2.5 hrs with my 40+ year old 5 hp snapper took apx 30 minutes with the beast.

 

My grandson has two of those dinosaurs costumes.

 

Snow beast blower- I am not sure of the smaller size -maybe 30" butt , there are 2 models larger than mine one at 48". As to oil on splitter beam just keep rust at bay. Tried some dry lubricant didn't seem to make any difference, coventional oil or grease just gets all over my clothes so I do not bother with it.

 

Next time you need to use it, just put on a pair of these.

And make sure to get it on video.

 

that would slick,but no independent control for left and right side drive wheels. Likely end up spraying the neighbors hay bales all over.

 

Lol. That reminds me of a fella that told me he tried to spread a pile of horse manure with a snowblower. I guess it didn’t go that well.

 

Snow blowers are a touchy subject for me and my wife haha. Years ago I HAD to have a new one because my 30 plus year old one could fail. I bought a 36" commercial with on board electric start, electric chute rotation, heated handlebars, lights bla bla bla... dealer had to get it from Colorado. I tested it and put it's battery In the garden tractor, gave it a coat of wax and we forked it up on the pallet rack. Might be 20 years now and it's never seen snow. I've moved on to tractors and the old one is on reserve duty. So if anyone runs into my wife...bring up the subject....the eye will start twitching, veins will pop out. Ya get the picture?

 

I have a 4000 watt genny sitting on the pallet shelves here at shop. never been fueled or run & also at 20+ years residing up there. Rabbit nest and snow blower -they went through without a hitch, wasn't the intent as I was knocking down a large overgrown flower bed at the request( ?) of the enlightened one. All that 15ft dia circle ever did was grow weeds, middle of circular drive. Wasn't allowed to pave it over.

 

Hey Keith, don't you still have a gas powered winch laying around somewhere too?

 

Gas, diesel, electric, steam, hydraulic...how am I doing?

 

We do that on flanged pipe fittings if we grind the surfaces but do have room to bring them inside. It last a few days.

 

Well......that's not even the tip of the iceberg. My mechanical hoarding is somewhat out of control.