Supposed to stop snow from building up inside the blower/chute area. Mostly for the warmer wet sticky stuff that clings to your shovel.
I just went to TSC and picked up a can of Blaster/Silicone and sprayed the inside real good. We'll see what happens. My "Mut" (Diesel) is waiting for me to start the blower so he can bark at it! He barks at everything! Even when we start the washer, he'll stand there and bark at it!
What Lyle said! Actually I keep the other Blaster, PB rust breaker/penetrating spray... I didn't have a can of the silicone, but now that you mention it...
I snow blow through the yard. View from the deck. Cleared path turns left along screen house, then left back to the woodyard.
I might have found an extension cord with the blower once. Dang, that thing wrapped TIGHT around the auger! A coworker years ago grabbed an outside spigot with the auger, about 8’ of copper came with it! And there were waterworks in the basement. He was not happy that I got a good laugh in about it!
It really does work well with sticky snow until lubricant wear off which happens faster then you think..
I ran over a large plastic trash can lid once! Ended up burying the housing in snow and burning it out with a propane torch.
I Just found a Tennis ball from the pups the other day , Nothing hurt but it flung it pretty good! Looked pretty neat flying out of the chute! Came out with a good "Thump" though...
When I first got my current snowblower about 15 years ago, my son somehow found a piece of loose firewood in the driveway. It must have slipped out the stack nearby. The sheer pins did not sheer. The augers got bent pretty good and it snapped the governor shaft. We've been much more careful since that happened, though I have also picked up tennis balls and newspapers and one year I caught the corner of a tarp. That was a mess.
Picking up a prescription for my wife at Marc's (discount store) today...See a small Snowblower sitting in the closeout section for $199.00, take a look and head out toward the door. Couldn't leave without, so I got a cart and went back in. Seems like a decent deal and I can use it to clear the concrete part of my driveway and sidewalk.
