We got our first significant snow of the winter last night, finally giving me the chance to blow with my new setup. I found myself a little underwhelmed with the throwing distance, though... We had 12-14" of light/sticky snow. I was running at ~3000rpm, low range, cutting about 3/4 the width if the blower and going as fast as I could without any snow spilling over the sides of the blower. Maybe a slow walking pace. The blower was throwing the snow about 20 feet. Normal? Everything is new and seems to be working properly, no broken shear pins, etc.