Recent content by Zara13

Thanks everyone, especially leonz! I get it now. I am going to try it by myself first. No more snow for about a week but single digit temps. I do have bad knees but I've been down on the ground several times trying to figure out where the lock nuts were. The manual was not helpful to me...

My skids are off at the moment. Doesn't make any difference. What you suggest is exactly what I want to do. If I understand the manual that's what they want me to do until the blade, in the up position, is 5 inches off the pavement. For me that's 1/2 inch so it should make a difference. Does...

You're right...sorry. The manual also says that with the blower blade in the raised position there should be 5 inches between the blade and the ground. My blade is too high per the manual. I don't know if this matters or not but what I can clearly see is that when in the down position the...

With the skid shoes off the blade does still not touch the ground or even at 1/8 above it as the manual says. I can literally bounce the snow blower up and down from the front! I want to leave no more than 1/8 to 1/2 on the ground. I suspect, as you say, that Lift the blower by hand...I can...

The 44 inch snow blower I use on my X390 does not seem to scrape snow well. I measured the blade per the manual and it's supposed to be 5 inches above the ground but mine is at 5.25. When the auger engages I can see that the blade seems to lift a bit so there is no firm contact with the...