Snowseb, I keep coming back to this thread to see what others are saying because I have not had this problem and most of what I deal with is fairly heavy snow (we rarely get powder snow on the south edge of Lake Michigan). For the past 2 seasons I've used a Buhler Farm King 60" snowblower. Prior to that I used a 54" front mount Cub Cadet blower for 9 years (acutally that is still used, but now at my office instead of at home). I can never remember either unit clogging up for me under any condition (except that time I wrapped a garden hose around the auger /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif )
I went out last night and looked very carefully at the design of my blower. First thing I noticed is my discharge chute is shorter than yours is. Much shorter looking in fact.
Also, I never wax, WD40 or PAM my discharge chute. (well I do WD40 the whole unit at the end of the season before I put it away)
My chute never clogged for me, but when I blow the really heavy slush it seems to flow out of the chute like water from a hose without much pressure. It simply spills the slush over to the side, throwing it maybe 5' to 7' off to whichever side the chute is aimed. I guess I wonder if the length of your chute is a large part of the problem as the snow in contact with chute itself would create friction and slow down the movement of the snow to a point that it simply clogs???
I'm wondering if other folks who have clogging problems with wet snow have tall chutes like yours?
EDIT: Snowseb, one more thing I noticed about the design of your snowblower. The fan is blowing snow up a square shaft into a round tube which then goes back into a square shaped chute. I think the transition from that round transition to the squared off chute may be where you lose some velocity and that may cause the snow to clog down into the round part? On my blower, the design is slightly different, the fan blows snow up in a square through a round transition, but the chute is NOT square. The metal chute has several folds in it to more closely mimic the round transition so the snow doesn't get a chance to spread out to fill the back of the chute like yours does. I also checked my Cub Cadet, it has a rounded chute as well, and it does not rise in a vertical like yours does, it starts out with a slope to direct the snow right from the start. I've attached a diagram of the Buhler Farm King blower, you can see the rear of chute is shaped to more closely match the round transition, further, it also starts out with a slope/angle instead of a straight rise before it diverts the snow in any direction.
You might consider simply shortening your chute? Or if possible, shortening and reshaping the rear of it?
