Rear Blade Rubber cutting edge for rear blade.

dodge man · Jan 14, 2009

I thought I would post a little feedback on the rubber edge I installed on my rear blade for snow removal. I have a ashalt drive. We have had a couple of snows, 3-4 inches, to try it out. It works well. When I first installed it I didn't think I would like it. On dry pavement or a very small amount of snow it tends to skip along and vibrate. Now that we have gotten a little more snow it doesn't do that. The edge has a squeegge affect and it helps scraoe of the slight imperfections in the drive and get the snow off. I have also filled some cracks over the years and I am hopefull it won't pop out the crack filler like the steel edge has been. I have also found out it doesn't seem to matter if you run the snow over first. It still cleans the snow off well. In other words, I haven't found the need to plow the snow backwards.
I have also learned some tricks for using the rear blade. You learn where the edge of the blade plows compared to your front tires. Now I rarely have to turn around an look at it. The only problem I can see with a rear blade, it looks like snow would go over the top if you had more than 6 inches on the ground.

actionaj · Jan 14, 2009

I used a piece of 1" thick mine belt it worked really well. But it is kind of hard to cut and to work with as far as mounting.

2manyrocks · Jan 16, 2009

I guess it would stink and ruin the tip, but I suppose the holes could be made with a soldering gun and then throw the tip away. Maybe another way would be a small hole saw with an abrasive tip to grind through it. Or for that matter, there are those burr tips used in die grinders.

sld · Jan 16, 2009

I have not done it yet, but I want to sharpen the edge of a metal tube, heat it up and press it thru the rubber. I have one of the harbor freight 20 ton presses and I bet the hot tube would go right thru the rubber.

Ya think?

tommu56 · Jan 16, 2009

You can drill the holes with a drill or punch with an arch punch
Make a punch cut some tube with the size you want the hole on the inside chuck it up in a drill press with it running and file the outside to a sharp taper like a knife edge.
put it rubber on a end grain soft wood block and hammer it though.

tom

am122 · Jan 16, 2009

Use a paddle bit in the drill it works great.

Baby Grand · Jan 17, 2009

I made an edge out of an old tire. Cut it up with a reciprocating saw & drilled the holes with my grandfather's old brace and bit. Worked out O.K.

Wish Poppy could have seen the whole production. He loved making useful things out of other people's scrap. >>sniff<<

Now I'm thinking of that John Prine song:

Grandpa wore his suit to dinner
Nearly every day
No particular reason
He just dressed that way
Brown necktie and a matching vest
And both his wingtip shoes
He built a closet on our back porch
And put a penny in a burned out fuse.

Chorus:
Grandpa was a carpenter
He built houses stores and banks
Chain smoked camel cigarettes
And hammered nails in planks
He was level on the level
And shaved even every door
And voted for eisenhower
cause lincoln won the war.

Well, he used to sing me blood on the saddle
And rock me on his knee
And let me listen to radio
Before we got t.v.
Well, hed drive to church on sunday
And take me with him too!
Stained glass in every window
Hearing aids in every pew.

Repeat chorus:

Now my grandma was a teacher
Went to school in bowling green
Traded in a milking cow
For a singer sewing machine
She called her husband mister
And walked real tall in pride
And used to buy me comic books
After grandpa died.

Repeat chorus

-Jim