Snow buildup

[finn1]

Another vote for a semi heated garage. I run the wood stove during the day. The tractor is at the far end, three stalls from the heat source, but it stays warm enough there, along with the residual engine heat, to melt most of the snow off the blower overnight.

Had to fire up the salamander for an hour or so after one particularly bad storm last year, though.

Side benefit is that the cab warms up quickly, too.

 

[dj1701]

Update,

I told my friend about Fluid film. He tried it on his Cub Cadet snow blower, and it got all clogged up. Now I wonder if this is going to happen to me too.
I already sprayed my plow and snow blower. I have not had the chance to use them yet.

 

[Doofy]

I use Fluid Film on my Snowblower and it has worked wonderfully. No clogs and greater distance when throwing.

 

[PILOON]

What I did is to heat and form poly liners for my snow chute elements.
Today I blew the first seasons (12 ins) of crappy snow and not a single clog,
Blown snow will like to stick/clog to cold metal but flows freely on plastic.
Please note that all walk behind blowers now utilise plastic chutes.
That was my 'heads up'.
I previously ( last winter) proved that as I had 8 inch wide HD tape that I tried in my snow chute.
Fluid film., oils, etc are OK but only for one occasion.
It worked until gravel chewed it up. (not tough enough)

 

[dj1701]

Well, I plowed with the Kubota last night. Fluid Film did not preform well at all. I really wanted it to.
It might be a great protectant, but that's it. The silicon spray I used last year did a better job.

Still have to try my 3point snow blower that I coated, to see how it works on that.

Think I will try some Pam cooking spray, or this stuff from AMSOIL called Mudslinger.

 

[Rustyiron]

FLUID Film, fluid being the key word. It is quickly removed by the snow. For those that have success with it, I wonder if they have a "cold" blower (lives outside, unheated) and it becomes more of a solid if not frozen giving it a fighting chance to stay in place? I love the stuff for undercoating my vehicles, but do not see it as lasting more than a few minutes on a snowblower chute.

 

[dj1701]

I agree. I just started using it and think it has merit for keeping things rust free. Not sure about the temperature thing. I do not have a heated barn and it was 9 degrees the night before I plowed.

I used it on my mower deck after I pressure washed it. we will see next year.

 

[PILOON]

This week I had to opportunity of trying my experiment, to my joy.
I had heat formed a HD plastic liner for my steel blower chute and cleared the 10-12 inch snowfall without a single clog.
Also I blew more sand and graved than I cared but the HD liner took it like a champ.

I got the idea as I noted that all the current 'walk behind' blowers use plastic chutes and seemed to not clog as much as they did B4.
Also steel chutes rust and snow clings to rust but not plastic.

Win-Win situation.
Oh, this is on my 60 inch tractor blower powered by a 20hp geared tractor.

 

[tractorgp]

Hey guys,

What do you all use to keep snow from sticking to your implements? I used Silicon last winter, and it was better than noting. Hope to find something better.

Dave

Here's an experiment I did with Fluid Film and (used) vegetable oil.

 

[Fallon]

Here's an experiment I did with Fluid Film and (used) vegetable oil.

Environmentalists have a real hard time getting upset contaminating the enviroment with recycled vegetables too.