Snow Attachments What to use on snow blower to keep blades and chute slippery?

[imaohw]

I am prepping my 3PH Puma Snowblower for winter. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to put on the blades and chute to keep the snow from sticking.

Last year I read that PAM works well and it was OK.

I have also heard that butchers wax is good.

 

[GreenMtns]

You can try Pam but I don't think you need it. I have been using a Puma 64 since 2002 and have never had a sticking problem. I run it at the 540 RPM mark and do not slow it down. It runs through wet snow and snow 30" deep and to date has not plugged up.

 

[diyDave]

I have an old 3 ph blower that I modified to go on my Asv Rc30, the sticking point was with wet, heavy snow, it stuck to the back of the chute. The chute on this model was square, so I lined it with a piece of 1/4" nylon. You can find this material in farm catalogs, it is used to line dump trucks, to make the load slide faster. Really any slick plastic is better than rusty metal!

 

[elad]

An occassional spray of silicone might help the problem. Silicone; sprayed
on plastic injection molds help the parts to release from the mold.
Maybe worth a try. Silicone spray is pretty cheap. Use it on my snowplow.
elad

 

[638]

You might try graphite paint.

ron

 

[john_bud]

Store the blower out in the cold. Or let it cool to below freezing before starting. If the metal is warm the snow will melt and that's where many problems start.

jb

 

[ovrszd]

I run a road grader and use a V plow or angle dozer blade as well as the standard moldboard. I've tried every "wive's tale" trick invented. I've used teflon paint, silver paint, used oil, even sprayed water on the cold plow to create a layer of ice. Nothing works when the snow is just right, or I should say just wrong.
My V plow will get two feet of snow/ice stuck to the moldboard and completely lose it's plowing effect and just become a big block that I push down the road. You can strike it with a maul for 15 minutes and it will eventually fall off. Then a mile down the road, it's built back up again.
So my theory is that if you are trying to move snow at the wrong temperature or wrong conditions, you are going to fight this problem regardless of what surface you have on your equipment. I've even saw this condition change while pushing just because the temp changes a couple degrees or the sun comes out or goes behind a cloud.
If someone comes up with a solution that works under all these conditions, I'm all about it so please share.

 

[Ford850]

Fluid Film gets great reviews by the guys on the snow plow sites. They use it on the plows and blowers, as well as salt spreaders. It's available at JD dealers.

 

[Gittyup]

Just thinking out loud here.... Has anyone tried heat tape as a continuous "defroster"? If you got the surface warm enough it might work. A lot of steel to heat, plus fighting the elements. But it might work if the machine can source the current load required to produce enough heat.....or maybe that's just a crazy idea.

 

[JerryK]

As OVRSZD stated, try to blow the snow earlier in the day when before the temp rises. Snowblowers are great for blowing snow, but wet snow or slush sticks to everything. I never have much trouble with the chute clogging up on my JRW, but wet snow packs into just about everything else.

 

[swedish-fish]

Last year I lined my blower with UHMW polyethylene. After that I never had a problem with plugging even with heavy wet snow and it threw further too. See my thread here

 

[diyDave]

What he said! I just couldn't remember the acronym!

 

[swedish-fish]

Yeah, "Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene" It's good stuff for anything that needs to be somewhat wear resistant and slippery.
Cheers.

 

[daBear]

You poor folks. No wonder nobody retires and moves north.

 

[WayneB]

You poor folks. No wonder nobody retires and moves north.

Now that is not nice to say! There are many people that retire and move north, I think! Heck it was above 20 degrees this morning and zero snow. There was snow up north Friday and Saturday, but less than ten inches.

Now in the south you have your bad weather too and also many snakes!

Wayne

 

[California]

Ski wax?

 

[Farwell]

daBear,
I left sunny (earthquake prone) California for Michigan shortly after retiring and love it. Wouldn't go back except to visit family.
Has anyone tried car wax on their snow removal equipment?

 

[daBear]

Just kidding folks. Love to poke on a Yank every once in a while.

 

[davitk]

Just saw a MS licence plate on a work truck up here this morning - long way from home. Poor guy!

 

[lawn_king]

Im going to try pam this winter, the non stick cooking product, not your neighbors wife!