In article , Jack Erbes says...

I have a unpaved driveway and the frost heave in Maine will generate
"new" rocks in places you thought they weren't. I don't mind the cost
of shear bolts (for my Home Depot MTD 8HP/24") at all when I look at
the big picture.

Main, heck. It don't look to good in NY either, Jack. I
am going to be studying the wheel configuration on the
Mars Rover because that is what's going to be required
pretty soon.

I have the skids on each side of my blower set as high as they will
go, that leaves about 1 or 1-1/2" of snow on perfectly flat level
ground. I can't get a completely clean area with a snow thrower and
really doubt that they were intended to be capable of doing that.

I actually had to purchase replacement skids for my Honda,
the originals were a bit on the weenie side but they were
getting the snot beat out of them. I now have the auger
well off the ground again.

Jim

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