I know all about wanting to scrape it clean and used to do just that with my BX and its blower, when I did the driveway with that (now use the L w/cab and L4479). That was some time ago and the driveway was in better shape. It is unfortunate, but the driveway is not level and actually has a few crowns! It is a long common driveway, in addition to my own. It was all incorrectly done years ago (actually got all the money back for it) and as time went on people drove on it (as well as all the Amazon, Fed Ex, UPS, etc. deliveries) there are actual tire indentations within the pavement along with a few developing holes. I have the shoes set about 1/8" -1/4" lower than the cutting edge and follow up with a rear blade that I have fully lowered as a 'sacrificatial' scraping edge that gets the top as clean as I can.
Front blower L4474 vs L4479
- Thread starter johnsayen
- Start date
Understood, that is unfortunate. That said, unless the driveway is chunking / breaking up and you are concerned about running chunks of asphalt through your blower, it still sounds like you would be better off removing the shoes completely. Your replaceable cutting edge will take the wear and still distribute the load better than the two small shoes.... and you don't have to worry about the shoes running off the edge of the driveway since the blower will be supported all the way across.
If your application still merits you using skids.... here is a new thread you might find interest in reviewing:
Snow Blower Skids
The stock skids on the Kubota blower have trouble with gravel roads and self destructed. I upgraded to an ARMORskids set which is much more heavy duty, 2 feet long, and much thicker steel. Should be much less likely to sink in.
www.orangetractortalks.com
Last edited: