Bringing this thread back to top as a Duck Duck Go search led me here.
Brand new BX 2816 blower.
First storm 18 inches, worked great but did not scrape a clear bottom.
Upon looking the bottom edge still sits 3/4" above the pavement even with the skid shoe
at its lowest level.
I took off the bottom edge/wear bar, I thought it might be adjustable but it is not.
My options I guess:
1) Mod the shoes so it goes lower But the shoes have a nice notch to hold the bolts in place, pretty sure I can't re-create this notch.
2) Make the bottom edge adjustable by turning all the holes into slots.
Being a NewB and a shade-tree hack, I think what I'm going to do is purchase another set of shoes, cut the wear plate off, take out 1/2" + or so of material, then re-weld them back together. This way I don't mangle my tractor and have the original skids to fall back on.