Dale, Thanks for the clarification on the drift cutters. For up to five years ago I lived where a little Torro 20 inch blower was all I needed. Than I had a time of mental relapse and decided to build a home 650 feet off the road, and you guessed it, right dap smack in the middle of snow belt country. RJ ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Leavens To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 10:20 Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Drift cutters
RJ, That is exactly correct. Often they will have a sort of corrugation stamped into them in the long axis to add rigidity. these are not new, they have been included on snow throwers or blowers what ever your preferred term since I was first aware of them nearly fifty years now. The flat side goes against the side of the chute. You won't usually need them unless you are opening some area which hasn't been cleared for a long time or sometimes you find that your drive is closing in on you because you haven't been cutting it as wide as the winter progresses and it is now necessary to widen it by half a machine width, things like that.Their forward leaning cut slices a nice clean cut curling the snow into the auger. The directions may not be too specific they probably just show a good picture. You might be best off visiting a dealer and feeling one up. Around here the dealers often have a couple they drag out onto the sidewalk during the day to display and trip up the blind folk, all both of us who walk about the streets paying bills and using the post office and other innocent pursuits. At least they put the bikes and lawn mowers away this time of year. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: RJ To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Drift cutters Bob, Not being sure of what I am doing, I decided to wait until Monday and call Snow Blowers direct and have them instruct me on how to install them. After feeling around the blower, my guess is they mount on the sides of the blower and stick out like a set of horns, breaking up the drift. But that is just a guess. RJ ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Kennedy To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 07:51 Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Drift cutters This sounds like a new idea from when I had to put them together. Hold 1 of the bars up to the shroud for the auger. The length should match either the height on the sides or the width across the front. I'm guessing they would go across the front to keep you from climbing a drift like I was talking about before. It sounds like it would cut into a drift and almost force the front to stay on the ground from the snow passing over the blade. Remember I haven't seen this before so I'm guessing here. But see if they aren't the size of the opening and then it will be easier to find where they should mount. If all else fails, call the place where you bought it. ----- Original Message ----- From: RJ To: Handyman Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 8:06 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Drift cutters I have a package that came with the snowblower that are called slice bar kit or drift cutters. I believe these bars are to be mounted on the side of the snowblower, but not sure. Can anyone shed some light on the subject? These two bars are about 18 inches long and have several holes in them, about 1 1/4 inches wide and have 4 mounting bolts with thumb screw nuts. RJ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
