Kind of OT, Snowblower roller shoes

Bob - MI

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I have a pretty long driveway and I am going through the OEM shoes on my 42" Cub Cadet blower pretty quickly.

I am wondering if any of you guys have ever tried to make a set of rollers that would take the place of the standard bolt on the side shoes? I realize there are a number of things that may not allow this to work long term but I figured I can't be the only one who finds this to be an issue.

My next option will be to make a set of my own shoes and get them hardened to reduce wear.

Thanks in advance for your opinions!
 
My last 8hp walk-behind had roller shoes, (about 3" disks). They last a long time, but if you're clearing off anything but pavement they cut often cut in and allow the head to drop too low.


Glenn F.
 
You could also use cast steel or steel wheels, or small rubber tires if you have enough space to mount them. Weight and speed shouldn't be a problem for that unit.

I researched rubber gauge wheels for large truck mounted snowplows but they couldn't stand up with the weight and speed issues.

Otherwise a small skid shoe will work.
 
I made a couple of extra skids out of channel iron - about 1 inch wide and 3/4 inch thick. Mounted them under center of blade with existing bolts that held edge on. Reduced wear on blade, outside skids, and significantly reduced the blade cutting into the ground, - throwing stones, etc.
 
You are trying to reinvent the wheel. There already is a product that does what you want. It is called a roller skid shoe. It is a skid shoe with a roller that sticks down just a little in the middle. So if your on hard surfaces the roller carries the blower. If you hit a soft spot the skid will carry it just like your current skid shoe does.
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Roller skid shoes
 
I just welded on some hard rod facing to the skids on both the tractor and walk behind blower. Works for me.
 
I had the same problem with mine, it's a 42 inch MTD/CubCadet, mounted on a Power King. I had an old mower deck laying around, so I took the wheels and axles off and mounted them on the blower using the same holes the skids were in.
I wasn't ready for the 7" of snow we had last night, in central NY. I had the tractor in the shop with the chains off so I could roll it around while I figured out how to mount a cab on it. I found out within 10' that there was a reason to have chains on it.
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