Re: (ET) Plows suck for snow (dead blower)

[John Jeno <jjjeno hotmail com>]

I find that the small “crescent moon” profile at the entrance to the chute 
catches snow above it.  And this pile of snow acts sticky and grows until 
it suddenly chokes the chute.
Has anybody taken a grinder to create a full moon (round) opening to the 
chute?

This is the shell of the auger section of which I’m talking about grinding 
a circle.

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> On Jan 25, 2026, at 4:52 PM, Chris Zach via Elec-trak <elec-trak cosmos 
> phy tufts edu> wrote:
>
> On 1/25/26 18:51, wavetech optonline net wrote:
>> The key to the snow thrower is to keep the shoot slick as you can, I 
>> used wax.
> POR15 on the chute throat. Takes years to wear away and is has hard and 
> smooth as glass.
>>
>> And keep feeding it with snow not enough snow and it will freeze up.
> Oh yes, there are times when you have to go into second gear to keep the 
> auger going. I was running in LL but at speed 8 to keep the snow up when 
> it broke.
>
> However I'm screwed. Went out tonight and tried to move snow. Even worse 
> than this afternoon; the blade just glides over it and does nothing. 
> I've got the kids shoveling out the car at the top of the driveway; will 
> go to the hardware store tomorrow get chain and fix the blower.
>
> Chain is rusty, 50 years old, and yeah should have been replaced. 
> Springtime I'm taking the whole thing apart; replacing the bearings and 
> whatnot.
>
>
>
>
>>> On 1/25/2026 6:39 PM, David Roden wrote:
>>> Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, I had a rusty old blade and a
>>> craggy old but working snow thrower for my E15.  Tried the snow thrower
>>> once with somewhat wet snow.  It clogged almost immediately.
>>>
>>> Cleared it.  Threw a little snow and it clogged again.  Rinse, repeat.
>>>
>>> By and by, though I, this is for de boids.  I may have thought it a 
>>> little
>>> bluer than that, actually.  At any rate, I took the beastly blower off,
>>> wrestled it into the garage, and put on the dozer blade.
>>>
>>> That worked better.
>>>
>>> Once I got tire chains, it was MUCH better.
>>>
>>> For the rest of the E15's life with me, I cleared our driveway with the
>>> blade.  It always did a fine job.  I left the snow thrower right where 
>>> I'd
>>> parked it that snowy day.  Never missed it once. About 15-20 years on, 
>>> I
>>> gave it away to a good home.
>>>
>>> That's how blade vs snow thrower went for me.  As with just about
>>> everything, though, your mileage may vary.
>>>
>>>
>>> David Roden - 25 Years with ETs
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