You will need the skid plates if you have a soft driveway { gravel/stone}. Not so much if the driveway is paved. oldfrank
ken222 - I have to agree with oldfrank :thumbup: . Since you've stated you have a concrete drive the concrete can wear the skid shoes not to mention you can leave skid scars on the concrete so maybe you could go without - then you wear the blade's cutting edge. I know of other LGT owners that use a front blade instead of a blower and put a thick rubber squeegee edge on the bottom of their blade. I can't remember right now just where they purchased that rubber but if I can find out I'll post it here. I've also seen the use of casters on the bottom of blades for solid surfaces such as a concrete drive. The answer to your inquiry is only limited by your imagination.oldfrank said:You will need the skid plates if you have a soft driveway { gravel/stone}. Not so much if the driveway is paved. oldfrank
No....you aren't the one that is missing something, I am. :sidelaugh: :sidelaugh:ken222 said:Housing? This is a blade not a snocaster, or am i missing something? Conecrete driveway by the way
You can purchase the rubber squeegee edges here:KBear said:ken222 - I have to agree with oldfrank :thumbup: . Since you've stated you have a concrete drive the concrete can wear the skid shoes not to mention you can leave skid scars on the concrete so maybe you could go without - then you wear the blade's cutting edge. I know of other LGT owners that use a front blade instead of a blower and put a thick rubber squeegee edge on the bottom of their blade. I can't remember right now just where they purchased that rubber but if I can find out I'll post it here. I've also seen the use of casters on the bottom of blades for solid surfaces such as a concrete drive. The answer to your inquiry is only limited by your imagination.oldfrank said:You will need the skid plates if you have a soft driveway { gravel/stone}. Not so much if the driveway is paved. oldfrank
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I agree with those who say do not use without the skid shoes because they will save a lot of wear on the (expensive) blade edge. I've made my own out of some flat bar stock, 1/4" x 1.5" if I recall correctly. They aren't difficult to make or have made, two bends and a couple of holes. If you want to make it easy to maintain them tack weld a piece of 1/4" stock on the wear surface then when that wears off you can just tack a new piece in place without replacing the entire shoe.ken222 said:I am missing the skid shoes ( they were not there when I purchased the tractor).
A $40 horse stall mat from TSC yields 15 pcs of squeegee edge, whether or not it lasts without skid shoes I do not know. Will test when the snow flies ( or drops, as the case may be)KBear said:oldfrank said:I know of other LGT owners that use a front blade instead of a blower and put a thick rubber squeegee edge on the bottom of their blade. I can't remember right now just where they purchased that rubber but if I can find out I'll post it here.
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I think it's because a road plow will push that blade a longer distance in one hour than most of us will doing our driveways in 5 or 10 years. The function is pretty much the same, the amount of wear is very different.InTroubleAlltheTime said:You go through many shoes before replacing a cutting edge when road plowing. When a shoe fails (destroyed) or is worn down, the cutting edge will rapidly wear down ruining the cutting edge or worse, damaging the plow itself. Why would the function of the skid shoe be any different for our tractor plows?
Believe me I know the difference. :thumbsup: Just using an analogy on what I believe is one of the skid's functions. As already said, if it is recommended not to use the skids I would just watch the cutting edge for wear. If it goes too far it will go through the bottom of the plow/bolts and damage the plow. BTW with the skids properly adjusted I get a reasonably close cut on concrete. JMHOBill.H said:I think it's because a road plow will push that blade a longer distance in one hour than most of us will doing our driveways in 5 or 10 years. The function is pretty much the same, the amount of wear is very different.InTroubleAlltheTime said:You go through many shoes before replacing a cutting edge when road plowing. When a shoe fails (destroyed) or is worn down, the cutting edge will rapidly wear down ruining the cutting edge or worse, damaging the plow itself. Why would the function of the skid shoe be any different for our tractor plows?
Alas, we don't get to throw mountains of snow every second like those triple bladers doing 70 MPH on Rt. 95 do either. That's an impressive sight, especially when they go in a group and feed each other.
:sidelaugh: :lol: :sidelaugh: :lol: :sidelaugh: :lol: :sidelaugh: :lol: :sidelaugh: :goodpost:ByCo said:Here's someone that was impressed too, but not very pleased. :sidelaugh:
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