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I have a single stage tall chute snow thrower and I've noticed that when the snow is real powdery, I get a plume of snow behind the bottom of the thrower.  I run it on a 418-A and I've tried going slower but it doesn't help much.  Although my driveway is paved, it's not perfectly flat from side to side, and I've set the scraper edge about 1/4" off the ground.  If the snow is "slightly more damp" there's no plume, so I'm looking for some ideas or suggestions.  Not sure if a "tough" plastic or rubber scraper would be worth fooling with as it may follow the contours of the driveway more readily.

 

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ri702bill

Can you lower the scraper edge a bit??

I see the exact same thing with mine. I move the vast majority of it with one tractor with the blower, then final cleanup with the plow tractor.

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pfrederi

I got blow back yesterday first blower use in several years.  Mine has wheels so I lowered her a notch made it a bit better but still blow back..  I have gravel and uneven ground so I don't want to set it any lower .  Just go back with a plow to tidy up.

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WHX??
4 hours ago, cod said:

plume of snow behind the bottom of the thrower. 

Same here and I run the scraper on dead flat on blacktop. The auger carries snow around back to the front and throws it underneath instead of out the chute. Worse when it hits a uneven spot. Center of the auger is getting beat up and should be manicured. I bet installing rubber paddles would help

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