adding two front wheels to single stage snowblower

VitaBene · 11-14-2024, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

No matter you use a gasoline or battery powered single stage snowblower, the scraper edge will catch on the driveway unless your driveway is smooth because the single stage scraper edge rests and scrapes on the driveway.

Here's installing wheels ..... www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yggp0ytmXw&t ...... two 5" wheels on the front of an Ego 21" battery powered snowblower.

Heath's Hardware in Center Harbor has Ego battery snowblowers, single stage and two stage as well as Ariens gasoline snowblowers. Gasoline has more power than the electric battery snowblowers no matter what anybody says except gasoline with ethanol can congeal and gum up the carburetor.

For a not-too-smooth asphalt or a dirt and gravel driveway, this seems like it is doable, and could work good for either a gasoline or electric single stage snowblower.

Check out the comments where some commenters have added two adjustable skids instead of two wheels which is a little different.

I have not seen a 2 stage snowblower without adjustable skids or wheels. For gravel etc, a piece of schedule 80 pipe with a groove cut into it will slide over the cutting edge.

John Mercier · 11-14-2024, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by VitaBene

I have not seen a 2 stage snowblower without adjustable skids or wheels. For gravel etc, a piece of schedule 80 pipe with a groove cut into it will slide over the cutting edge.

He's looking at the single stage.
The ones that use the rubber-type fins to both process the snow and move the unit forward.

fatlazyless · 11-15-2024, 05:42 AM

In my humble opinion, me-thinks the single-stage snowblowers should come already with the holes drilled into the side housing, ready to support an optional two front wheels as an option. Having the holes present, designed by the single-stage manufactorer with knock-outs so the user would not need to drill the two holes, himself, would be an innovative design improvement. This way the two front wheels could be sold as an option and much easier to do than drilling two new holes and possibly making a major boo-boo with the drilling.

You know that lawn mowers all have four wheels, so why not single-stage snowblowers, as well? installing front wheels on a single-stage snowblower seems like a good design improvement.

John Mercier · 11-15-2024, 09:27 AM

The lawn mowers do not propel themselves by the action of the blades against the grass.

The rubber-style processor should gently pull the unit forward until it wears out its edge.

It was designed mostly to clear sidewalks and decks/patios... where the cutting edge of a two-stage could either do damage or leave slop behind to refreeze.

11-15-2024, 05:42 AM	#3
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,775 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,021 Times in 743 Posts	single-stage snowblowers with four wheels? In my humble opinion, me-thinks the single-stage snowblowers should come already with the holes drilled into the side housing, ready to support an optional two front wheels as an option. Having the holes present, designed by the single-stage manufactorer with knock-outs so the user would not need to drill the two holes, himself, would be an innovative design improvement. This way the two front wheels could be sold as an option and much easier to do than drilling two new holes and possibly making a major boo-boo with the drilling. You know that lawn mowers all have four wheels, so why not single-stage snowblowers, as well? installing front wheels on a single-stage snowblower seems like a good design improvement. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

11-15-2024, 09:27 AM	#4
John Mercier Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2021 Posts: 3,460 Thanks: 3 Thanked 609 Times in 503 Posts	The lawn mowers do not propel themselves by the action of the blades against the grass. The rubber-style processor should gently pull the unit forward until it wears out its edge. It was designed mostly to clear sidewalks and decks/patios... where the cutting edge of a two-stage could either do damage or leave slop behind to refreeze.