Snow Blade Edge

[Tankman 3,516]

A friend dropped off a 48" Craftsman dozer blade, free.

I don't need the blade (have four or more). I was interested in the rubber homemade edge.

PO cut a tire to fab a squeegee edge.

 

Edited January 19, 2016 by Tankman

[WHX?? 48,072]

Interesting, and easy & cheap to replace.  Wonder why manufacturers haven't done this and how it would work on a blower. Would be gentle on driveways & gravel/grass that's not quite frozen.

[cheesegrader 433]

I've seen the same thing done with conveyor belt strips.

The belts are used on corn pickers, grain handlers and silo loaders...

About the thickness of tire side wall, with a fiber mesh sandwiched in the core.

Fleet+Farm sells an 8" wide version, about $2 per foot 

Split it down to 4", and bolt it under the old scraper bar.

[KC9KAS 4,741]

1 hour ago, WHX6 said:

Interesting, and easy & cheap to replace.  Wonder why manufacturers haven't done this and how it would work on a blower. Would be gentle on driveways & gravel/grass that's not quite frozen.

Manufactures do make them....In my small community the street department uses the rubber cutting edge on their MEYER brand plows

I asked them how well they hold up and do they "skip" on the blacktop. They have a weight on the plow that lessens the skip and it really lasts much longer than you might think....But, I am the one that cleans the 2 blocks around my house, not them!

[Ed Kennell 37,492]

I've made blade scrapers, flappers for the blower augers, and truck mud flaps from old rubber truck bed mats.   The mats are about 3/8" thick and are fiber reinforced ,

and the price is usually free from a local used truck bed cap dealer.   I cut them to shape on a wood cutting band saw.