Anti-snow-stick Spray

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message news:iicvk5$397$ snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org...

Guys with plow trucks may not want a black plow for visibility reasons. Others may not want to blacken that nice junk aluminum shovel. I know one guy that has a large end loader and he treats his bucket with parafin. He puts it in a regular spray gun with a large nozzel, heats the can with a torch to liquify the parafin then sprays it on the bucket. He swears by it.....YMMV phil

Silicone spray. Boot waterproof spray or the old oven non-stick spray both work if you don't have silicone lub spray on hand. Usually good for several weeks per application.

BoeShield - but it's pricy.

Will generally thow significantly farther to the right than the left due to the direction of rotation of the impeller - if it follows the chute instead of trying to change direction, particularly wetter and heavier snow goes a lot farther.

If my 4 HP blower could not throw relatively dry snow twice that far I'd get rid of it. The stuff that fell/blew in from Texas last night was going at least 20 feet this afternoon.

Whatever you use, it needs to be highly water resistant.

"wiarton Willie"

I said at least 10', the drier the snow the easier it is to throw further.

I would say it throws it about 8 feet or so in the good direction, and less in the other. I would like to understand a little better, what exactly is going on. Could it be that the original motor had higher RPMs?

Wax is wax. You could melt a block of paraffin and pour it on the shovel and it'd lubricate it.

If I was going the "bowling wax" route, I'd either look for carnauba, jojoba, or whichever was cheapest.

Turtle wax should be fine; it holds up on a car, after all. :-)

BTW, is this a bent shovel? I used one once, and I swear by it, rather than at it! ;-)

Have Fun! Rich

Don't forget to do the auger!

Cheers! Rich

What's a "Yo-Ho" shovel? I just went and looked at "shovels" at McM, and none was called a "Yo-Ho." What's up with that?

If I ever move back to the Frozen Tundra again, I'm buying a bent shovel. :-) (or a snowblower, or just hire a crew, depending on the amount of my lottery winnings! ;-) )

Thanks, Rich

Hell, just dip a paper towel in some transmission fluid and slather it on! Even used will work, if you strain out the metal bits. ;-)

Have Fun! Rich

Turtle wax? ;-)

Cheers! Rich

Must be that damn Denialist Propaganda! :-D

Cheers! Rich

Then wax the snow, too. I ended up putting my car wax, NuCar polymer, on my DISH antenna back in the day. It helped shed the snow purt well.

-- Woe be to him that reads but one book. -- George Herbert

I keep trying to hibernate too, but I keep waking up needing to pee.

Thanks, Rich

It would be nice if you could reach Florida with it. :)

John

I don't know what machine you have, but all the "normal" snow blowers are usually operated with the engine at it's 3,600 RPM top speed.