Belt size needed.

[PACub100]

Anyway on to my question. What hight should the snowblower be off the ground for gravel?

Ehhh... just aim the chute away from any windows and towards a bad neighbor's yard...

 

[sperrine]

Not a can of worms or anything else, just another option is all.

I put a 36” section of 1” schedule 80 pvc pipe over the cutting edge of our qa36 thrower , and solved the problem picking up gravel. I carefully slit the pipe on a table saw, drilled holes with a step drill to match the position of the bolts holding the cutting edge, and beat it on with a dead blow hanner. The slit did need to be expanded some and tapered wider toward the outside of the pipe to fit. Half the area I clear is gravel, and the rest is full of surprises. I did try schedule 40, and it worked great, but broke after several impacts. The schedule 80 has been great.

 

[tkhoffman]

I put a 36” section of 1” schedule 80 pvc pipe over the cutting edge of our qa36 thrower , and solved the problem picking up gravel. I carefully slit the pipe on a table saw, drilled holes with a step drill to match the position of the bolts holding the cutting edge, and beat it on with a dead blow hanner. The slit did need to be expanded some and tapered wider toward the outside of the pipe to fit. Half the area I clear is gravel, and the rest is full of surprises. I did try schedule 40, and it worked great, but broke after several impacts. The schedule 80 has been great.

Interesting that it fit without hitting the auger. I've put piping on my snow plow and it does help. Didn't last long before breaking. Looked st foing the ssme as you on my daughters walk behing snow blower.....not enough room between the rear cutting edge and auger.