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How to Pick the Perfect Skid Shoes

By Jon Hoch, Founder (Bolingbrook, IL)

Two-stage snow blowers contain solid steel augers that can scratch and chip concrete.

As a result, two-stage snow blowers are designed NOT to touch the surface. It purposely leaves behind a small film of snow in order to protect your concrete and snow blower.

If your snow blower is still hitting the surface or tossing gravel stones, you'll need to purchase a skid shoe to increase the gap even further.

By simply increasing the gap by half an inch, you'll stop flinging stones at parked cars and neighborhood kids.

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