# Completely raise auger when backing out of a sidewalk **URL:** \ **Category:** Suggestion and Feature Requests\ **Tags:** snowblower\ **Created:** [December 7, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/completely-raise-auger-when-backing-out-of-a-sidewalk/4640 "2025-12-07T18:50:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rgloverii](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/rgloverii/32/956_2.png) [@rgloverii](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rgloverii)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/completely-raise-auger-when-backing-out-of-a-sidewalk/4640/1 "2025-12-07T18:50:40Z")
I have set up a number of snowblower sidewalks and selected the option for Yarbo to back out of them instead of doing a zero turn. What I’m seeing is, when Yarbo backs down the sidewalk, sometimes the auger gets caught on uncleared snow and as a result Yarbo gets stuck and pauses the work plan. I think it would be really beneficial for Yarbo to raise the auger before backing up. A very simple thing, by the would prevent the auger blade from getting caught on any snow or ice. ---
**Author:** ![ken.w.gregory](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/ken.w.gregory/32/922_2.png) [@ken.w.gregory](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/ken.w.gregory)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/completely-raise-auger-when-backing-out-of-a-sidewalk/4640/2 "2025-12-07T18:53:43Z")
I agree that would be helpful. The less it gets stuck the better for me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tom.C](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/tom.c/32/4568_2.png) [@Tom.C](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/Tom.C)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/completely-raise-auger-when-backing-out-of-a-sidewalk/4640/3 "2025-12-07T20:35:33Z")
I think this is a great idea. ---
**Author:** ![ben.karrow](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/ben.karrow/32/3989_2.png) [@ben.karrow](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/ben.karrow)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/completely-raise-auger-when-backing-out-of-a-sidewalk/4640/4 "2025-12-08T01:46:30Z")
+8866 ---
**Author:** ![rgloverii](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/rgloverii/32/956_2.png) [@rgloverii](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rgloverii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/completely-raise-auger-when-backing-out-of-a-sidewalk/4640/5 "2025-12-08T02:52:54Z")
Seems to me this should be a fairly easy thing to implement. I hope @Yarbo-Forum sees this thread and adds this to the to-do list. ---
**Author:** ![rcguymike](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/rcguymike/32/4166_2.png) [@rcguymike](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rcguymike)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/completely-raise-auger-when-backing-out-of-a-sidewalk/4640/6 "2025-12-09T05:37:26Z")
Yup happened to me a few times today, track slippage module height \<= 2”, raise it back up a second or 2 and hit resume ---
**Author:** ![Yarbo-Forum](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/yarbo-forum/32/126_2.png) [@Yarbo-Forum](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/Yarbo-Forum)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/completely-raise-auger-when-backing-out-of-a-sidewalk/4640/7 "2025-12-09T08:47:59Z")
Thanks for your suggestion! I’ve shared it with our product team for further evaluation. ---
**Author:** ![JNS](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/jns/32/3015_2.png) [@JNS](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/JNS)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/completely-raise-auger-when-backing-out-of-a-sidewalk/4640/8 "2025-12-15T21:06:03Z")
I know I’m late to the party but I have to manually raise the auger on two of my sidewalks because it gets stuck backing out almost every time. Once I raise the auger and hit resume it usually finishes just fine. ---
**Author:** ![rgloverii](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/rgloverii/32/956_2.png) [@rgloverii](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rgloverii)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/completely-raise-auger-when-backing-out-of-a-sidewalk/4640/9 "2025-12-15T21:30:11Z")
Hopefully we will see this in a firmware update this season. Sure will be helpful. ---
**Author:** ![omardumont](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/omardumont/32/2953_2.png) [@omardumont](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/omardumont)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/completely-raise-auger-when-backing-out-of-a-sidewalk/4640/10 "2025-12-16T04:10:37Z")
Here I am myself to this request, same issue every time ---
**Author:** ![joe.borges](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/joe.borges/32/233_2.png) [@joe.borges](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/joe.borges)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/completely-raise-auger-when-backing-out-of-a-sidewalk/4640/11 "2025-12-31T03:17:42Z")
This needs to be incorporated into the app ---
**Author:** ![rcguymike](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/rcguymike/32/4166_2.png) [@rcguymike](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rcguymike)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/completely-raise-auger-when-backing-out-of-a-sidewalk/4640/12 "2025-12-31T03:39:53Z")
And it should raise all the way before moving the tracks👍