I’m pretty sure I saw a few comments that the plow mode leaves the bank “inside” the boundary. Does it leave it right where a perimeter pass would be run? I’m contemplating running plow mode then the snow blow when the snow is wet/slushy as it seems to clog less as long as there’s snow flowing through the blower. Or would setting the safety boundary higher be needed for that? It would be perfect if you could pick which edges of an area need a higher safety boundary.
From what I recall it drops it pretty much where that perimeter pass is going to be. I don’t know off hand If adjusting the safety buffer would have an impact, but I would definitely say go zero if you can and set it back for the snow blower. The other option is to let it run the snow blower plan but just disable auger in work preference. This would work fine for my driveway. More complex areas, maybe not.
Yea, that was the one drawback. It deposits the snow right at the edge of the perimeter.
The reason that matters is because when you’re ready to run a normal snowblower job again with the auger on, the piles of snow impede Yarbo’s ability to clear the perimeter.
Well what I was thinking is purposely run plow mode with the blower, no plow, and once that plan completes immediately run the blower plan and then cancel after the perimeter pass.
Yes, that could potentially work depending on how wet that snow is.
That’s an interesting idea. I never thought of that.
Looks like my house is getting some annoyingly wet snow right now, so I might need to try your idea later today if the snow continues.
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I have been scraping hard pack all day today with the warmer weather. I plowed with the safety buffer all the way up then ran the blower with SB at 0. Worked perfect except in a few spots where I had an excess of build up right at the perimeter. There of course the blower lifted a bit and left a small trace where it went over that spot. But not enough to worry about. I just left it that way.
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