I am having some major issues with my Yarbo constantly getting stuck. We had a major blizzard while I was away and I was depending on Yarbo to clean my driveway for my cat sitter. It started out great. It did one full round of my work plan. But it had to go back to charge at the beginning of the s…

What kind of surface are you clearing and what is your auger height set to? Generally you want to clear to zero on hard surfaces like asphalt or you stand to encounter high center issues. For the weights, some people have had success with some gym ankle weights strapped to the handles. About 10 l…

unfortunately I have a gravel driveway, which Yarbo says it’s designed to be ok for. My auger height is at 1.02. Is the weighing down trick any help in this situation or am I just unlucky?

Hi. Yes, Yarbo should be able to handle gravel driveways, but a gravel driveway introduces some additional complexities that need to be accounted for. You don’t want the auger to dig into the gravel and start sucking in the pebbles. That can cause Yarbo to shoot them out and potentially damage the…

Yes for gravel building the base is important and then when the base is sufficiently built up, you have the drop the auger height down. I’ve heard suggestions of driving your vehicle over the base and packing it in really good. Weight should help. The studs I hear also help.

thanks. I’ve had Yarbo since the fall, so I’ve used it for quite a few storms now. I have played around with the auger height and 1.02 seems to be a great height for missing gravel. .98 sometimes works but no lower!!! That should give me the inch of coverage you’re suggesting. My main issue is that…

I get what you mean. But it’s hard to drive on it when I’m away ! and when it’s a blizzard! driving on it pretty much eliminates the reason I bought a blower… so I don’t have to go out every time it snows. I guess I still have to, to get the damn thing unstuck … but I’d like not to have to. I’ll bu…

I don’t measure things in body parts, but what I’ve noticed is that if the module height is over 1.7 cm, you start getting a lot of slippage problems. If it’s less than 1.4 cm, it will collect a lot of gravel. So set it to 1.5 cm and you’ll get a fairly good compromise. Maybe on the first run you c…

And here example how it currently works. https://youtu.be/aB9PGDhrW9Q

To me, the problem is that if you set the auger too high, the un cleared snow will accumulate to the degree that it will impact the underside of the Yarbo, and you’ll start to lose traction as a result. Adding weight is a mixed bag. You’ll push the tracks down to gain traction, but you’re also pushi…

Yes this is the key. You have to get a hard pack established. Once you have a good base, you can go almost to zero because the snowblower rides on top of the hard pack. You leave a little bit to keep the hard pack maintained.

Snow blower track slippage

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Kolbe March 3, 2026, 3:53pm 13

We have to have compact snow and ice on gravel because Yarbo’s ground clearance is not that high. That’s why I have proposed gravel tracks so Yarbo will be higher.

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Snow blower track slippage

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