UHMW Lined Chute

Ok. I’ll bite. Whatcha building??

Going to line the S1 chute and maybe the deflector with UHMW to prevent the freezing of the slush that will most likely be coming in the next few weeks. I saw even the more economy minded companies are doing it:

Clever idea, fortunately I know you’ll keep us all updated on how well it’s doing.

Ok. That’s very interesting. Can’t say I ever thought of that!

My thought had been to try this stuff, but I never got around to applying it to Yarbo.

We were discussing in the weekly discord User Insights Chat last night that ceramic coating with rainx sprayed on top was working pretty well for wet stuff.

Gemini had a good idea to use heat shrink on truss head bolts to protect the UHMW from ripping/tearing

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Curios to see how this works for you.

Plus side is I left the one side long so the snow plume diverter mod can be different too and it should catch all of the snow. Might need a little more support added on the outside but we’ll see.

So what does the finished product look like? I’m really curious to see, and hopeful that it works!

On another note, I’m really REALLY tempted to swap the snowblower for the mower module now. It’s like 65° outside today!

Go ahead. Guaranteed to get some more snow that way! :joy:

Do you have a link to the type your are using? I see it comes in a lot of thicknesses, but I’m not familiar with how bendy the material is to fit the chute shape

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The forum needs to redo how it handles Google photos albums…or am I doing it wrong? :sweat_smile:

UHMW PE Black Sheet 1/16" .062" x… Amazon.com: UHMW PE Black Sheet 1/16" .062" x 12" x 24" 2 Pcs : Industrial & Scientific

I had my daughter help get the last bolt in as I pressed it into the chute to get it to form fit. Since it was warm in the house I wanted to make sure it was pressed in there pretty good so when it went outside it didn’t shrink too bad. I picked black so you can hardly tell it’s even in there.

That looks great!! Can’t wait to hear how significant of a difference it makes.

Too late for me this year though. I’m probably gonna convert Yarbo to ā€˜summer mode’ either today or tomorrow.

Yuck, 33F sleeting/raining…should I send him out now or wait until the temp drops really late tonight?

Send it, I did and it did ok for me. Be a good test for your mod.

Go for it! Hoping to hear good news about your mod!