I remember another thread with a similar subject, but my experiences were not as good. Mine is on a 7.5 Western, 1.5 inches below the moldboard. I had a terrible time scrapping clean. I had places where I would backdrag to the street and when I went to push the pile to the side, it just road up over the pile leaving a hard packed mound that I could not budge.
Sometimes it did backdrag pretty well, but if it found any reason to ride up on something, it was all over. Couldn't get it up going either direction. I got a square-edged shovel and the hardpack just popped up real easy. But I spent way too much time out with the shovel.
After my drives were done, I spent a few hours at WalMart which went pretty well. It was more like slush as it was rather warm and had been salted. I did actually have trouble sometimes knowing if the blade was on the ground.
So, is there something wrong with my install? I have read about the edge breaking-in. Does the scrapping ability improve as it wears to get the leading edge closer to the ground? Should I cut an angle into the bottom so that it is parallel with the ground? Is there anything I can do differently?
I love how quiet it is for the middle of the night driveways and I think I may have sold some accounts on the fact that I won't mark the driveways up. But I can't take on any more accounts if I have to spend this much time with a shovel at each house.
Steve
Sometimes it did backdrag pretty well, but if it found any reason to ride up on something, it was all over. Couldn't get it up going either direction. I got a square-edged shovel and the hardpack just popped up real easy. But I spent way too much time out with the shovel.
After my drives were done, I spent a few hours at WalMart which went pretty well. It was more like slush as it was rather warm and had been salted. I did actually have trouble sometimes knowing if the blade was on the ground.
So, is there something wrong with my install? I have read about the edge breaking-in. Does the scrapping ability improve as it wears to get the leading edge closer to the ground? Should I cut an angle into the bottom so that it is parallel with the ground? Is there anything I can do differently?
I love how quiet it is for the middle of the night driveways and I think I may have sold some accounts on the fact that I won't mark the driveways up. But I can't take on any more accounts if I have to spend this much time with a shovel at each house.
Steve
Hopefully others got something from your post. 
