Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

This is the auger:

Note that a) the blades a) solid to the auger shaft and b) one half of each blade moves snow to the impeller in the center, and the other moves it away from the impeller! I haven't figured out how that works.

This is an Ariens impeller that represents the design on the Ariens, Toro, and Simplicity/Deere/Snapper, all companies that have put effort into optimizing snow movement:

Any ideas on how the first one works?

Wrong.  Think of the augers as a 2 fluted drill bit.  Each side is moving snow toward the center.  I don't know what you are seeing.

slinger wrote:

You're right. I was confused...

So this works? This works better or worse than the open center?

Has anyone tried both?

If it is better, why are Ariens, Toro, and Simplicity/Deere/Snapper using open centers?

Note, on their Swedish site this is the picture of the unit:

This would appear to be a lower end unit missing remote chute deflection, the weight bar, the top reinforcement, etc.