ablumny

final update
Plenty of snow this winter and the Toro chewed through all of it.  The wheel idea didnt last.  I wound up removing them all together and letting the rubber scraper do all the work, no skids and that worked great.

The wheels worked good but the scrapper was still a problem.   I ordered a set of snow thrower paddles for an old Toro. I cut slots in them where the scrapper bolts would pass through and fit the paddles under the scrapper.  Then push the scrapper all the way up and adjust the rubber paddles properly.    WE have no snow but theres plenty of sand on the road so I went out there to test it out.   It did a nice job cleaning down to the street.   I ran the blower over my uneven sidewalk and the rubber glides right over the trouble spots.  I expect it to work well when the snow returns !

Hi.  I recently aquired a Toro 824 Power shift snowblower.  Great unit of course  but on my sidewalks the skids would jam up on every imperfection.  I came across this forum, didnt see anyone try this.  I swiped a pair of rubber wheels from my kids old razor scooters.   It mounted u pin one of the existing skid plate mounting holes with some washers and a longer bolt.  As is the auger blades were about 1/2" off the ground.  Fortunetely lowering the scraper did the trick.  It rides close enough for a clean job and the rubber wheels solves the "ride" problem.  I think to get a real clean sweep, Ill replace the metal scraper with a rubber one.