Oh ya - I've heard of guys putting a tack weld on the tip where it threads on and near the rail also - they usually spin out - the ice storm ski scratchers help alot I find - but they really hate their lives in reverseLost a cable scratcher today. Apparently they fall off sometimes too. Lol
A button to deploy them,and to tuck them away!The perfect ice scratcher would:
Not break, be light, shoot snow in the front of the rails to lube the hyfax, not hang down to drag when not in use. and scratch up hard icy snow,
At the same time get that snow to the heat exchanger. A big list and likey kept some up late at night trying to build a better product.
So really there are 2 problems. First lubing the hyfax, so they don't melt, and secondly getting snow to the exchanger.
I am not sure that all sleds suffer the same way. Forward heat exchangers, rear exchangers, more wheels or less wheels.
I have often been lost in thought with how this all can be done a better way.
Automatically lift up when put into reverseA button to deploy them,and to tuck them away!