John Deere QH Snow Blower Impact Resistant Wear Bar Kit
Includes Free Ground Shipping to
the Lower 48 States via either UPS or USPS
Please note, this is a product specifically for those with Deere Front Mounted, Quick Hitch Snowblowers. There is another listing for those who have Heavy Duty Snowblowers.
This is a product which is intended to clear the pavement when using the Deere Front Mounted, Quick Hitch Snowblowers in the 47” and 54” size. It is also purpose built to help take out some of the “shock” and “Impact” which happens when these Q.H. snowblowers OEM steel wear edge strikes raised pavement or elevated surfaces. There is extensive discussion about the cause of raised pavement, how to deal with and the impact it has on those clearing snow in our Technical documents section.
If you have ever cleared snow with a Q.H. Snowblower, you have almost certainly had the wear bar on the blower strike a raised pavement edge or other object, sticking out of the surface. Depending upon the height of the raised object or surface, the result of striking it can be anywhere from a Loud Bang, to a immediate stopping of the blowers forward motion. These are covered in detail later in the discussion in the Technical Documents section.
How this Impact Resistant Q.H. Blower wear bar is made.
We use a combination of our well tested and highly effective pavement clearing materials and assemble them into layered wear bar which mounts on your blower in the same position as the Deere steel bar.
Our Wear Bar mounts in the same position, but is shaped and made entirely different than the Deere Steel wear bar,
The steel wear bar from Deere is U shaped and mounts inverted, with the legs of the “U” riding on the pavement. This places two long (47” to 54”) thin strips of metal which are 1/8” thick, and only 3/4” tall, to support the blower. These thin edges catch raised surfaces just as if you push a shovel edge into the raised surface.
When these thin rails wear, they grind the mounting bolts and nuts right into the pavement. With the Deere steel wear bar, you have steel edges and steel hardware grinding on your driveway. Most people would rather remove the abrasion from the process of clearing snow from the driveway.
Clearing your driveway and pavement snow with a steel edge is like washing your car with sand paper. It produces unnecessary abrasion, surface damage and wear to the pavement as well as wear to the blower. You can clear the snow from the pavement using our products and not cause this damage. And the blower housing is protected from expensive wear and damage which happens when the steel wear bar wears out.
Our SBS Impact Resistant Wear bars are rectangular shaped, they are 47” or 54” long and 3” to 3.5” wide and 1.25” thick (top to bottom). Our hardware is recessed down into the wear bar. The long, wide, flat UHMW bar slides on the pavement and uses it square corners to clear the pavement.
Our SBS Impact Resistant Wear bar is a combination of two of our most commonly used and extensively tested materials, our Rubber Plow Edge material and our UHMW low friction, wear resistant composite material.
Please note, if you are not having issues with raised pavement and the impacts with your snowblower, then consider our UHMW wear bar as well as our UHMW blower shoes. These provide wear life which exceeds that of the mild steel wear bar which comes on the blower from Deere. Plus our UHMW wear bar doesn’t scrape or cause abrasion damage to the pavement.
If you aren’t sure which is best for you situation, feel free to ask. We are glad to help. Just use the “Contact Us” button or our telephone number to our office. It’s answered 25/8/366 days a year (that’s a joke as my wife says I am ALWAYS working) which is where the 25/8/366 comes from……Seriously, we have voice mail which is transcribed and emailed to me so messages are forwarded to us as they come in.
Summary of these important Dimensions for the Impact Resistant Wear Bars
Blower Wear Bar material on the pavement*,
SBS 161 to 182 sq inches, OEM 12 to 14.
Blower Wear Bar surface width
SBS 3.5”, OEM 1/4” (2 @ 1/8”)
Blower Wear Bar Total Thickness
SBS 1.25” to 1.5”, OEM 3/4”
Wear Bar Material Depth, before bar has to be replaced
SBS 7/8” to 1”, OEM ½”
Size -
How our Size Information is determined (the details)……
*Our SBS Impact Resistant Q.H. Blower Wear bar is 3” to 3.5” wide across its base, 1.25” thick and either 47” or 54” long. The steel bar on the blower has a base which mounts to the blower is about 3” wide but the blower rides on the legs of the “U” shape, which is mounted upside down. Each of these two thin rails are each 1/8” wide across the width from side to side on the blower.
Blowers wear bar surface to clear the pavement-
Our SBS Impact resistant wear bar is 3” to 3.5” wide (depending upon the blower model) and the 47” or 54” width of the blower. This means the blower rides on 161 sq. inches (47” blower) or 182 sq inches of wear surface (54” blower),
The OEM steel wear bar has two wear edges 1/8” wide and the width of the blower. That means the 47” blower has 12 sq inches while the 54” blower has 14 sq inches of surface on the pavement.
Height of the wear bar
Our SBS Impact resistant wear bar is 1.25 to 1.5” tall, depending upon the blower. The OEM steel wear bar is 3/4’ tall.
Blower Wear bar depth to reach mounting hardware
This is important, because this is how much of the wear bar that has to be worn before the wear bar hardware is scraping the pavement. In our SBS Impact resistant bar, the distance is 7/8” to 1”, depending upon the blower. On the OEM steel wear bar the total wear bar is 3/4” and the hardware is at 1/4” so the maximum wear distance is 1/2”
When the mild steel wear bar catches on the pavement edge or strikes a raised surface, its very possible that damage to the blower wear bar, blower housing and even to the pavement can and often does occur. Since these impacts can be sudden and unexpected, the machine operator should make sure to wear their seat belt and use extreme care when working in these environments.
Let’s talk about these “edge impacts” so we are all on the same page in terms of their cause their severity, and their consequences.
Q. - What is an “Edge Impact” with a snow clearing implement?
A. - This is when clearing snow with a plow, blower, pusher or even a hand shovel, the edge clearing the pavement strikes something which is extended up from the pavement surface.
Q. - What causes a “Edge Impact” to occur?
A. - The scraping edge of the snow implement strikes anything which is raised above the pavement surface. The raised area can be a pavement crack, an expansion joint in the pavement, it can be the edge of a previous pavement repair. It can also be where two surfaces meet, such as blacktop roads and concrete driveways. An edge impact can happen on any paved or otherwise previously smooth surface.
Q. - Why are edge impacts a concern and worth this special attention?
A. - Because they vary greatly and while one edge impact can be merely an a “bang” and shudder of the snowblower or pusher, another can stop the entire tractor and damage the snowblower and injure the operator, in some cases, seriously.
Q. -Once you know where the uneven pavement or edges are located, can’t you just slow down or even avoid striking them so its a simple solution?
A. - Most edge impacts are the result of the cold temperatures and freeze and thaw cycles. As a result, what has long been a smooth area can suddenly have a raised surface, even a severe one, with sharp changes in the ambient air temperature, etc. In other words, changing weather conditions create raised pavement issues.
Q.- What causes these pavement changes with the air temperatures variations?
A.- A condition called many things, but commonly referred to as “Ground Frost” or “Frost Lines” in the soil. This is the depth to which the cold penetrates the ground and freezes the water and moisture in the soil to these depths. When water freezes, it expands and the expansion in the ground, causes the surface pavements to lift and move. This is the major cause of “raised edges” or “raised surfaces” which put those clearing snow at risk for equipment damage or injury (or even worse).
Q.- What is the best way to be prepared for potential edge impacts and avoid machine damage and possible personal injury?
A.- By being alert and aware of the weather conditions and understanding how they will likely impact the surfaces you are clearing of snow. Generally, if you have a “raised edge” in warm weather conditions, the raised edge will become more severe in the cold weather conditions. It’s wise to make a mental note of these raised edge locations during warm weather conditions as they are likely to worsen as the cold penetrates the ground and freezes the moisture in the pavement. What is a slight “bump” in normal fall is likely to become a trip point in the cold weather.
Q.- How much does the height of the raised pavement impact the snow clearing equipment?
A. - It largely depends upon the material which is clearing the pavement. For example, here is the comparison between the OEM steel wear edge , our UHMW SBS Q.H. Blower Wear Bar, our Severe Impact SBS Q.H. Blower Wear Edge on a Q.H. Blower and our SBS Rubber Plow Edge Kit on a Quick Hitch snow plow.
Note, we make 3 different wear bars for the John Deere front mounted blowers. These are described here and intended for the customer in the product description.
Our UHMW S.B. Wear Bars - Ideal for any customer who wants to protect their pavement from surface abrasion and scratching, scraping damage from their steel wear bar which came on the blower. These are our most popular selling snowblower wear bars and they last as long or longer than the steel wear bars. Really, every new J.D. Snowblower, whether its a Quick Hitch Blower or a Heavy Duty Blower should use our UHMW wear bars.
Our Impact Resistant Wear Bars - Designed for customers who are concerned about the striking of the raised pavement edges, etc in their snow clearing area. Our Impact Resistant Bars use a rubber surface on the pavement, but a UHMW surface, to help strengthen the wear bar and extend its life beyond that of the Rubber Wear Bar. Also, the UHMW layer provides important vertical support on the H,D. Blower models as those wear bars mount vertically more than horizontally, as do the Q.H. blower wear bars.
Our Rubber Snowblower Wear Bars - Designed and intended for the customer who clears pavement which is well worn and has extensive repairs, such as crack sealing, pot hole repair, pavement patching and other pavement repairs. The rubber wear bar is going to minimize the impact damage from striking these raised edges, etc. but in exchange for softening the impact, the rubber material is going to wear more rapidly than the UHMW wear bar material.
The customer for our rubber wear bars is the customer who cringes every time their blower impacts a raised edge. It’s also for the customer who’s pavement has had expensive and extensive repairs. etc. The rubber wear bar is going to clear the pavement of snow, but doesn’t have the sharp edge to catch crack filler and pavement patch like the UHMW material does and will.
One last point about the customer for our rubber snowblower wear bars. They know if they continue to allow their blower to bang into these uneven surfaces and edges with the steel edge, they are going to damage the blower, possibly the tractor and risk injury themselves.
Important Disclaimer and Product Disclosure
Snow clearing conditions where there are frequent raised pavement edge impacts with the implements wear edge is a difficult environment to clear snow. Each edge impact is a potentially very serious incident which can damage the snow implement as well as the mounts, hitches, tractor, etc. Its also an environment when the operators risk of personal injury increases.
Even at slow ground speeds, edge impacts with the snow clearing implement can be dangerous and destructive. If you are operating in an environment where edge impacts are happening often, you need to carefully assess the situation and move forward at your discretion.
You may consider switching from a front mounted Quick Hitch snowblower to a front Mounted Quick Hitch snowplow with the plow “forward trip” feature on the plow blade. This will help disperse some of the impact energy away from the snow implement, the tractor and operator.
Our SBS Rubber edges for plows and blower wear bars have been effective in dispersing some of the edge impact energy. Make sure there is the suggested minimum of rubber beneath the implement edge to help direct the impact energy from the implement, tractor and operator.
Make sure to keep the snow clearing speeds as low as possible, to reduce the impact energy and effect.
Use caution and your judgement in these situations as the energy of the impacts can be severe and result in machine and implement damage as well as personal injury.
The machine operator needs to use the blower with care and caution. The operator’s sole judgement is the determining factor for the snowblower wear bar and the edge material they select. SBS, LLC can not be responsible for any equipment, component, implement or surface damage using ANY of our products, as there are simply far too many variables and factors which are completely outside of our control. Under no condition is SBS, LLC responsible for any injuries or other physical damage to any person, place or thing. They are used with the operator accepting all responsibilities for any outcome from the use of these items.
Whether the customer chooses our Rubber wear bar and UHMW shoe kit or the Impact Resistant Wear bar and UHMW shoes, is solely at the judgement and discretion of the customer.
SBS, LLC makes no assurances nor provides any guarantees to the success or results of the use of these products. The customer assumes all risk for using products once they have purchased the items.
This kit is made for those owners who desire to
The customer who is experiencing frequent impacts of their snowblower wear edge with these pavement surfaces.
Customers understand that while switching the snowblower wear bar from the mild steel plow wear edge for their Q.H. Blower and switching to either a Impact resistant or rubber Snowblower Wear Bar edge, the impacts are still a dangerous occurrence and extreme care needs to be used when operating in these conditions.
Customers should also make sure to always use the minimum down pressure on any of these wear edges, to avoid unnecessary damage and minimize the impacts energy in an effort to protect against the damage to the snowblower, other equipment or operator under these conditions and with these impacts.
Operators in snow clearing conditions where edge impacts are happening frequently should lower the blowers UHMW shoes to help raise the blowers housing, trying to minimize damage. While this does reduce the snow clearing effectiveness, it will help reduce the severity of the edge impacts.
I
Purchase the Impact Resistant Wear Bar and our UHMW Blower Shoes together in a kit and save $$$$
For those customers who are installing one of our snowblower wear edges and our snowblower UHMW shoes, we offer a discount kit to save up to 15% on the purchase of these items as a pair. Purchased in this kit form, it saves you money verses purchasing the UHMW Snowblower wear bar and UHMW shoes separately.
We strongly encourage our customers who have a situation where snowblower wear bar impacts are common, to install the Impact Resistant Wear Bar and our UHMW Q.H. Blower shoes as a pair. Not only are these products most effective when used together, it also saves you money when these two products are purchased in the Discount Kit. When installed together, they can profoundly change the blowers performance and function.
Always keep in mind that pavement edge impacts when clearing snow with any implement are dangerous and potentially damaging to the equipment. Please proceed with extreme care in these situations.
A note about shipping of these items.
We ship all items via UPS or the USPS carriers. We often select the delivery method based upon the estimated delivery date. All items are shipped via ground delivery services.
Due to their size, the snowblower wear bars are an “Oversized Item”, which makes them subject to what shippers call “dimensional charge adjustments”, in other words, they cost more to ship due to their size.
To keep the shipping efficient, we have a special shipping sleeve for shipping the snowblower wear bars, which are either 47” or 54” long. Our wear bars are very strong and due to their size and length, are always shipped separately from the snowblower shoes.
Presently, Your order will contain two packages, one which contains your snowblower wear bar and the special hardware kit, shrunk wrapped to the wear bar inside of the shipping sleeve. The second package is a box which contains the snowblower UHMW shoes and their mounting hardware. This may change in the future as we consider alternative packaging methods for our products.
Installation and Use Instructions are included. Thank you for your interest in our products. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to use the “Contact us” form on our website.
Includes Free Ground Shipping to
the Lower 48 States via either UPS or USPS
Please note, this is a product specifically for those with Deere Front Mounted, Quick Hitch Snowblowers. There is another listing for those who have Heavy Duty Snowblowers.
This is a product which is intended to clear the pavement when using the Deere Front Mounted, Quick Hitch Snowblowers in the 47” and 54” size. It is also purpose built to help take out some of the “shock” and “Impact” which happens when these Q.H. snowblowers OEM steel wear edge strikes raised pavement or elevated surfaces. There is extensive discussion about the cause of raised pavement, how to deal with and the impact it has on those clearing snow in our Technical documents section.
If you have ever cleared snow with a Q.H. Snowblower, you have almost certainly had the wear bar on the blower strike a raised pavement edge or other object, sticking out of the surface. Depending upon the height of the raised object or surface, the result of striking it can be anywhere from a Loud Bang, to a immediate stopping of the blowers forward motion. These are covered in detail later in the discussion in the Technical Documents section.
How this Impact Resistant Q.H. Blower wear bar is made.
We use a combination of our well tested and highly effective pavement clearing materials and assemble them into layered wear bar which mounts on your blower in the same position as the Deere steel bar.
Our Wear Bar mounts in the same position, but is shaped and made entirely different than the Deere Steel wear bar,
The steel wear bar from Deere is U shaped and mounts inverted, with the legs of the “U” riding on the pavement. This places two long (47” to 54”) thin strips of metal which are 1/8” thick, and only 3/4” tall, to support the blower. These thin edges catch raised surfaces just as if you push a shovel edge into the raised surface.
When these thin rails wear, they grind the mounting bolts and nuts right into the pavement. With the Deere steel wear bar, you have steel edges and steel hardware grinding on your driveway. Most people would rather remove the abrasion from the process of clearing snow from the driveway.
Clearing your driveway and pavement snow with a steel edge is like washing your car with sand paper. It produces unnecessary abrasion, surface damage and wear to the pavement as well as wear to the blower. You can clear the snow from the pavement using our products and not cause this damage. And the blower housing is protected from expensive wear and damage which happens when the steel wear bar wears out.
Our SBS Impact Resistant Wear bars are rectangular shaped, they are 47” or 54” long and 3” to 3.5” wide and 1.25” thick (top to bottom). Our hardware is recessed down into the wear bar. The long, wide, flat UHMW bar slides on the pavement and uses it square corners to clear the pavement.
Our SBS Impact Resistant Wear bar is a combination of two of our most commonly used and extensively tested materials, our Rubber Plow Edge material and our UHMW low friction, wear resistant composite material.
Please note, if you are not having issues with raised pavement and the impacts with your snowblower, then consider our UHMW wear bar as well as our UHMW blower shoes. These provide wear life which exceeds that of the mild steel wear bar which comes on the blower from Deere. Plus our UHMW wear bar doesn’t scrape or cause abrasion damage to the pavement.
If you aren’t sure which is best for you situation, feel free to ask. We are glad to help. Just use the “Contact Us” button or our telephone number to our office. It’s answered 25/8/366 days a year (that’s a joke as my wife says I am ALWAYS working) which is where the 25/8/366 comes from……Seriously, we have voice mail which is transcribed and emailed to me so messages are forwarded to us as they come in.
Summary of these important Dimensions for the Impact Resistant Wear Bars
Blower Wear Bar material on the pavement*,
SBS 161 to 182 sq inches, OEM 12 to 14.
Blower Wear Bar surface width
SBS 3.5”, OEM 1/4” (2 @ 1/8”)
Blower Wear Bar Total Thickness
SBS 1.25” to 1.5”, OEM 3/4”
Wear Bar Material Depth, before bar has to be replaced
SBS 7/8” to 1”, OEM ½”
Size -
How our Size Information is determined (the details)……
*Our SBS Impact Resistant Q.H. Blower Wear bar is 3” to 3.5” wide across its base, 1.25” thick and either 47” or 54” long. The steel bar on the blower has a base which mounts to the blower is about 3” wide but the blower rides on the legs of the “U” shape, which is mounted upside down. Each of these two thin rails are each 1/8” wide across the width from side to side on the blower.
Blowers wear bar surface to clear the pavement-
Our SBS Impact resistant wear bar is 3” to 3.5” wide (depending upon the blower model) and the 47” or 54” width of the blower. This means the blower rides on 161 sq. inches (47” blower) or 182 sq inches of wear surface (54” blower),
The OEM steel wear bar has two wear edges 1/8” wide and the width of the blower. That means the 47” blower has 12 sq inches while the 54” blower has 14 sq inches of surface on the pavement.
Height of the wear bar
Our SBS Impact resistant wear bar is 1.25 to 1.5” tall, depending upon the blower. The OEM steel wear bar is 3/4’ tall.
Blower Wear bar depth to reach mounting hardware
This is important, because this is how much of the wear bar that has to be worn before the wear bar hardware is scraping the pavement. In our SBS Impact resistant bar, the distance is 7/8” to 1”, depending upon the blower. On the OEM steel wear bar the total wear bar is 3/4” and the hardware is at 1/4” so the maximum wear distance is 1/2”
When the mild steel wear bar catches on the pavement edge or strikes a raised surface, its very possible that damage to the blower wear bar, blower housing and even to the pavement can and often does occur. Since these impacts can be sudden and unexpected, the machine operator should make sure to wear their seat belt and use extreme care when working in these environments.
Let’s talk about these “edge impacts” so we are all on the same page in terms of their cause their severity, and their consequences.
Q. - What is an “Edge Impact” with a snow clearing implement?
A. - This is when clearing snow with a plow, blower, pusher or even a hand shovel, the edge clearing the pavement strikes something which is extended up from the pavement surface.
Q. - What causes a “Edge Impact” to occur?
A. - The scraping edge of the snow implement strikes anything which is raised above the pavement surface. The raised area can be a pavement crack, an expansion joint in the pavement, it can be the edge of a previous pavement repair. It can also be where two surfaces meet, such as blacktop roads and concrete driveways. An edge impact can happen on any paved or otherwise previously smooth surface.
Q. - Why are edge impacts a concern and worth this special attention?
A. - Because they vary greatly and while one edge impact can be merely an a “bang” and shudder of the snowblower or pusher, another can stop the entire tractor and damage the snowblower and injure the operator, in some cases, seriously.
Q. -Once you know where the uneven pavement or edges are located, can’t you just slow down or even avoid striking them so its a simple solution?
A. - Most edge impacts are the result of the cold temperatures and freeze and thaw cycles. As a result, what has long been a smooth area can suddenly have a raised surface, even a severe one, with sharp changes in the ambient air temperature, etc. In other words, changing weather conditions create raised pavement issues.
Q.- What causes these pavement changes with the air temperatures variations?
A.- A condition called many things, but commonly referred to as “Ground Frost” or “Frost Lines” in the soil. This is the depth to which the cold penetrates the ground and freezes the water and moisture in the soil to these depths. When water freezes, it expands and the expansion in the ground, causes the surface pavements to lift and move. This is the major cause of “raised edges” or “raised surfaces” which put those clearing snow at risk for equipment damage or injury (or even worse).
Q.- What is the best way to be prepared for potential edge impacts and avoid machine damage and possible personal injury?
A.- By being alert and aware of the weather conditions and understanding how they will likely impact the surfaces you are clearing of snow. Generally, if you have a “raised edge” in warm weather conditions, the raised edge will become more severe in the cold weather conditions. It’s wise to make a mental note of these raised edge locations during warm weather conditions as they are likely to worsen as the cold penetrates the ground and freezes the moisture in the pavement. What is a slight “bump” in normal fall is likely to become a trip point in the cold weather.
Q.- How much does the height of the raised pavement impact the snow clearing equipment?
A. - It largely depends upon the material which is clearing the pavement. For example, here is the comparison between the OEM steel wear edge , our UHMW SBS Q.H. Blower Wear Bar, our Severe Impact SBS Q.H. Blower Wear Edge on a Q.H. Blower and our SBS Rubber Plow Edge Kit on a Quick Hitch snow plow.
Note, we make 3 different wear bars for the John Deere front mounted blowers. These are described here and intended for the customer in the product description.
Our UHMW S.B. Wear Bars - Ideal for any customer who wants to protect their pavement from surface abrasion and scratching, scraping damage from their steel wear bar which came on the blower. These are our most popular selling snowblower wear bars and they last as long or longer than the steel wear bars. Really, every new J.D. Snowblower, whether its a Quick Hitch Blower or a Heavy Duty Blower should use our UHMW wear bars.
Our Impact Resistant Wear Bars - Designed for customers who are concerned about the striking of the raised pavement edges, etc in their snow clearing area. Our Impact Resistant Bars use a rubber surface on the pavement, but a UHMW surface, to help strengthen the wear bar and extend its life beyond that of the Rubber Wear Bar. Also, the UHMW layer provides important vertical support on the H,D. Blower models as those wear bars mount vertically more than horizontally, as do the Q.H. blower wear bars.
Our Rubber Snowblower Wear Bars - Designed and intended for the customer who clears pavement which is well worn and has extensive repairs, such as crack sealing, pot hole repair, pavement patching and other pavement repairs. The rubber wear bar is going to minimize the impact damage from striking these raised edges, etc. but in exchange for softening the impact, the rubber material is going to wear more rapidly than the UHMW wear bar material.
The customer for our rubber wear bars is the customer who cringes every time their blower impacts a raised edge. It’s also for the customer who’s pavement has had expensive and extensive repairs. etc. The rubber wear bar is going to clear the pavement of snow, but doesn’t have the sharp edge to catch crack filler and pavement patch like the UHMW material does and will.
One last point about the customer for our rubber snowblower wear bars. They know if they continue to allow their blower to bang into these uneven surfaces and edges with the steel edge, they are going to damage the blower, possibly the tractor and risk injury themselves.
Important Disclaimer and Product Disclosure
Snow clearing conditions where there are frequent raised pavement edge impacts with the implements wear edge is a difficult environment to clear snow. Each edge impact is a potentially very serious incident which can damage the snow implement as well as the mounts, hitches, tractor, etc. Its also an environment when the operators risk of personal injury increases.
Even at slow ground speeds, edge impacts with the snow clearing implement can be dangerous and destructive. If you are operating in an environment where edge impacts are happening often, you need to carefully assess the situation and move forward at your discretion.
You may consider switching from a front mounted Quick Hitch snowblower to a front Mounted Quick Hitch snowplow with the plow “forward trip” feature on the plow blade. This will help disperse some of the impact energy away from the snow implement, the tractor and operator.
Our SBS Rubber edges for plows and blower wear bars have been effective in dispersing some of the edge impact energy. Make sure there is the suggested minimum of rubber beneath the implement edge to help direct the impact energy from the implement, tractor and operator.
Make sure to keep the snow clearing speeds as low as possible, to reduce the impact energy and effect.
Use caution and your judgement in these situations as the energy of the impacts can be severe and result in machine and implement damage as well as personal injury.
The machine operator needs to use the blower with care and caution. The operator’s sole judgement is the determining factor for the snowblower wear bar and the edge material they select. SBS, LLC can not be responsible for any equipment, component, implement or surface damage using ANY of our products, as there are simply far too many variables and factors which are completely outside of our control. Under no condition is SBS, LLC responsible for any injuries or other physical damage to any person, place or thing. They are used with the operator accepting all responsibilities for any outcome from the use of these items.
Whether the customer chooses our Rubber wear bar and UHMW shoe kit or the Impact Resistant Wear bar and UHMW shoes, is solely at the judgement and discretion of the customer.
SBS, LLC makes no assurances nor provides any guarantees to the success or results of the use of these products. The customer assumes all risk for using products once they have purchased the items.
This kit is made for those owners who desire to
The customer who is experiencing frequent impacts of their snowblower wear edge with these pavement surfaces.
Customers understand that while switching the snowblower wear bar from the mild steel plow wear edge for their Q.H. Blower and switching to either a Impact resistant or rubber Snowblower Wear Bar edge, the impacts are still a dangerous occurrence and extreme care needs to be used when operating in these conditions.
Customers should also make sure to always use the minimum down pressure on any of these wear edges, to avoid unnecessary damage and minimize the impacts energy in an effort to protect against the damage to the snowblower, other equipment or operator under these conditions and with these impacts.
Operators in snow clearing conditions where edge impacts are happening frequently should lower the blowers UHMW shoes to help raise the blowers housing, trying to minimize damage. While this does reduce the snow clearing effectiveness, it will help reduce the severity of the edge impacts.
I
Purchase the Impact Resistant Wear Bar and our UHMW Blower Shoes together in a kit and save $$$$
For those customers who are installing one of our snowblower wear edges and our snowblower UHMW shoes, we offer a discount kit to save up to 15% on the purchase of these items as a pair. Purchased in this kit form, it saves you money verses purchasing the UHMW Snowblower wear bar and UHMW shoes separately.
We strongly encourage our customers who have a situation where snowblower wear bar impacts are common, to install the Impact Resistant Wear Bar and our UHMW Q.H. Blower shoes as a pair. Not only are these products most effective when used together, it also saves you money when these two products are purchased in the Discount Kit. When installed together, they can profoundly change the blowers performance and function.
Always keep in mind that pavement edge impacts when clearing snow with any implement are dangerous and potentially damaging to the equipment. Please proceed with extreme care in these situations.
A note about shipping of these items.
We ship all items via UPS or the USPS carriers. We often select the delivery method based upon the estimated delivery date. All items are shipped via ground delivery services.
Due to their size, the snowblower wear bars are an “Oversized Item”, which makes them subject to what shippers call “dimensional charge adjustments”, in other words, they cost more to ship due to their size.
To keep the shipping efficient, we have a special shipping sleeve for shipping the snowblower wear bars, which are either 47” or 54” long. Our wear bars are very strong and due to their size and length, are always shipped separately from the snowblower shoes.
Presently, Your order will contain two packages, one which contains your snowblower wear bar and the special hardware kit, shrunk wrapped to the wear bar inside of the shipping sleeve. The second package is a box which contains the snowblower UHMW shoes and their mounting hardware. This may change in the future as we consider alternative packaging methods for our products.
Installation and Use Instructions are included. Thank you for your interest in our products. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to use the “Contact us” form on our website.
Includes Free Ground Shipping to
the Lower 48 States via either UPS or USPS
Please note, this is a product specifically for those with Deere Front Mounted, Quick Hitch Snowblowers. There is another listing for those who have Heavy Duty Snowblowers.
This is a product which is intended to clear the pavement when using the Deere Front Mounted, Quick Hitch Snowblowers in the 47” and 54” size. It is also purpose built to help take out some of the “shock” and “Impact” which happens when these Q.H. snowblowers OEM steel wear edge strikes raised pavement or elevated surfaces. There is extensive discussion about the cause of raised pavement, how to deal with and the impact it has on those clearing snow in our Technical documents section.
If you have ever cleared snow with a Q.H. Snowblower, you have almost certainly had the wear bar on the blower strike a raised pavement edge or other object, sticking out of the surface. Depending upon the height of the raised object or surface, the result of striking it can be anywhere from a Loud Bang, to a immediate stopping of the blowers forward motion. These are covered in detail later in the discussion in the Technical Documents section.
How this Impact Resistant Q.H. Blower wear bar is made.
We use a combination of our well tested and highly effective pavement clearing materials and assemble them into layered wear bar which mounts on your blower in the same position as the Deere steel bar.
Our Wear Bar mounts in the same position, but is shaped and made entirely different than the Deere Steel wear bar,
The steel wear bar from Deere is U shaped and mounts inverted, with the legs of the “U” riding on the pavement. This places two long (47” to 54”) thin strips of metal which are 1/8” thick, and only 3/4” tall, to support the blower. These thin edges catch raised surfaces just as if you push a shovel edge into the raised surface.
When these thin rails wear, they grind the mounting bolts and nuts right into the pavement. With the Deere steel wear bar, you have steel edges and steel hardware grinding on your driveway. Most people would rather remove the abrasion from the process of clearing snow from the driveway.
Clearing your driveway and pavement snow with a steel edge is like washing your car with sand paper. It produces unnecessary abrasion, surface damage and wear to the pavement as well as wear to the blower. You can clear the snow from the pavement using our products and not cause this damage. And the blower housing is protected from expensive wear and damage which happens when the steel wear bar wears out.
Our SBS Impact Resistant Wear bars are rectangular shaped, they are 47” or 54” long and 3” to 3.5” wide and 1.25” thick (top to bottom). Our hardware is recessed down into the wear bar. The long, wide, flat UHMW bar slides on the pavement and uses it square corners to clear the pavement.
Our SBS Impact Resistant Wear bar is a combination of two of our most commonly used and extensively tested materials, our Rubber Plow Edge material and our UHMW low friction, wear resistant composite material.
Please note, if you are not having issues with raised pavement and the impacts with your snowblower, then consider our UHMW wear bar as well as our UHMW blower shoes. These provide wear life which exceeds that of the mild steel wear bar which comes on the blower from Deere. Plus our UHMW wear bar doesn’t scrape or cause abrasion damage to the pavement.
If you aren’t sure which is best for you situation, feel free to ask. We are glad to help. Just use the “Contact Us” button or our telephone number to our office. It’s answered 25/8/366 days a year (that’s a joke as my wife says I am ALWAYS working) which is where the 25/8/366 comes from……Seriously, we have voice mail which is transcribed and emailed to me so messages are forwarded to us as they come in.
Summary of these important Dimensions for the Impact Resistant Wear Bars
Blower Wear Bar material on the pavement*,
SBS 161 to 182 sq inches, OEM 12 to 14.
Blower Wear Bar surface width
SBS 3.5”, OEM 1/4” (2 @ 1/8”)
Blower Wear Bar Total Thickness
SBS 1.25” to 1.5”, OEM 3/4”
Wear Bar Material Depth, before bar has to be replaced
SBS 7/8” to 1”, OEM ½”
Size -
How our Size Information is determined (the details)……
*Our SBS Impact Resistant Q.H. Blower Wear bar is 3” to 3.5” wide across its base, 1.25” thick and either 47” or 54” long. The steel bar on the blower has a base which mounts to the blower is about 3” wide but the blower rides on the legs of the “U” shape, which is mounted upside down. Each of these two thin rails are each 1/8” wide across the width from side to side on the blower.
Blowers wear bar surface to clear the pavement-
Our SBS Impact resistant wear bar is 3” to 3.5” wide (depending upon the blower model) and the 47” or 54” width of the blower. This means the blower rides on 161 sq. inches (47” blower) or 182 sq inches of wear surface (54” blower),
The OEM steel wear bar has two wear edges 1/8” wide and the width of the blower. That means the 47” blower has 12 sq inches while the 54” blower has 14 sq inches of surface on the pavement.
Height of the wear bar
Our SBS Impact resistant wear bar is 1.25 to 1.5” tall, depending upon the blower. The OEM steel wear bar is 3/4’ tall.
Blower Wear bar depth to reach mounting hardware
This is important, because this is how much of the wear bar that has to be worn before the wear bar hardware is scraping the pavement. In our SBS Impact resistant bar, the distance is 7/8” to 1”, depending upon the blower. On the OEM steel wear bar the total wear bar is 3/4” and the hardware is at 1/4” so the maximum wear distance is 1/2”
When the mild steel wear bar catches on the pavement edge or strikes a raised surface, its very possible that damage to the blower wear bar, blower housing and even to the pavement can and often does occur. Since these impacts can be sudden and unexpected, the machine operator should make sure to wear their seat belt and use extreme care when working in these environments.
Let’s talk about these “edge impacts” so we are all on the same page in terms of their cause their severity, and their consequences.
Q. - What is an “Edge Impact” with a snow clearing implement?
A. - This is when clearing snow with a plow, blower, pusher or even a hand shovel, the edge clearing the pavement strikes something which is extended up from the pavement surface.
Q. - What causes a “Edge Impact” to occur?
A. - The scraping edge of the snow implement strikes anything which is raised above the pavement surface. The raised area can be a pavement crack, an expansion joint in the pavement, it can be the edge of a previous pavement repair. It can also be where two surfaces meet, such as blacktop roads and concrete driveways. An edge impact can happen on any paved or otherwise previously smooth surface.
Q. - Why are edge impacts a concern and worth this special attention?
A. - Because they vary greatly and while one edge impact can be merely an a “bang” and shudder of the snowblower or pusher, another can stop the entire tractor and damage the snowblower and injure the operator, in some cases, seriously.
Q. -Once you know where the uneven pavement or edges are located, can’t you just slow down or even avoid striking them so its a simple solution?
A. - Most edge impacts are the result of the cold temperatures and freeze and thaw cycles. As a result, what has long been a smooth area can suddenly have a raised surface, even a severe one, with sharp changes in the ambient air temperature, etc. In other words, changing weather conditions create raised pavement issues.
Q.- What causes these pavement changes with the air temperatures variations?
A.- A condition called many things, but commonly referred to as “Ground Frost” or “Frost Lines” in the soil. This is the depth to which the cold penetrates the ground and freezes the water and moisture in the soil to these depths. When water freezes, it expands and the expansion in the ground, causes the surface pavements to lift and move. This is the major cause of “raised edges” or “raised surfaces” which put those clearing snow at risk for equipment damage or injury (or even worse).
Q.- What is the best way to be prepared for potential edge impacts and avoid machine damage and possible personal injury?
A.- By being alert and aware of the weather conditions and understanding how they will likely impact the surfaces you are clearing of snow. Generally, if you have a “raised edge” in warm weather conditions, the raised edge will become more severe in the cold weather conditions. It’s wise to make a mental note of these raised edge locations during warm weather conditions as they are likely to worsen as the cold penetrates the ground and freezes the moisture in the pavement. What is a slight “bump” in normal fall is likely to become a trip point in the cold weather.
Q.- How much does the height of the raised pavement impact the snow clearing equipment?
A. - It largely depends upon the material which is clearing the pavement. For example, here is the comparison between the OEM steel wear edge , our UHMW SBS Q.H. Blower Wear Bar, our Severe Impact SBS Q.H. Blower Wear Edge on a Q.H. Blower and our SBS Rubber Plow Edge Kit on a Quick Hitch snow plow.
Note, we make 3 different wear bars for the John Deere front mounted blowers. These are described here and intended for the customer in the product description.
Our UHMW S.B. Wear Bars - Ideal for any customer who wants to protect their pavement from surface abrasion and scratching, scraping damage from their steel wear bar which came on the blower. These are our most popular selling snowblower wear bars and they last as long or longer than the steel wear bars. Really, every new J.D. Snowblower, whether its a Quick Hitch Blower or a Heavy Duty Blower should use our UHMW wear bars.
Our Impact Resistant Wear Bars - Designed for customers who are concerned about the striking of the raised pavement edges, etc in their snow clearing area. Our Impact Resistant Bars use a rubber surface on the pavement, but a UHMW surface, to help strengthen the wear bar and extend its life beyond that of the Rubber Wear Bar. Also, the UHMW layer provides important vertical support on the H,D. Blower models as those wear bars mount vertically more than horizontally, as do the Q.H. blower wear bars.
Our Rubber Snowblower Wear Bars - Designed and intended for the customer who clears pavement which is well worn and has extensive repairs, such as crack sealing, pot hole repair, pavement patching and other pavement repairs. The rubber wear bar is going to minimize the impact damage from striking these raised edges, etc. but in exchange for softening the impact, the rubber material is going to wear more rapidly than the UHMW wear bar material.
The customer for our rubber wear bars is the customer who cringes every time their blower impacts a raised edge. It’s also for the customer who’s pavement has had expensive and extensive repairs. etc. The rubber wear bar is going to clear the pavement of snow, but doesn’t have the sharp edge to catch crack filler and pavement patch like the UHMW material does and will.
One last point about the customer for our rubber snowblower wear bars. They know if they continue to allow their blower to bang into these uneven surfaces and edges with the steel edge, they are going to damage the blower, possibly the tractor and risk injury themselves.
Important Disclaimer and Product Disclosure
Snow clearing conditions where there are frequent raised pavement edge impacts with the implements wear edge is a difficult environment to clear snow. Each edge impact is a potentially very serious incident which can damage the snow implement as well as the mounts, hitches, tractor, etc. Its also an environment when the operators risk of personal injury increases.
Even at slow ground speeds, edge impacts with the snow clearing implement can be dangerous and destructive. If you are operating in an environment where edge impacts are happening often, you need to carefully assess the situation and move forward at your discretion.
You may consider switching from a front mounted Quick Hitch snowblower to a front Mounted Quick Hitch snowplow with the plow “forward trip” feature on the plow blade. This will help disperse some of the impact energy away from the snow implement, the tractor and operator.
Our SBS Rubber edges for plows and blower wear bars have been effective in dispersing some of the edge impact energy. Make sure there is the suggested minimum of rubber beneath the implement edge to help direct the impact energy from the implement, tractor and operator.
Make sure to keep the snow clearing speeds as low as possible, to reduce the impact energy and effect.
Use caution and your judgement in these situations as the energy of the impacts can be severe and result in machine and implement damage as well as personal injury.
The machine operator needs to use the blower with care and caution. The operator’s sole judgement is the determining factor for the snowblower wear bar and the edge material they select. SBS, LLC can not be responsible for any equipment, component, implement or surface damage using ANY of our products, as there are simply far too many variables and factors which are completely outside of our control. Under no condition is SBS, LLC responsible for any injuries or other physical damage to any person, place or thing. They are used with the operator accepting all responsibilities for any outcome from the use of these items.
Whether the customer chooses our Rubber wear bar and UHMW shoe kit or the Impact Resistant Wear bar and UHMW shoes, is solely at the judgement and discretion of the customer.
SBS, LLC makes no assurances nor provides any guarantees to the success or results of the use of these products. The customer assumes all risk for using products once they have purchased the items.
This kit is made for those owners who desire to
The customer who is experiencing frequent impacts of their snowblower wear edge with these pavement surfaces.
Customers understand that while switching the snowblower wear bar from the mild steel plow wear edge for their Q.H. Blower and switching to either a Impact resistant or rubber Snowblower Wear Bar edge, the impacts are still a dangerous occurrence and extreme care needs to be used when operating in these conditions.
Customers should also make sure to always use the minimum down pressure on any of these wear edges, to avoid unnecessary damage and minimize the impacts energy in an effort to protect against the damage to the snowblower, other equipment or operator under these conditions and with these impacts.
Operators in snow clearing conditions where edge impacts are happening frequently should lower the blowers UHMW shoes to help raise the blowers housing, trying to minimize damage. While this does reduce the snow clearing effectiveness, it will help reduce the severity of the edge impacts.
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Purchase the Impact Resistant Wear Bar and our UHMW Blower Shoes together in a kit and save $$$$
For those customers who are installing one of our snowblower wear edges and our snowblower UHMW shoes, we offer a discount kit to save up to 15% on the purchase of these items as a pair. Purchased in this kit form, it saves you money verses purchasing the UHMW Snowblower wear bar and UHMW shoes separately.
We strongly encourage our customers who have a situation where snowblower wear bar impacts are common, to install the Impact Resistant Wear Bar and our UHMW Q.H. Blower shoes as a pair. Not only are these products most effective when used together, it also saves you money when these two products are purchased in the Discount Kit. When installed together, they can profoundly change the blowers performance and function.
Always keep in mind that pavement edge impacts when clearing snow with any implement are dangerous and potentially damaging to the equipment. Please proceed with extreme care in these situations.
A note about shipping of these items.
We ship all items via UPS or the USPS carriers. We often select the delivery method based upon the estimated delivery date. All items are shipped via ground delivery services.
Due to their size, the snowblower wear bars are an “Oversized Item”, which makes them subject to what shippers call “dimensional charge adjustments”, in other words, they cost more to ship due to their size.
To keep the shipping efficient, we have a special shipping sleeve for shipping the snowblower wear bars, which are either 47” or 54” long. Our wear bars are very strong and due to their size and length, are always shipped separately from the snowblower shoes.
Presently, Your order will contain two packages, one which contains your snowblower wear bar and the special hardware kit, shrunk wrapped to the wear bar inside of the shipping sleeve. The second package is a box which contains the snowblower UHMW shoes and their mounting hardware. This may change in the future as we consider alternative packaging methods for our products.
Installation and Use Instructions are included. Thank you for your interest in our products. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to use the “Contact us” form on our website.
Many of our items are kept in stock much of the year. As seasonal demand increases we produce additional parts trying to maintain the proper inventory levels. At times, we are temporarily out of stock on some items. Should this happenm we will advise you of the estimated shipping date of your order when your order is placed. We will update you during the production period of any change in the estimated shipping date. Once your order ships, you will be provided the shipping tracking numbers and an expected delivery date. Thank you for your interest in our products. We sincerely appreciate it.