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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mrbb" data-source="post: 122884" data-attributes="member: 13825">if your blower requires more flow than your machine can make, it will cause it to shut things down and its very easy to over load a blower by going too fast , snow doesn;t always be the same , as in, its not just HOW deep the snow that matters, it can be chunks of ice, or wet heavy snow as to powder snow, and  that will determine a lot on how fast you can  run machine into snow, to move it blower has limits on what it can handle as for adding weight? most OEM's have weight kits for there machcine so I woudl look there and I fully think adding more studs will help you  here I would also gather  your having more issues trying to blow snow going UP hill, rather than down hill,  if sos, I would maybe suggest you DON"T blow snow going up your steeper section,  either make a pass down, and back up the opening,  or take small bites , go forward, back up, and repeat down the hill this way , even if you start to slide, you will have more control on where your going,  and have some snow in front of machine to also help with braking! Gravity as a major roll in things  on hills! tracks are nice with how they float in mud and or off road conditions, , but they displace weight a lot, so your not getting a  ton of down force on things, so, the more studs you have the better  as they are what will be grabbing , , so having more of them to grab, ups your odds on having traction and control! if you only have 64 in one track, less than half will not be touching anything to add in traction,  so thats only like  30 or so tiny studs making contact with the ground and that's 30 or so only across what a 6 ft  section of track too?there spread rather thin, even doubling them is NOT a lot  in the big picture!,  so keep that in mind the way studs work, is each tiny head only has a SMALL contact spot, the game in how they work , is the more heads the better, and then also screwing them in so they off set each other was wellas if there all in a line, they won;'t work as well as is staggered in different rows, so they all make NEW contact with the surface I know things are not cheap but  if safety is your concern here, the more the better as wrecking a machine, or burying one in a  ditch  isn;t cheap  or any fun either!Only big draw back to a lot of studs is , possible damage to pavement/concrete, but your going to have some no matter if you have 60 or 600, carbide   isn;t very forgiving to them surfaces  so keep that in mind  when on it! but it is what makes the studs last and get you the traction they can!</blockquote>

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