Snow Sweeps
The concept behind snow sweeps is to pull snow from the edge of the trail into the middle for the teeth, comb, and track setter to work with. Without snow sweeps, several things happen:
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The Tidd Tech pushes snow off the trail, creating a snow bank on the edge of the trail.
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This snow bank 'sets' and over the course of the season, the trail gets narrower.
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The Tidd Tech under-cuts the snow on the edge of the trail, the snow breaks off and falls on the trail creating a mess, especially in the tracks.
The snow sweep consists of a steel mounting tube on each corner of the Tidd Tech frame, an adjustable steel frame, and a UHMW plastic sweep:
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It reaches out to the edge of the trail, slightly beyond the edge of the Tidd Tech.
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It's adjustable up/down and in/out, so it can be adjusted depending on the snow conditions.
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The UHMW plastic is flexible enough to bend if it strikes a tree, but tough enough to retain it's original shape.
The Front picture shows how the snow sweep cuts the edge of the trail.
The Side pictures show the snow sweep from different angles.
I have two different designs for the adjustable frame, but I only use one snow sweep when I'm grooming.
It can be attached to either side of the Tidd Tech - which ever side is on the outside edge of the trail.
