Snow Blower Parts, Skid Shoe, Stock #203050681

Snow Blower Parts, Skid Shoe, Stock #203050681 is a skid shoe, the adjustable plate on each side of the auger housing that holds the auger clear of the surface. It is listed under Parts and Accessories. The stock number is 203050681. The identifier that matters here is 203050681. Machine names change between production years and the number does not.

Where a snow blower skid shoe fits

They set the running height and take the wear that would otherwise land on the housing. Skid shoes are the reason a two stage machine can work on gravel at all.

The stock number is 203050681. It is listed under Parts and Accessories. The listed price is $20.91 CAD and that is the figure you pay, because the stock is already in the country.

The numbers

The listed price is $20.91 CAD and that is the figure you pay, because the stock is already in the country. October is the quiet month for this. February is not, and freight times show it.

Signs it has reached the end

Components in this family announce themselves fairly consistently. Any of the following is worth acting on before the next storm.

• the machine cutting deeper on one side
• stone picked up and thrown on a gravel drive
• the scraper bar wearing unevenly side to side
• the housing dragging on one corner
• a visible step worn into the shoe

Reversible types effectively double it. A spare bought before the season is a spare, and a spare bought during one is an emergency.

Buying, shipping and returns

The figure is $20.91, quoted the way every price on this site is quoted, in Canadian dollars. Anything of this size posts normally, and the free freight threshold is $999. shipping and delivery has the detail.

returns and refunds sets out the window and who pays freight in which circumstances. Belts, shear pins, paddles, scraper bars and skid shoes are excluded everywhere. the warranty policy has the detail.

If anything here is unclear the contact page reaches somebody who has taken these machines apart. Consumer rights when buying a snow blower skid shoe in Canada, above any retailer policy, are set out by Consumer Protection Ontario.

Getting the fitment right

Two components can look identical on a bench and take different fitments, so the 203050681 reference is the safe way to buy. The same machine model frequently ships with different components across production years.

Loosen, set the gap with a piece of timber, then tighten evenly. Reversible shoes can be turned once before replacement.

Where to find the stamped number on each part is covered in the snow blower repair guide. We would far rather answer a question than process a return, so ask before you order if there is any doubt.

Fitting notes

Disconnect the spark plug lead before anything else. It costs five seconds and removes the whole category of accident. Bag the fasteners by stage rather than tipping them into one tin.

Set both sides on a flat surface, low for gravel and tight for concrete. A side by side check catches the small dimensional differences that photographs never show.

Clear blockages with the tool, never with a glove, and never with the engine merely idling. The same rule applies whenever the auger housing is open.

Buying for a Canadian winter

What a machine meets in the Ontario and Quebec corridor is moderate depth with the plow ridge as the deciding factor, which is a different problem from the national average. The parts everybody wants in February are the parts that are slowest to arrive in February.

Freight across the country slows once the first storms arrive, so autumn is when a spare actually reaches you quickly. Thirty year normals for your own station are published free by Environment and Climate Change Canada.

best snow blowers in Canada sorts picks by snowfall band and snow blower prices in Canada sets out what each class costs in Canadian dollars.

Reading the listing

Note the descriptors: skid, shoe. They are not decorative. Where a name carries a size, that size is exact rather than nominal.

This line is 203050681. Quote it exactly and the right item arrives first time.

What else to check

A repair is cheapest when everything that needs doing is done at the same time. Add the scraper bar clearance to the same inspection. It is worth a minute on the auger flights for straightness. Have a look at the fasteners you have just disturbed too.

None of those are expensive, and snow blower parts has them by number. the maintenance checklist sets out the seasonal order to work through them in, and the snow blower repair guide covers what to do when one of them turns out to be the real fault.

The autumn order

Anyone who has stood in a storm with a broken machine buys spares the following autumn. Everyone else learns the same way. The four to buy are the belt, the shear pins, the paddles and the scraper bar. Nothing else fails often enough to stock.

Those parts live on snow blower parts, and the maintenance checklist says when to check each of them. Late summer through October is when choice is widest across the whole catalogue. An unheated shed is fine. A puddle on a garage floor is not.

The common mistake with a snow blower skid shoe is buying on a single headline number. A snow blower skid shoe should be judged on how the whole specification fits together against your driveway, your surface and the way snow arrives where you live.

Two things people ask about a snow blower skid shoe that the specification does not answer. How it behaves in wet snow, and how easy it is to get parts. On a snow blower skid shoe bought here, both are covered above.

Common questions