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Curb Guard Application And Benefit

By Laura Gallagher


With winter snowfalls impeding the visibility of road sidewalks getting out the shovel to sweep away snow that has built up along the curb is one way of clearing snow from the curb. Other faster methods make use of snow ploughs which run the plough across the snow filled area and remove it at lightening speed. There are precautions though you may want to consider and that is the use of a curb guard.

Snow tends to compact itself in the very corners where the street meets the sidewalk. To get up close and personal so to speak with the aid of a snowplough becomes tricky. By adding this add on you can now bring the plough into close contact and make contact with the concrete and asphalt without doing your vehicle any damage.

Some flip over ploughs have curb guards that fit around the entire outer area for complete protection. The attachments are to prevent any damage occuring to the plough should the plough make contact with a solid object such as the concrete of the road or sidewalk.

As the snowplough moves closer towards the sidewalk and makes contact with it, the material the guard is made of flexes backwards causing no damage to the metal part of the snowplough as well as no damage to the concrete sidewalk.

Guards come in various sizes and functionalities. There are those that have two attachments that are attached to either side of the metal pusher. Then there is the type that protects the whole part of the underside and sides of the plough. This type runs across the length of the underside of the metal and up the sides. In this way the underpart of the blade is protected when lowering and moving snow from the road surface.

The driver of the vehicle wants to be able to work quickly and efficiently without interruption from any unforseen objects that may be hidden under the snow. Without having one of these products attached he or she will work a lot slower in taking care as not to damage the blade and working parts of the hydraulics. It is noticeable with snow removing vehicles how efficiently each one handles the job they are required to do. Having a curb guard attached will advisably make the job a whole lot easier to complete.

Mechanically minded people will have no problem fitting these attachments themselves. Installation requires you to work to exact measurements ensuring that the alignment of the fitting is measured correctly and then fitted. A discrepancy may result in the guard buckling under weight when it makes contact with the snow and street. Installed correctly, the material will bend backwards absorbing the force of the machine pushing against any hard surface.

A curb guard may be attached to the rims of the wheels of your car. When snows are heavy, visibility of the sidewalk is minimal and it is often the case that your tyres make contact with it. This can throw the alignment of your wheels out and it is a good preventative measure to have these installed in order to avoid this unforseen cost.




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