While my first season was great with 5-6 midwest snow storms, I quiickly experienced problems in season 2 finding this unit hard to push through even a couple of inches of snow. After researching online I found this known design flaw that EGO owners are complaining about, but EGO doesn't seem to warn owners about this critical part or comuunicate with them about ways to overcome the poor design. Owners should be warned prominently online, when they register ane in the owners manual to check this part before every use, and that you should buy 2-3 scraper bars to have extras ready before the snow season, because they aren't avaible during the season when you'll need it. Also, because of this poor design, and no optional tracking shoes to mount - the bottom and sides of this unit drag on the ground and are worn and rusted after 2 years.