This article is for those that are interested in understanding how your sno-razor works or if you have one of our Snow Groomers and would like a little bit of education on how to get the most out of your snow razor blade.

What is the sno-razor for?

If you live in a part of the world where it snows almost every single day during the wintertime then you don’t need a way to cut and trim and refresh your snow.

However, most of us are not that lucky.

If you’re not constantly getting fresh new snow every day it’s important to have a system that will cut and trim your trail to give you new snow to work with. Being able to cut and trim your trail will allow you to work with new snow to pack and level your trail.

This gives you a nice flat surface to always consistently work off of every time you need to groom your trail.

The snow razor is a system that was designed to fit perfectly with our ultra-compact snow grooming equipment and is available on our path-master and Sno-master chassis.

You can lower the sno-razor down into the snow and like a knife, it will cut through the old bad snow and give you new snow to work with. Then the snow that’s been cut will hit your snow deflector and be pushed down underneath your snow groomer for compaction.

This is perfect for when your trail is torn up from being walked on or even whooped out from snowmobiles. 

How tough is the SNO-RAZOR Blade?

This precision sno-razor will last many years with proper care. it should be cleaned and a light coat of oil applied to all surfaces and stored inside during the off-season. treat the sno-razor like a fine knife, a rusty sno-razor will not perform well. the pivot plate bolts should be snug, but not tight, to allow the sno-razor to swing up if it hits a hidden obstacle. recheck the sno-razor angle any time you shear a bolt. there are four extra shear bolts in your hardware box. do not use any bolt harder than a grade 2, (standard hardware grade) or damage to the sno-razor, groomer or snowmobile can occur. before using your groomer each season, remove the shear bolts and make sure the sno-razor swings up freely. apply a film of grease to the mating surfaces of the pivot plates and replace the shear bolts. remove the breakaway coupler from the hitch plate receiver and coat the coupler shaft with a film of grease and replace the shear pin.

Will the SNO-RAZOR knock down snow whoops or bumps?

• Acceleration bumps
• Whoops
• Doubles
• bumps

So say that you have a snowmobile trail that gets lots of traffic and you don’t constantly snow groom to knock down the big snow whoops the big question is will the snow razor cut or knock down these snow whoops?

The answer is YES.

Can the SNO-RAZOR cut thru ice or really hard-pack snow?

However, keep in mind this is a Snow Groomer, not an ice groomer. If your trail or these snow whoops are frozen solid or ice there really is not anything out there that will knock down frozen ice whoops other than a really large snow blade you see on the professional snowcat snow groomers.

This is why we recommend grooming your winter trails as often as possible. The reason why professional ski resorts groom their snow every day is they want to make sure that their snow does turn to solid ice so I’m continually agitating the snow is a really important piece to grooming Snow.

If your snow is really hard-packed snow the snow razor blade can cut through really hard snow but in reality, I do not recommend it as it’s really hard on all of your equipment. Which could cause your shear bolts and shear pin to break.

How to properly adjust the SNO-RAZOR Blade?

When using your snow razor there is a little bit of science that goes into making sure that the razor blade is set at the right angle and depth for cutting through the snow.

\What is adjustable on your SNO-RAZOR blade?

• Adjusts up and down
• Razorblade Adjusts

This is a razor blade which means you want the blade to cut not turn into a plow. 

• For light fluffy snow do you want your snow razor blade to be at 20 to 25°
• For harder or heavier snow you want your snow razor blade to be at 30°

You do not want your snow razor blade angle to be steeper than a 30° angle because after the 30° angle your snow razor will turn into a plow.

Blade Angle

• Soft Snow 20 Degrees
• Medium Snow 25 Degrees
• Hard Snow 30 Degrees

How to adjust the RAZOR blade angle

loosen the two cutter assembly bolts at the bottom of the sno-razor legs. place the magnetic base angle indicator in the center of the cutter assembly facing left or right at a 90-degree angle of cutter assembly. rotate the cutter assembly to an angle appropriate to your snow conditions. for soft or fresh snow adjust to between 18 and 20 degrees. increase the angle the more dense or hard-packed the snow conditions with a maximum angle being 30 degrees. retighten the cutter assembly bolts to a torque of 70 ft-lbs.

The goal is to get a bite into the snow with the snow razor blade and then have the snow go up over the top of the snow razor blade and then hit the snow deflectors which will push the snow down underneath the chassis for packing and smoothing out the snow.

What depth should you set the SNO-RAZOR blade at?

As mentioned above the goal is to knife through the snow which means you actually do not want the snow razor blade to be set deeper than a couple of inches at Max down into the snow. Take your time and slowly lower bit by bit until you find the optimal cutting depth. You do NOT want your blade to be too deep.

• 0-4 inches

What is the optimal Sno-razor snow grooming temperature?

The answer to this is it depends so typically you want to make sure that the snow isn’t super sticky meaning that it will roll over and this is going to be below freezing.

0°C or 32°F

if you groom often this allows your snow to be refreshed or tilled which makes it easier to work with despite the cold or warming up temperatures.

Now there are times when it will warm up in the afternoon and your trail had been frozen but now is turning into softer snow. Now that the snow is softened up a bit you can take the snow razor and knocked down any webs are bumps even though the snow conditions or maybe sticky snow this is something I would recommend doing if you let your track get frozen up when it was torn up.

When is the SNO-RAZOR blade not needed?

If you have 6 inches or more of fresh snow you do not need to use the sno-razor blade. The sno-razor blade will lift up out of the way. If it’s under 6 inches of fresh snow, I actually will use the snow razor blade just to make sure that I get smooth and clean snow to work with. This is to ensure that my trail is flat and I fill in any holes or ruts.

Do you have to have the sno-razor blade?

The answer is no.

However, I do highly recommend it as it’s kind of the secret sauce for snow grooming.  It allows you to take all the old snow and turn it into new snow that you can use to pack down and get a smooth trail even when your trails get worn out.

If you’re a place where you get free refills every single week with fresh snow then yeah you don’t have to have the snow razor but if you are in a high traffic area or in a place where you don’t get a ton of snow having the snow razor is the perfect way to cut and trim your trail allowing you to have new snow to work with at any time.

Having a snow razor blade is the best way to ensure that your winter trails are as level as possible and have perfect flat corduroy out the back.

Feel free to reach out you are welcome to call us or email us or chat with us if you have any questions about our snow razor blades and how they work.