SNOWBLOWER

A snowblower includes an auger having a generally horizontal auger cylinder and at least a pair of spaced apart planar elastomeric auger flights surrounding the auger cylinder. The auger flights extend outwardly from the surface of the auger cylinder and from opposite ends of the cylinder toward each other. The auger also includes an impeller blade extending radially from the auger cylinder surface and having opposite ends, one of the impeller blade ends being connected to one of the auger flights and the other of the impeller blade ends being connected to the other of the auger flights. The auger further includes an auger frame rotatable about a longitudinal axis, and the auger frame includes two frame halves secured together at a parting plane including the longitudinal axis.