Snow Blower versus Plow on Lawn Tractor/Mower

[Bailey Guns]

Front loaders suck at snow removal. They work, eventually, but they're very inefficient. Either of your options would work better than a loader bucket. Even a rear blade on a tractor is far superior than a bucket up front.

[ray1970]

Front loaders suck at snow removal. They work, eventually, but they're very inefficient. Either of your options would work better than a loader bucket. Even a rear blade on a tractor is far superior than a bucket up front.

When I do snow removal at work I usually use the rear blade on the tractor to move most of it but the bucket lets me pick up large amounts of snow and dump it wherever. I have pushed a fair amount of snow with the bucket and I thought it worked quite well. Once I figured out that I had to float the bucket anyways.

[ChickNorris]

When I do snow removal at work I usually use the rear blade on the tractor to move most of it but the bucket lets me pick up large amounts of snow and dump it wherever. I have pushed a fair amount of snow with the bucket and I thought it worked quite well. Once I figured out that I had to float the bucket anyways.

Find yourself a manhole cover, material seam or . . . ?

[buffalobo]

Find yourself a manhole cover, material seam or . . . ?

or tear up grade of road/ditches/landscape around site if not frozen.

[buffalobo]

When I do snow removal at work I usually use the rear blade on the tractor to move most of it but the bucket lets me pick up large amounts of snow and dump it wherever. I have pushed a fair amount of snow with the bucket and I thought it worked quite well. Once I figured out that I had to float the bucket anyways.

Used JD310 on sites to push alot of snow but it is much bigger/heavier/more HP than our little farm tractors. It would clear the drift I described above in 15 minutes.

[buffalobo]

Front loaders suck at snow removal. They work, eventually, but they're very inefficient. Either of your options would work better than a loader bucket. Even a rear blade on a tractor is far superior than a bucket up front.

^^^Pretty much this unless clearing blind alleys and corrals, have to pile snow or have a BIG loader. Open areas or roads need plow/blade/blower.

Typical 4' deep, 40' wide drift across my driveway takes nearly 2 hrs with my little tractor(same size as link 00Tec posted) to dig out.

Four foot wide, front/bucket mounted, hydraulic snowblower would be the bomb(I have remote hydraulics to drive it).