I plan on buying a new B2650 before years end, i was going to buy a front mounted snow blower but have been thinking about the quick attach 60" bucket and 60" quick attach snow blade option. I see very few people with that setup on youtube most have the blade mounted to the bucket. The front mounted snow blower is about the same price as a loader and snow blade!
I like the appeal of using the bucket and then quick attach the snow blade. I live in VA so we don't get tons of snow average yearly snow fall is around 22 inches. My driveway is gravel and around 1,000 feet long with a slight hill in the middle. The trouble is it always drifts closed and i get drifts around the house in front of the garage etc. I figured a snow blower would be great to get rid of the drifts. My neighbor has been plowing my road for me with a similar tractor to the 2650 he's been using a rear blade but always gets stuck in the drifts he uses turf tires. I don't know how much of a differance the front plow would make over the rear blade i will be using R4 tires and a ballast box.
I feel like small tractors are better off with a snow blower since they don't have a lot of weight to push the snow. We had a snow storm one year that we got 33 inches and the drifts where even higher my neighbors tractor couldn't even get out of his own driveway. I don't want that to be me!
We have winters where the ground is not frozen as well or it's frozen in the AM but in the PM is a muddy mess.
I know a plow is quicker but i like cold weather and look forward to using my new tractor.
I like the appeal of using the bucket and then quick attach the snow blade. I live in VA so we don't get tons of snow average yearly snow fall is around 22 inches. My driveway is gravel and around 1,000 feet long with a slight hill in the middle. The trouble is it always drifts closed and i get drifts around the house in front of the garage etc. I figured a snow blower would be great to get rid of the drifts. My neighbor has been plowing my road for me with a similar tractor to the 2650 he's been using a rear blade but always gets stuck in the drifts he uses turf tires. I don't know how much of a differance the front plow would make over the rear blade i will be using R4 tires and a ballast box.
I feel like small tractors are better off with a snow blower since they don't have a lot of weight to push the snow. We had a snow storm one year that we got 33 inches and the drifts where even higher my neighbors tractor couldn't even get out of his own driveway. I don't want that to be me!
We have winters where the ground is not frozen as well or it's frozen in the AM but in the PM is a muddy mess.
I know a plow is quicker but i like cold weather and look forward to using my new tractor.
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