Thanks for all the advice. I already got the cab covered...built it out of PVC and clear vinyl last summer when the wife finally gave in and said "OK you can buy the tractor and the rear blade but NOTHING else." Going to have to sell some of my other toys for this blower...as for plowing backwards, that's how I did it last year and it was tolerable...will be a lot more tolerable with a blower I figure, because it should be twice as quick.
I have a Buhler/Allied 60 inch blower on my BX 2200 the size is about as big as I would go on this tractor,but it works very well after two years I have no complaints.