I am sure happy I went this route. Despite the weight with my loaded tires I like the front axle engaged. I can keep a straighter line moving snow. Can plow in high range and the directional snow blade is like having a plow truck.
Wow just a baby still! She looks good tho. I need to hurry up and weld a tilt cylinder on my homemade snow plow, it's just set for manual right now. Luckily we only had the one snow in Nov, and unluckily, the ground wasn't frozen yet so plowing my gravel was a PITA. Feathering the angle would've helped...
From the video, it sure is getting the job done. We don't get snow worth speaking of here, so I don't have that drama, but I am also completely satisfied with my slightly smaller brother to your 1758.