funwithahoe
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I see a lot of questions about what to buy for snow removal so I thought this might be a good thread to start. I have owned all three and they all have their pluses and minuses - Feel free to tag on with your experience.
Advantages:
Scraper Blade
1) Easy to take on and off
2) Easy to leave the loader on so you can pile high
3) Cheap (by comparison)
4) You can use it in the summer for light grading (spreading the cost over multiple duties)
Blower
1) Throws snow far out of the way so you don't have to worry about piling too high.
2) Tractor traction not as much of an issue since you don't have to push
3) Usually can handle a deep snow well
Snow Plow
1) Hydralic angling makes life easy (compared to scraper blade)
2) Fast
3) "Shoes" allow you to keep the blade about 1/2 inch up off of a gravel driveway so you aren't pushing the gravel into your grass
4) "Trip" feature is easier on tractor and blade (Compared to scraper blade)
Disadvatages
Scraper Blade
1) When you hit something frozen (covered stump etc) something is either bending or stopping in a hurry.
2) Pushing backwards is not how a 3pt is designed so it is easy to bend arms
3) If you don't adjust correctly it will scrape the heck out of your driveway.
4) You are facing the wrong way which means you may soon have a new friend at the chiropractor's office
Blower
1) Slower
2) You miss the fun of pushing snow into a huge pile and then letting your kids climb up it
3) Lots of moving parts - More to break
4) Loves to throw gravel or atleast break the sheer pins throwing rocks
5) Some are tough to get on and off
6) Expensive
Plow
1) More $ than a scraper blade
2) No loader
3) With my B3200 I can only pile about 4 feet high
Feel free to add your own ideas.
Advantages:
Scraper Blade
1) Easy to take on and off
2) Easy to leave the loader on so you can pile high
3) Cheap (by comparison)
4) You can use it in the summer for light grading (spreading the cost over multiple duties)
Blower
1) Throws snow far out of the way so you don't have to worry about piling too high.
2) Tractor traction not as much of an issue since you don't have to push
3) Usually can handle a deep snow well
Snow Plow
1) Hydralic angling makes life easy (compared to scraper blade)
2) Fast
3) "Shoes" allow you to keep the blade about 1/2 inch up off of a gravel driveway so you aren't pushing the gravel into your grass
4) "Trip" feature is easier on tractor and blade (Compared to scraper blade)
Disadvatages
Scraper Blade
1) When you hit something frozen (covered stump etc) something is either bending or stopping in a hurry.
2) Pushing backwards is not how a 3pt is designed so it is easy to bend arms
3) If you don't adjust correctly it will scrape the heck out of your driveway.
4) You are facing the wrong way which means you may soon have a new friend at the chiropractor's office
Blower
1) Slower
2) You miss the fun of pushing snow into a huge pile and then letting your kids climb up it
3) Lots of moving parts - More to break
4) Loves to throw gravel or atleast break the sheer pins throwing rocks
5) Some are tough to get on and off
6) Expensive
Plow
1) More $ than a scraper blade
2) No loader
3) With my B3200 I can only pile about 4 feet high
Feel free to add your own ideas.