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Learned some more of my tractor with this snow storm. It was the the largest amount I plowed (27")with this tractor. I answered my question about a suitable width for a snow pusher I wanted to acquire. I thought it could handle a 6 footer but had I had a 6' snow pusher on, I would not have done well with 27". Maybe 10"-12" but my 54" bucket was everything this tractor could handle at this depth. It didn't help that the first 8" was the wet, heavy ,sticky stuff. The chains came in very handy as this was the first major snow storm since I bought them in 06. I did not have them for the storm in 2005 (22.5") and would have to take much smaller bites. As it were, I could not go down the driveway in one shot and had to veer off to clear the snow but was able to go 3 times as far before the tractor got overwhelmed with the chained tires than without them. Where it normally takes me a half hour for a 6" storm, this one took me 3.5 hours to clear everything. The back blade was useless in this depth and only came in handy when I removed the first 15" or so with the bucket. Constant battle with snow over flowing the tops of the blade and bucket. For you guys who live near the Lakes, I can easily understand why you need snow blowers as I was running out of places to put it all. The first picture was a mistake and didn't know how to get rid of it.