I started thinking about snow removal from the moment I began researching tractors. So I was very excited to play in the snow for the first time and clean my 400+ ft gravel driveway. By the time I put it away, I was so disappointed. Here are some of my observations: The first problem I anticipated was that it is real easy to scalp all your nice gravel off the driveway if it's not paved or frozen. With a lot of diligence and careful adjustments, this can be mostly avoided. The second issue was traction. With a TLB combo and loaded, new, deep-lug R4's, I had plenty of forward traction. What I quickly realized was lacking is lateral traction, particularly on the fronts. Trying to go across even the slightest slope left the tractor continually trying to nose downhill. I've thought about front chains, but I really don't think I have enough clearance to the steering linkages, and I haven't pursued wheel spacers. Finally, even with a moderate amount of snow (6"), the FEL fills up real fast. After that, the choices are to keep pushing until it makes windrows on both sides and starts rolling over the top, or turn and dump it (reference problem #2 above), back up, re-level the bucket (reference problem #1 above), drive forward till full again, and repeat. If you have a smaller area, pushing it may work well. The first pass isn't much of a problem, but after that it felt like I was in a never ending cycle of covering area I had already cleared. I have since left it parked during snow removal and gone to my 26" walk-behind snowblower. Tedious, yes. But when the snow is cleared, it's gone. I understand a rear snowblower is a lot cheaper than front mount, but I know my neck will hate it. So I keep dreaming about a front-mount. I don't doubt that a FEL can be helpful in snow removal; but with my situation, it was just too frustrating. Best of luck.