It's very windy where I am as well. The snow keeps drifting long after the snow stops falling and I sometimes have to make 2 or 3 more passes until the snow crusts over. The drifts I face can be 2 or 3 times as heavy as fresh fallen snow depending on the moisture content.
I used to put up drift fence in places when I was plowing my 1.25 mile private road with a pickup. I frequently had to use the blower when I couldn't pile the snow high enough with the truck. It was slow going with the blower and used to take hours.
A few years back, I switched to a FEL plow which can pile snow 12' high if necessary and makes short work of the drifts. It's also much faster especially since I don't need to put up the drift fence anymore. I don't use the blower much these days but it's sometimes handy to have around though.
debating towards a slide/bolt on FEL plow (
60 Inch Snowplow ) or a actual plow (
Front Blade) and am back and forth.
I can stack higher, and convert to pure bucket with the bxpanded type BUT I can do neater (less damage due to float/etc) job with the massey style.
dunno, in all honesty prob go bxpanded type just so I can in few seconds convert to bucket to move banks at end of roads for visibility.
combo of back blower and front end usage (bucket or plow) works best for me
whatever, least now in a 14-18 inch storm I'm not in a truck 18-30 hours and can do crap here on my own time and if people don't like it...oh well LOL
another 8" +/- due starting tonight. puts me at 29-34" for last 8 days.
banks on road running 5-9 feet right now, end of road 12 feet so got to work that soon.
last 2 storms drifts were up to car windows in drives where I didn't have access beside cars. average 3.5 feet.
edit: forgot to mention, due to gulf of maine, I'll OFTEN start off with a heavier snow then turn to lighter. lighter stuff drifts on top of heavier.