lungdoc
Gold Member
4310 width is listed as 68 inches, the 4320 is I think larger and out 78 inch blower is only slightly wider than tractor.
I have a similar drive, with a section at 12% grade. Also, same size tractor with my JD4300.
I use a Western 7' front mount blade and have a wing for winging the snow "over the edge" or further back to tier the windrow back. Worked great for gravel drive, but now have asphalt and use chains a bit more often now. Sometimes, need to push the snow going downhill and buzzing back up empty if snow conditions are just right and don't have chains mounted.
Heck I'd just get the 7 foot blade and chains and go on about clearing the snow. Forget all the worrying about where to put snow, drifting, yada yada.
Plow it and be done with it especially when the blade will cost you 2000 and the blower 5000. Angle the blade and take a swath to the right on the way down, and on the left on the way back, clear around the garage and parking and you're done.
Plus the plow is more versatile, won't clog, or toss gravel fifty feet to wherever.
You're going to need a blade anyhow because that blower cant get close to the garage or any other tight spots either.
No offense but guys like blowers that big because when they are working they look cool, and you're the baddest blower man in town. But at the end of the day a plow blade will last longer, be cheaper, and more efficient, and useful.
Heck I'd just get the 7 foot blade and chains and go on about clearing the snow. Forget all the worrying about where to put snow, drifting, yada yada.
Plow it and be done with it especially when the blade will cost you 2000 and the blower 5000. Angle the blade and take a swath to the right on the way down, and on the left on the way back, clear around the garage and parking and you're done.
Plus the plow is more versatile, won't clog, or toss gravel fifty feet to wherever.
You're going to need a blade anyhow because that blower cant get close to the garage or any other tight spots either.
No offense but guys like blowers that big because when they are working they look cool, and you're the baddest blower man in town. But at the end of the day a plow blade will last longer, be cheaper, and more efficient, and useful.