I have a New Holland TC48DA (4wd 48hp) in the Blue Ridge mountains in Virginia with FEL. I have a pretty heavy 7' rear blade and both a gravel and paved road to plow. I find the FEL is not a good approach at all.
I typically first go downhill along the center of the driveway with the blade...
The tach on my TC48DA tractor is broken - the drive cable at the end near the front of the tractor keeps shearing. I have read online complaints about this ... and that New Holland will only sell an entire console (not just the tach) for about $950. My guess is that it's probably only about $10...