My 2 cents,
StlBill, I think that your setup is just about perfect. I live south of St Louis and get rather wet and heavy snow--rarely drifting. I can't justify 2500 for a blower, but the grader blade works wonders. I just recently (two weeks ago) had to clear not only my driveway, but about 1000' of road all the way to an intersection (my wife needs to see patients at the hospital). I just drop the angled blade and push forward over the snow. It might take a few passes to clear the whole width of the road and driveway, but the blade (a $150 one at that!) works just perfectly. In some corners, the snow piles up a bit, but then it is no problem to scoop it out with the FEL. I also blade off our neighbor's 800' driveway. Everything said, I think that the blade/FEL combo is just about perfect for moveing our type of snow.
good luck
SI2305
2305, LX4, 200cx, 5' grader blade, pat's easy change, subsoiler, 3pt. hitch