Decision Time

[toolz_not_toyz]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( And the number one reason to have the big bucket--- SNOW REMOVAL. )</font>

Actually for snow wouldn't it be easier to use the big bucket than the blade? With my lawn tractor I just have to set the blade left/right/center and then let it down. Pretty easy, no fiddling around necessary. With the PT, though, you would have to set the vertical angle every time you set the blade down, right?

 

[MossRoad]

You can plow snow with the large bucket and do it pretty well, but the plow works better. I have the snowblade. It works great for plowing our paved driveway. You set left right angle with the little lever under your knee. You use the left/right action of the joystick to tilt the blade forward and backwards and the forward/backward action of the joystick to lift it up and down. With the plow you just push the snow right up the pile and over the top. I've piled snow about 8' high with the plow and it only lifts 54" up in the air. It is also about a foot wider than the big bucket. The power angle combined with the lift arms and the ability to angle the blade back like a scoop when pushing the snow up and over are an almost unbeatable combination for the $450 that is cost me.

However, if it came down to a choice between the large bucket and the plow, and I could only afford one of them, I'd definately choose the large bucket just because of it's versatility.