ForestGrump
Silver Member
I live at 7000’ in a residential area. I bought a Mahindra with FEL because a blower was just to difficult. Our driveway is only 100’ long.
But we can get some snow. It took a day with my neighbor to clear my drive and his 30’ from a 7’ snowfall And weeks to recover. Another big snow was forecast and I bought the tractor sight unseen if, if he could deliver the next day, he did. We got 5’ and it worked flawlessly. Everywhere I looked people were begging so I started charging. You can not count on a contractor because in big snows they have issues. Skip loaders just don’t work for them especially if you have a slope. PU plows can’t do them so you just have to wait. Chains are mandatory for plowing and most vehicles when chain restrictions go into effect.
So my Plowing pays for the tractor, fuel and chains. My neighbors and friends are happy and I’m happy. We usually get one or two Big snows each year, over two feet, 3’ being not uncommon. The city does the streets with the large articulated loaders with a 10’ 8,000 pound blade which leaves really big berms which are very heavy and removing them is a business in itself even with small snows of a foot or so which are common. The Mahindra clears these easily.
But we can get some snow. It took a day with my neighbor to clear my drive and his 30’ from a 7’ snowfall And weeks to recover. Another big snow was forecast and I bought the tractor sight unseen if, if he could deliver the next day, he did. We got 5’ and it worked flawlessly. Everywhere I looked people were begging so I started charging. You can not count on a contractor because in big snows they have issues. Skip loaders just don’t work for them especially if you have a slope. PU plows can’t do them so you just have to wait. Chains are mandatory for plowing and most vehicles when chain restrictions go into effect.
So my Plowing pays for the tractor, fuel and chains. My neighbors and friends are happy and I’m happy. We usually get one or two Big snows each year, over two feet, 3’ being not uncommon. The city does the streets with the large articulated loaders with a 10’ 8,000 pound blade which leaves really big berms which are very heavy and removing them is a business in itself even with small snows of a foot or so which are common. The Mahindra clears these easily.