ok guys, heres a thread asking for some help deciding best way to handle snow removal. I have a 1996 JD870 with60" rear pushing snowblower that has served me well for 6 years. The thing is i just yesterday purchased a Kioti dk45se hst cab tractor and im trying to deside between a few options for snow removal. I am planning on taking over our homeowners association 5 (possibly 10) miles of roads plus a handfull of 200-600 foot long driveways (all rural 10-30 acre properties, relitivaly flat). I was looking into rear mount pulling snowblower (84" wide) vs front mount blade (84"). in the past 14 years, we have only had one really horrible winter day which dropped 36" of snow overnight. usually here in north idaho we gat 4-8" of snow in an overnight storm. Does anyone here have experience pushing a snow blade with a tractor such as mine (max forward speed 16 mph). will it throw the snow off the road enuf??. A front blade with hydraulic angle runs aprox $2,800 here. a front loader mounted snowblower and hydraulic power pack runs 11-13 grand. A good rear pull snowblower runs about 6 grand. i would appreciate anyones help in this matter. id hate to contract for the roads, only to find out i didnt get the proper equipment. thanks in advance. If it was only for my own property, id just stick with a rear push (rear facing) blower, as my old one served me nicely
also, at about what speed do you usually get to operate with a front mount blade and or front mount snowblower thru say 8" wet snow????thank you
