Front snowplow vs rear blade for driveway snow cleanup?

[chim]

If you set the plow frame parallel to the road the blade will stay level at any angle. gg

That's correct. And a THANK YOU to Gordon for providing ideas for the underslung build approach.

I have a couple magnets with pieces of Tyrap whiskers sticking out. When level, the frame has about 8" of clearance. One whisker goes on the left loader arm and aligns with a bar in the grille guard for repeatable lift arm height. The other resides on the right loader arm where the level indicator rod just kisses it when the curl is correct. Really simplifies getting the frame level with the ground.

 

[Egon]

Small tractor, lots of snow? Just stick with the bucket. Plows/blades will leave a ridge on the side which gets hard and bigger with time. The plow/blade won’t move them but the loader will.

Blower might be best depending on length and depth of snow or drifts.

 

[sem389]

Ive used a blade on the back of my Kubota B2320 to do my 450 foot driveway for 12 years. Leaves bucket free to pile snow. Have not had any problems plowing snow like this. I also have chains on my tractor.

 

[shooterdon]

Thats pretty ingenious setup you've got for the front - and you can use it in all seasons too! Front or back.

Carl

I do not grade or move much dirt with the blade in the front for fear of tweaking something. But I do put my landscape rake on the front and it works well for working around tight spots and for light raking it is nice not having to look backwards.

For pushing snow the blade works fine as I only use it on my property where I know there are no obstacles to "catch" it. One nice feature is being able to lift and push snow over a bank easily. I do not need to deal with banks with the blower but if the blower craps out, I can still use the blade as a fall back. Without the blower, I will have 6-8 ft banks to deal with.

The SSQA to 3PH adaptor was just over $200 and well worth it IMHO. It is not heavy duty but it would be foolish to push too aggressively anyway.