</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I really need a rear blade for ballast, as well as plowing driveways. )</font>
Do yourself a HUGE favor and get a front mounted blade for plowing snow and devise some other means for a rear counter weight.
It takes me a good 2 hours to plow my yard and clean it up the way I like it. I can't imagine spending those 2 hours twisted around in my seat with my neck twisted around even further just so I can see what it is that I am doing. More power to you guys that continue to plow snow this way, but I will never do it.
I have approx. $700 invested in my front mount hydraulic blade. By no means an outrageous figure and I feel it was Money well spent.
This is just one mans opinion.