I have not been following this thread but here is my take:
I have an F350 with a plow, and a BX23 with a front snow blower.
With what I see of your driveway, if I had a plow I would just push the snow to the side. This means 10 or 12' where you can at the beginning of the winter - raising the blade so you don't dig the grass too much until it freezes solid. I can stack the snow close to 8' high, you might not be able to get that high, but with enough space on the sides the banks should not lead to as much drifting.
If you have nowhere to put snow, a tractor mounted snowblower will throw it 30' easy into the woods.
Tractors are useful for many things, and if you want one great. As for tires, you need to counter balance the weight of the snowblower. Once you do that, unless you have steep hills you should be able to use any set of tires in 4wd and do the job. I have a set of turfs, and a set of filled ag tires. The tires are really not too expensive if you want both. The ag doesn't to too much harm to the turf, but I wouldn't use them for mowing since I need to be in 4wd a lot of the time when mowing (very steep hills), and they will tear things up a bit in 4wd. As for tires in winter - if you are pushing the snow as opposed to snow blowing, the tires would make more of a difference.
Hydrostatic drive tractors with snowblowers really are the balls, but it is some serious $$.
I have an F350 with a plow, and a BX23 with a front snow blower.
With what I see of your driveway, if I had a plow I would just push the snow to the side. This means 10 or 12' where you can at the beginning of the winter - raising the blade so you don't dig the grass too much until it freezes solid. I can stack the snow close to 8' high, you might not be able to get that high, but with enough space on the sides the banks should not lead to as much drifting.
If you have nowhere to put snow, a tractor mounted snowblower will throw it 30' easy into the woods.
Tractors are useful for many things, and if you want one great. As for tires, you need to counter balance the weight of the snowblower. Once you do that, unless you have steep hills you should be able to use any set of tires in 4wd and do the job. I have a set of turfs, and a set of filled ag tires. The tires are really not too expensive if you want both. The ag doesn't to too much harm to the turf, but I wouldn't use them for mowing since I need to be in 4wd a lot of the time when mowing (very steep hills), and they will tear things up a bit in 4wd. As for tires in winter - if you are pushing the snow as opposed to snow blowing, the tires would make more of a difference.
Hydrostatic drive tractors with snowblowers really are the balls, but it is some serious $$.
