Snow Attachments Pushin snow

[pat32rf]

Hydrovane-I live in central Ontario and have both a rear blower and a backblade. The blower had been sitting in the barn for two years until we got the dump last week. I installed it, blew snow for 3hours then the universal on the PTO shaft broke. After the New Year I will probably make a trip down to Belleville and buy a new yoke but for the average 6-10" snowfall the backblade is easier.
Once the shoulders get built up with snow I just use the snowbucket on the FEL to relocate it over the edge of a hill or out onto the lake. If I have to clear the trail outback for maple syrup I sometimes use the blower but most springs I can just use the bucket, especially if its been packed down by snowmobiles.

 

[hydrovane218]

pat32rf.
I am about 1 1/2 hours north of T.O and get a fair dumping on any given night(alot more snow here than in T.O or 1/2 hour north (in Brampton)where I used to be).
My issue, I suppose, with a blade is that my driveway is curved like an L, is about 75' long, 20' wide. The sides get over a foot high in several good dumpings(and that is using a blower..ie I'm moving the snow from the drive way beyond the edges, so that's just actual snowfall.) So I imagine in this circumstance, I would be using the bucket all the time to push it over the edge. I think that after those few good snowfalls, I would be spending alot more time using a blade and bucket than just blowing it in the first place.
I do see the advantage, I believe, in using blade/bucket if the driveway is long and narrow. I guess I could save time and money by moving into a place with a long and narrow driveway, selling the blower and buying a blade...OH WELL...

 

[billbill1]

Mike, long time-no see. I wondered when I saw your post if that was you. I recognized the barn. That old Studebaker truck looks like one Dad had when he died, where did you get it? Hope all is well with you and yours.