fredhargis
Gold Member
To be honest, with the needs you described, and the possibility that your snow may be of epic proportions....a skid steer may be just the ticket. You miht find some good buys on a used Bobcat, JD, or some such. My recommendation comes from experience: I went from a Bobcat (used mostly to clear snow from the drive) to a compact tractor. The tractor does a huge variety of jobs with the attachments that the SS could not do, but for simply shoveling stuff (manure or snow) it doesn't hold a candle to a skid steer.