Snow Attachments Sanding Help

[LedgeFarmer]

I have 1/2 mile driveway but I rarely have to sand all of it. Usually just 300-400 ft of steep. I've been using sand mixed with salt, filling the bucket and spreading with a shovel by hand. This requires getting out of the tractor 5-6x and running up and down with shovels of sand. I'm probably better off spending the time changing implements and using a sander on the back. The goal was to stay on the tractor for the whole process (blowing and sanding) to save time. That's where the FEL sander attachment comes in. I've got some time to think about it because the recent purchase of the L5740 has set me back a bit financially if you know what I mean. Either way looks like several grand for a quality attachment.

 

[crazyal]

I have several steep sections of my driveway I usually sand. I fill up a half dozen 5 gallon buckets and a smaller plastic pail like kid would use at the beach. I spread the sand with the pail swinging it side to side while slowly tipping the pail. It's how I remember the neighbor would feed her chickens.

I don't use salt because of the cost, sand is about $4 a yard so I just get a 15 yard load that lasts me several years. The sand will freeze but I break the crust off to make a hole to the unfrozen stuff in the center.

I have found that once the frost sets in if I don't let the snow get packed down from people driving on it before I plow I don't need to sand very often. But we also have 4wd cars/ trucks.

I bought a front mount snow blower for my GL4240 so I could put a pto spreader on the back for the season. I almost picked up a Herd spreader a couple of times over the last year (I've seen new ones for as cheap as $1300) but not sanding that often makes it hard to justify.

 

[ticolawnllc]

Would this also work for spreading compost?