Snow Blower versus Plow on Lawn Tractor/Mower

[NFATrustGuy]

I recently moved from a pretty normal neighborhood house to a more rural situation in unincorporated Adams County. The new place has a bunch of concrete including a 50' x 70' slab near an outbuilding and a pretty large driveway... somewhere around 2500 square feet.

I really like my 28" Honda 2-stage snowblower, but I'm wondering if I would rather have a plow for either my John Deere D140 lawn tractor or my Walker C19 zero turn mower. My first choice would be the blade setup for the Walker zero turn because it's very maneuverable and I'd eventually like to sell the John Deere just because I don't want to store 2 mowers.

Is anyone running a plow setup on a Walker or a little lawn tractor? How well do these smaller plows work? I like my snowblower, but even with today's relatively light snow, I found myself throwing the same snow more than once because my concrete areas are so big.

Thanks in advance,

Rod

[00tec]

Perfect solution

https://denver.craigslist.org/grd/d/...008743085.html

Otherwise, most of us out this way just wait for it to melt...

[DFBrews]

Plowing snow is very hard on lawn mower transmissions especially the newer ones unless the unit is built for it

[ray1970]

If I had a big enough place I?d invest in a small tractor with a front end loader for moving snow. If I couldn?t justify the tractor for anything other than snow removal I?d probably just stick a blade on one of the atvs.

[Bailey Guns]

Front loaders suck at snow removal. They work, eventually, but they're very inefficient. Either of your options would work better than a loader bucket. Even a rear blade on a tractor is far superior than a bucket up front.

[Bailey Guns]

Plowing snow is very hard on lawn mower transmissions especially the newer ones unless the unit is built for it

Listen to this advice. Especially the box-store type tractors like the Deere D140. They're made for cutting grass. That's it. Some of the higher end X300 series are the probably the minimum you'd need, X500 series would be better. But for that money you're well on your way to a 1023 or 1025.

[brutal]

Heavy significant snow is tough to plow with an ATV as they tend to ride up. I've watched my neighbor struggle with his for years.

Pushing backwards with a blade on a 3-point is tiring.

Old plow truck or Skid loader is the way to go. Loader at least is quick and more maneuverable than a tractor. Downside is expense.

Or perhaps a 3-stage blower as they can usually throw snow farther and are better at moving twice blown snow because they come with larger engines.

[Bailey Guns]

Pushing backwards with a blade on a 3-point is tiring.

I just pull it for that very reason.

[ChickNorris]

I'm about done with my old truck & plow. Just don't have a need for it anymore.

In my experience for a larger pad/driveway, you'll often end up moving snow more than once with an atv & as already stated it generally becomes more difficult each time.

[ray1970]

Front loaders suck at snow removal. They work, eventually, but they're very inefficient. Either of your options would work better than a loader bucket. Even a rear blade on a tractor is far superior than a bucket up front.

When I do snow removal at work I usually use the rear blade on the tractor to move most of it but the bucket lets me pick up large amounts of snow and dump it wherever. I have pushed a fair amount of snow with the bucket and I thought it worked quite well. Once I figured out that I had to float the bucket anyways.