I called up my brother in law to come help widen the driveway and cut back the banks with his John Deere 1025r, enclosed heated Mauser cab, 54" front mount pto driven quick hitch snowblower, rear blade just to balance the weight of the snowblower, turf tires and no chains. We have roughly 146" of snowfall this season so far with 32" ground cover. I normally use a Husqvarna ST 227P walk behind. It takes about an hour to clear 6-8" snow on my 200' driveway using the Husqvarna. I had to have someone come in with a snowplow before this cleaning. This left some icy edges and you can hear the John Deere making ice cubes fly at several points in the video. Being on the Keweenaw Peninsula, sticking out into Lake Superior, we get regular snowstorms that drop snow, then followup lake effect snow for an extra couple of days after the storm front, and get 250 to 300"+ of snowfall each year.
I was impressed with the snow removal capabilities of this compact tractor. It sliced through the bank at the start of the video easier than I expected. It went pretty quick widening the driveway. The tractor is easily towed with a half-ton pickup on a car hauler trailer.
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