When we lived in Massachusetts, my father had a lawn tractor. He tried the snow
plow attachment, added lots of weight over the drive wheels and chains on the
tires but never had enough traction to plow anything more than an inch of light
snow.
He got a snow blower attachment.
Eric
Quoting Steven Trovato <trovato@computer.net>:
>
> Ron,
>
> I live on 3 acres, mostly wooded, and my driveway is about 250 ft. I
> suppose I have about the same amount to mow as you do. I mowed the lawn
> with a Honda self propelled, walk behind type mower. Took me about an
> hour. It was definitely doable, but something wider would have been
> quicker. I must confess, a back injury prompted me to hire someone to do
> the lawn, and once my back felt better I was too spoiled to go back to
> doing it myself.
>
> The driveway I do with a serious 2 stage snowblower. I find it does a much
> nicer job than a plow, destroys less landscaping, edging, shrubbery,
> etc. It doesn't take me long to make it posslble to get a car out. To
> clear the parking/turnaround area, side driveway to second garage door,
> mailbox and to make everything neat and pretty takes longer, of
> course. The only time I miss a plow of some sort is when there's an inch
> or two of wet stuff that's hard for the snowblower to deal with. Then if
> you leave it and it freezes you have a mess. I guess that's what Calcium
> Chloride is for.
>
> I don't think the plows that attach to small garden type tractors and
> mowers could really handle a serious snow accumulation.
>
> BTW, I'm in New York, about an hour North of New York City.
>
> -Steve Trovato
> trovato@computer.net
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