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Originally Posted by juanbenae
ive got to give it a shot. I was unable to get out of my driveway after about 20" of snow. it's steep both up and down to get out. i got the 660 griz with 4x, high/low range and a locking rear diff that came with a second set of wheels with mud/snow tires on them. two of my buddies have kabota tractors, one with a blade and one with a blower and those are much less maneuverable than the quad in my estimation.
if it gets too bad i may at some point look into a unit for the jeep, but again that would be less maneuverable in my estimation. if i do ultimately outfit the jeep with one i will likely do some removal work on the side to have it pay for itself over time.
im retired so ive got more time than money and expect there to be a learning curve i will have to overcome before i get efficient at it.
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Your plowing problem will probably be the capability to carry the snow. I have a Cub Challenger 550 with a six foot blade. I put box ends on it to help carry the snow rather than just allow it to roll out the sides of the plow. I used to plow my drive with a 4x4 Honda 450 Foreman. That got old quick but faced with using the 450 or a shovel, the 450 won. Power angle would be nice even on a quad. Now that I've added box ends to make my blade a pusher box I don't think I'll want power angle as much . But with a blade it's a nice feature that can be achieved with a 12 volt linear actuator.
A couple bags of sand on the front and rear of the quad will be your friend. I used to put two bags of softener salt on the front and rear racks of my 450 and it helped a lot with traction.
Tractors are nice but not really all that maneuverable. Everyone (well you might not) knows where i'm going here... There's one tool that will run circles around anything mentioned so far for snow removal. But it's "spendy"