Between the tractor and the snowblower, I spent 6 hours moving snow yesterday. We didn't have much wind, so it was a pretty consistent 14-16 inches deep everywhere. The high temperature was 9*F.
I really screwed up the 300-foot driveway - the whole 300 feet of it. My little Kubota couldn't push itself through the snow
and drag the snow blade along the ground at the same time, so I had to peel the snow down about 6" at a time. I couldn't see the edges of the drive, of course. It just looked like an open field of snow. I misjudged the location of the driveway and managed to pile the snow from one half of the drive on top of the snow on other half of the drive, so I had to move it twice, and the second time it was twice as deep!
The tractor isn't any good on sidewalks, etc so I had to use the snowblower. They both have advantages and disadvantages. The tractor moves snow faster, but you
need the differential lock in the snow. The dif lock is a pedal you push straight down on
hard with your left heel. It's designed to be used intermittently, but in snow you need it constantly. After four hours of standing on that pedal, the muscles in my left butt and thigh feel like I've been pounding them with a hammer. The snow blower has it's own challenge. Snow blows in your face and into all the folds of your clothes. I can think I'm all bundled up, but the snowblower inevitably finds a flaw in my bundling plan and forces snow straight to my skin. And my fingers get a lot colder when using the snowblower. I don't know why. It's a miserable experience.
But hey, I got outside, got some fresh air, did some physical labor for the first time in a month, so it ain't bad at all.