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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