Your experience on this would be appreciated. I live in the ridges of western PA and get 4 - 8" of snow with drifting for 3-4 months. I have to clear a 35x35' garage entrance, 50x10' of concrete driveway, 600x12' of private blacktop road plus an entrance that the township refiills regularly. About 100' of the blacktop has dangerous dropoffs on both sides.
Currently, I use a B7500 with a 5' Curtis blade on the FEL. This works and can be fun but has three drawbacks. It takes about 1-1/2 hrs per snowfall (including opening 2 neighboring widows small drives); requires about 3 hrs every other weekend or so to push the walls back; and the garage entrance starts to shrink in the last month or so.
Is this a lot for a rear snowblower? The Kubota dealer first suggested a 48" rear Luck Now blower but I was hesitant with my 50" tire width and concerns about size and dangerous sections. When I asked about front blowers he suggested moving to a B7800 given the amount to blow.
Lastly, when I mentioned that the FEL is not used much since the landscaping is basically finished (house contractor bankrupted), and that improved mowing would be nice he suggested a G60 machine with a blower. Overkill for 1 acre of grass though currently trimming after mowing with the B7500 takes twice as long as the mowing (lots of irregular edges).
Any comments on front vs rear and machine size would be appreciated.
Currently, I use a B7500 with a 5' Curtis blade on the FEL. This works and can be fun but has three drawbacks. It takes about 1-1/2 hrs per snowfall (including opening 2 neighboring widows small drives); requires about 3 hrs every other weekend or so to push the walls back; and the garage entrance starts to shrink in the last month or so.
Is this a lot for a rear snowblower? The Kubota dealer first suggested a 48" rear Luck Now blower but I was hesitant with my 50" tire width and concerns about size and dangerous sections. When I asked about front blowers he suggested moving to a B7800 given the amount to blow.
Lastly, when I mentioned that the FEL is not used much since the landscaping is basically finished (house contractor bankrupted), and that improved mowing would be nice he suggested a G60 machine with a blower. Overkill for 1 acre of grass though currently trimming after mowing with the B7500 takes twice as long as the mowing (lots of irregular edges).
Any comments on front vs rear and machine size would be appreciated.