I think I'm going to need snow removal equipment

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Since it's likely to be a rare occurrence, I'd go with tractor bucket for the bulk of it, and a walk-behind snowblower for the house/shop-immediate area.
Once you're built and steady there, you may find that that rare 12-18" snow doesn't need to be cleared at all since it's likely to disappear before you need to go to town!

After 2-3 years, you can decide if it's worth going up a notch to say a rear blade, a bigger jump to a front blade or a truck plow, or a pole vault to a tractor blower.

 

[RjCorazza]

I plow 15 long rural driveways in a moderate to low snow area. I enjoy having a wide variety of options, so I own a rear blower, front and rear plows, bucket, truck plow, and a 30"'walk behind blower.
If time (a lot of it) were not a consideration a bucket will get through anything at minimal cost. Next in line, a rear mount plow would be much quicker, and this would be my recommendation for the OP. The rear blade would be nice to have in maintaining a gravel driveway year round.

 

[RobertEH]

I get between 4 and 8 feet of snow per year.

I have a blower and LOVE it, but it would be the last snow implement I would get in terms of priority.

I find that conditions need to be right for it to be useful:
-Cold enough to freeze/solidify my gravel driveway
-Deep enough to make it worthwhile.

For my situation the top priority would be a blade. Either front or rear (I ended up with a 3 point blower so a front blade was perfect for me as I can have both mounted at the same time.)
Second priority would be chains
Third priority would be hydraulics to move and level the blade (as well as set angle of attack)
4th priority would be a blower.

Everyone has different circumstances, but this works best for me with a 200 yard gravel driveway on a slope (rises about 50 feet over 100 yards) that sees between 4-8 feet of snow on a typical year.