Because we get so much snow up here, I think most people would want to not to have to look over their shoulder for such long periods of time. I figure that it will take me 45 minutes to a hour or so to do my driveway depending upon the snow depth.
I do have one neighbor who was farmer in South Bend Indiana in a previous life and retired to the UP of Michigan. He has his big John Deere rig that he used to work his fields, with no front PTO and has a 10 foot wide rear blower which he said is tedious (his driveway is a winding and 1,400 feet long).
It does use the same PTO as the FEL, and can be quickly removed. Of course I haven't done it yet, since the FEL is being fitted with the quick detacable bucket assembly to change to the pallet forks. I am also getting the rear window wiper and heater.
I built my house in 1978. I did everything except the masonry, plumbing and furnace installation. I had worked in construction before that as a plasterer. I learned a lot in building the house, because things didn't go smoothly with the home kit supplier, so if you every want to chat about that I would be willing to do so. I guess you looked at my picute of it, but for those who wonder what real winter looks like, here is my house in late February about 2/3 of the way through our winter snow season:
