Snow blower attachments on ZTR's

[gotwood32]

Has anyone had any experience with ZTR's with snow blower attatchments.
I need a new mower for roughly 5 acres and would like to use it in the winter for snow removal. My driveway is gravel and just under 3 tenths of a mile long.
I have only searched this at dealers website as for now.
I am most interested in the Gravely.
Looking at the 252M or 260M with the 55" blower attatchment.
Else the outfront Rapid XZ's
Does anyone have experience with these snow blowers and can give me insite in how well they work, or any other brand they would recommend I look at?
Keep in mind I am looking for advice on the blower, not how well the mower mows. Have read plenty on that on this site already. Just can't find anything on the snow blower attachments on ZTR's.

 

[hpc]

I have a front-mount Grasshopper, D728, with the rotary broom which we've
been using for light-to-medium snow removal. There is nothing like that
cleanly swept look of down-to-the-pavement which only a rotary broom can provide.

If it's really a large accumulation or the heavy wet stuff, then the Deere tractor
comes out to do the work; and then, the Grasshopper for that finished look.

Grasshopper does offer a snow thrower, one stage I believe; I know
there are a couple of users on either lawnsite.com or lawncafe.com that
have multiple Grasshoppers with both snow thrower/blowers and rotary brooms.
One user is located in Wisconsin, but I forget his user-name.

The broom on the ZTR is great -- can sweep going sideways; pivot; and sweep
going in the opposite direction. Can't do that with my tractor.


Cheers!

Lon