I have a snow plow that mounted solid. I don't like it, it is for sale. The main problem with it is it's to heavy. The blade weighs 750lbs then some of weight of the loader is also riding on the skid shoes too. Where I live it is not uncommon to get snow and the ground not be frozen or at least frozen very hard. I can let the skids all the way down and they will just sink all the way in and the cutting edge will start digging in. The next problem is you have to run your loader in float. With the loader in float the weight of the loader is on the blade not on the tractor and when you start to push snow the front end gets light on the tractor. When I start to push snow I can actually see the cylinders on the loader retract a little so weight is leaving the front axle. So now my front end is light and 4WD is not going to be effective as it should be and the tractor is hard to steer. The tractor will also slide sideways with the blade angled much. Now a lot of people seem to think you can pick the blade up a inch or two and plow like that. That idea sounds great if your are sitting behind a keyboard but it does not work that way in the real world on gravel, you could do that on blacktop. With the blade sticking 5' or so out in front of the tractor and if you raise it a inch then you run over a little bump it is going to be digging in. Down pressure would be nice if your were trying to clear a parking lot with hard packed snow. If you have the need for down pressure I suggest you make something you can install and remove easily from the blade so you can still use it in its current configuration.