NH snowblower experience
I have the NH front-mounted blower on my TC40D. Because I also had a 4-in-1 bucket hydraulics installed, the same hydraulics (and thumb button on the joystick) controls the chute angle vs. rotation. The blower mounts easily and the undermounts can stay on year round and don't conflict with the loader mounts. I don't have a mid-mount mower, but dealer said that would work as well. (all three sub-structures supposedly stay on). Mid-PTO, of course.
One word of caution: You MUST remove the front holder bracket when you put the loader back on in the Spring. If not, it is too long and hits the cross bar of the loader and bashes the hydraulic pipes (dealer replaced them for free, fortunately!) But otherwise, it is an hour job to take loader off and put blower on. Not too bad.
The blower is a tank. It blows gravel and mud if you have the shoes too high. A scary beast. But wow does it work well. I have chains on the rear, and you'll need them if you're going up hill at all pushing snow.
My rears are filled, and due to the weight of the blower being suspended somewhere in the middle between the front and rear axles, there is absolutely no rear-lifting (in spite of the fact that the snowblower is really heavy). I do also have a rear blade on there (with skid shoes), but is not necessary for counter-balancing.
I would budget more like $7500, though, if you go for the full hydraulics. Tough to swallow, but if your driveway is like mine after a few snows, it gets narrower and narrower from snowplowing (vs blowing) and becomes impassible.
