Lots of our fellow members probably don't worry about plowing snow (lucky bastards) but plenty of us do.
My wife and I bought a nice home in the country last year and we hired a local guy to plow. He happened to be the son of a a friend of my Fathers. I was not happy with his service or his plowing. He said he would come back to fix the yard he tore up then I had to call him a couple times before he acknowledged that he said he'd come fix it and then took nearly three weeks to actually fix it.
I thought about buying an old junker that was mechanically sound and just not registering it. Then I thought about buying an old farm tractor. Like a Ford 8N or 9N (they run forever and are easy to maintain) and putting a plow on it. Today I thought what about a 4x4 ATV with a plow? Used ATVs are all over Craigslist around here. Plows are a few hundred.
I like the ATV idea as it's small and won't take much storage space.
Anyone have any good (or bad) experience with any one these or other ideas?
My driveway is about 450', dead straight.
My wife and I bought a nice home in the country last year and we hired a local guy to plow. He happened to be the son of a a friend of my Fathers. I was not happy with his service or his plowing. He said he would come back to fix the yard he tore up then I had to call him a couple times before he acknowledged that he said he'd come fix it and then took nearly three weeks to actually fix it.
I thought about buying an old junker that was mechanically sound and just not registering it. Then I thought about buying an old farm tractor. Like a Ford 8N or 9N (they run forever and are easy to maintain) and putting a plow on it. Today I thought what about a 4x4 ATV with a plow? Used ATVs are all over Craigslist around here. Plows are a few hundred.
I like the ATV idea as it's small and won't take much storage space.
Anyone have any good (or bad) experience with any one these or other ideas?
My driveway is about 450', dead straight.