New Snow Thrower:

 Because the snow and hard packed drift snow on our driveway has made it impossible for us to get the tractor up and down the driveway we lost our best piece of equipment to clear snow. The tractor would just bog down and dig into the hard pack until it would not move forward or backward. The hard packed snow is 8-9" deep. The only way wo could clear the driveway is with our snow thrower which was designed for lighter snow. We bought a new heavy duty snow thrower as we needed to be able to get in and out of our driveway.  

The new snow thrower finally came and I picked it up yesterday at Tractor Supply. They loaded it for me and I got it home safely. We had to get it out of the back of the truck safely and I made a ramp and we used a come-a-long to slowly lower it down. It is now safely tucked away under the house and an adjustment as to the height off the ground and gas is all it needs. 

The folks at Tractor Supply are really great to deal with. More snow due to come next week so we will get a chance to try it out. Got it safely off the truck and on the ground without a hitch or scratch. This machine throws the snow 45' so that is what we need. The other Craftsman only throws it 20' and the banks are so high the snow just comes back down making the driveway more narrow. We have found that the walk behind clears the driveway as fast as the tractor does.