I have both a 7' truck plow and a 50" quad plow. My experience is I should have gone with a tractor with blade/bucket of some type. Here's why...im located in North peace area. My driveway is long trees on both sides and northern facing. I get large drifts the quad (a,500) does a fabulous job but is sped up by using chains....no slip ever and never get stuck. With tighter turning radius it keeps up time wise with the larger truck plow. I also run chains on the truck when plowing and never get tire slip or stuck that way( without chains I have gotten stuck more than a few times). As the season progresses though the driveway gets narrower and narrower as with a plow you can't really push the banks back once they get 3' high. A bucket would allow lifting and piling snow a bit better. By chaining up though I've almost cut plowing time by half
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