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After last winter's snowfall (in MN), I bought a 2012 JD 300 rider with a snow blower attachment in hopes it would help with some snow removal. It failed miserably, mostly due to the fact that we live in a windy hilltop so wind-driven snow is packed hard and the drive wheels just slipped. I also have an WD-45 with a huge snow bucket, to be used when/if it gets really bad. But, it takes forever to remove drifts from a 500 ft. driveway (East-West).

I am considering selling/trading the JD snowblower attachment and buying a used Inland Steel PTO driven blower for my WD-45. I should be able to make it work at an almost even trade. Looking for input on either the JD snowblower and/or the Inland snowblower (esp. how well it works).

dfude said:

After last winter's snowfall (in MN), I bought a 2012 JD 300 rider with a snow blower attachment in hopes it would help with some snow removal. It failed miserably, mostly due to the fact that we live in a windy hilltop so wind-driven snow is packed hard and the drive wheels just slipped. I also have an WD-45 with a huge snow bucket, to be used when/if it gets really bad. But, it takes forever to remove drifts from a 500 ft. driveway (East-West).

I am considering selling/trading the JD snowblower attachment and buying a used Inland Steel PTO driven blower for my WD-45. I should be able to make it work at an almost even trade. Looking for input on either the JD snowblower and/or the Inland snowblower (esp. how well it works).

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Do you have turf tires on your tractor? You might want to try weight and chains on the rear wheels. If you have a paved driveway and you don't want the chains to scare up your pavement you could go with ag or some other more aggressive tread for the rears. You could also load your tires with rim guard or RV antifreeze to add weight. I have a very long paved driveway. I use weight and 6 ply trencher tires. No marks on the drive way and I can go up a hill that I have also.

I use a JD320 with a snow blower, tire chains and weight with no problem. I like it so well I just picked up a cab for it this week, not sure what the difference would be.

gfp55 said:

Do you have turf tires on your tractor? You might want to try weight and chains on the rear wheels. If you have a paved driveway and you don't want the chains to scare up your pavement you could go with ag or some other more aggressive tread for the rears. You could also load your tires with rim guard or RV antifreeze to add weight. I have a very long paved driveway. I use weight and 6 ply trencher tires. No marks on the drive way and I can go up a hill that I have also.

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Thanks for the input. I just put in a packed cold mix asphalt drive this year and am worried about chain marks. My WD-45 does have weighted ag tires and chains, which I have found to be necessary in the past. The JD X300 does have the 2 small (maybe 50 lbs?) detachable weights and the dealer said this was the max it could take. The JD does have turf tires and is probably not heavy enough to damage the driveway too much, once it is solidly frozen. I will look into this. I kind of want to keep the 44" snowblower for "in town" as I am 63 and my days in the country are probably getting shorter than I want to admit. Except for having to pay for it, I would also like the PTO driven 48" snowblower from Inland Steel for my WD 45 too. (I think the JD dealer is still to high for this and the U Tube videos I have found seem to say it works well, is solidly built but the videos only show it throwing the snow maybe 15 feet). I have had 3 winters (in 7) where I have had snow piled 12 feet high EVERYWHERE. I have learned to start by pushing the first snow as far as possible, but winters seem to be getting worse (like my old days).