Just curious but why wouldn't the bucket be fine for pushing snow. I used to have to take the push blade of the loader bucket so I could pile the snow higher. Again just curious. Nice pics!
I've never used a tractor with a bucket or plow on it but I've talked with two people who used a plow on the tractor for plowing snow, they liked the plow better. We'll see what the price is before we do anything.
I moved a bunch of Maple,Hemlock and Pine from one pile to another, I'm also in the process of splitting the dead pine I bucket a few days back, pics later. I dumped three loads of Hemlock and Pine here today until we take the pole beans down, there near the stacking area for shoulder season wood, I then split that dead pine(0372) I took down, we'll use that for burning outside in the fireplace during the winter and the last pic is some maple I'll split this week. I did put about three hours on the tractor too.