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Definitely appears to be an angry woodpecker. At my parents lake house, there was one who routinely tried to peck through a neighbors metal vent at around 5am every morning. It was as annoying as you can imagine...

Agreed, but it made seasonal inflation problematic on my tire inflation tools due to the liquid in question.

I wish I had a dealer locally that uses RimGuard. My only option was Ballast Star which I am not a huge fan of. I also found the real tires were filled way above the top of the rim which required me to jack up the rear of the tractor and drain out the excess fluid.

These remind me of the markings on Continental DSW tires I used to have. When you could no longer see one of the indicators, they were no longer good for that condition (dry, snow and wet).

Here is a link to the polyurethane edges. They are a bit cheaper than the UHMW ones. https://www.polyurethanesnowplowblades.com/product/snow-plow-blades-holes-not-included/?srsltid=AfmBOorJwKRHmy4KwjVSgq_VAqT626qA5uU_ZF05DW6iKWCj_g_amtDc

I used a 1" rubber edge on my gravel driveway for a couple of years and it got chewed up pretty quickly. I now have a 1" polyurethane edge that I like much better. Cost more, but I will likely get ~5x the life out of it. As for float, I do not use it when plowing snow. I have my skid shoes set...

For those who are interested, here is our pup now, currently 4 years old. We love him to death, but don't let the cute face fool you as he can be an absolute terror...

Messick's has a good video on the topic and what to avoid to prevent any issues.

I was afraid to get flamed for suggesting the wicked 55" grapple, but I love mine as well. Also, adding a 3rd function is worth the price of admission. I use mine for both the grapple and the snow plow and it makes life much easier.

We've only been at our new place for ~5 years so this makes sense. Our last place was primarily oaks and maples which shed a ton of leaves and caused their own problems. However, the exponential number of pine cones was a hell of a thing for someone who was not expecting it.

If pine needles are your only concern, I think a good backpack blower is the solution. If you have both pine needles and a bunch of pine cones (we had hundreds of pine cones in our driveway last year), you may want a pine straw rake as well. Fortunately, last year was an anomaly and we usually...

My guess would be it needs either a flasher or a new switch assembly.

I don't think I've ever seen edge tamers used on a snowblower before, but that is a great idea.

@skeets do yourself a favor and on a warmer stretch, prior to spring, move the snowbanks full of gravel back onto the driveway and spread it out. Your neighbors will think your nuts, but trust me, it's much easier than cleaning up thousands of stones in your yard come spring.

Given your situation, I like @North Idaho Wolfman's idea of getting R14 tires and having them siped for additional traction. I think those will give you a significant improvement over your R4's with rubber chains. I still would advise only plowing downhill though and then backing back up as...

Thanks! I actually reached out to Gordon as I thought I saw that only his lollipop lights were flashing in another video, but he also confirmed that both the lollipop lights and the tail lights flash when the hazards are on.

After @North Idaho Wolfman mentioned the WSM and how complicated the tail light wiring was, I took a look and soon became more confused than I was initially and decided to take his advice and give up.

That or your wife and 50% of everything that you own will suddenly disappear...

As long as your not picking up chunks of rocks larger than ~1.5", the worst thing that you will do is go through some shear pins on occasion.

If you are worried about throwing rocks, you can always raise the blower a bit over the gravel areas. Gravel does like to stick to the heavy wet snow though, especially when it's not yet frozen. I don't think you can eliminate it, but you can definitely minimize it.