On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:34:03 +0000, nothanks wrote:

We've had a lot of snow so I'm wondering whether it's worth buying or
making a snow blade (and getting some chains or snow tyres) for the
ride-on mower. Has anyone here tried clearing snow with a mower?

I wouldn't try making one (its very difficult to to get the correct
angles for proper clearance) but you can buy them. Frankly I don't think
they are worth the money as we seldom get the volume of snow to justify
them.

The local ag mechanic has adapted a powered walk behind lawn mower by
attaching a snow blade to it. It *sort of* works but took him ages to
build. He wanted to try it out with a view to producing some for sale
but decided it wasn't worthwhile.

Have you tried using a leaf blower to clear the snow? It works well on
fresh and or powdery snow.