Lostinfords, I've used the tractor 2 or3 times now and it is working well for plowing. My neighbor got me a set of snow chains so it has pretty good traction now too. The only thing that went bad was the plow was a little too low when raised so I clipped a curb and bent the tractor frame. I straightened it and welded in some angle iron to support it more. I got the plow to go higher now when raised. So far it is a lot better. Now I'm just waiting for more than 2 inches of snow so I can see what it really can do. The funny thing is I wasn't even plowing when I bent the frame. I was goofing off trying to do donuts . If I stuck to just plowing I probably wouldn't have broke anything.