I hear you Mark, I've got a small hill beside our house and the wind whips across the lake in that direction. We had drifting 8 feet high, one year. Needless to say we didn't park in that spot the rest of that winter.
It sounds like you should invest in some snow fencing or a blower for the tractor. I know I'm very pleased with mine. I had a V blower when I first bought my TO35. It wasn't very good with large amounts of snow and only OK with medium amounts, but you sure could bury the muffler.I tried a 7 foot blade for a few years, only difference I would push the snow while backing up. You could pile the snow higher, but like you say that would cause higher drifting. Also one time when I didn't have the chains on I realized with less throttle I could move fairly large amounts of snow and not work the tractor so hard. But the best is the 6 foot blower that I use now. I have small snowbanks and with little effort for the tractor, I can blow a good distance to either side of the driveway, drifts or not. I almost changed my muffler too. I hit a stump when I was backing up, it took the muffler off, bent the exhaust pipe in half and broke the manifold. Well I guess you could say I changed it, but I put it back where it was underneath. We had our first snow the other day, only 6". We usually let the the first snow pack down, it makes it easier to plow once there's a base. Besides there will be lots more snow to plow before winter is over, at least here in northern ontario. HAPPY TRACTORING!
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