We've got one that takes lots of power and lots of RPM's to do its job when you get into hard snow. Of course it's an all blower machine and not an auger machine. I forget who made it, but it was made here in SD and I think Wildcat may have bought them and now Wildcat isn't in the business anymore either. Anyhow, when they were selling them they had an advertising video of digging a basement with one. All I can say is that if you are looking at a snowblower, whichever tractor has a slower reverse gear will be the best one. I'd think IVT would be gravy for this application, but finally having a tractor that has a .5mph reverse speed at WOT helps a lot.