Doug, The JD with a 54" blade will throw that snow a long ways at 12 MPH. I just plow a drive with it just like we do the truck. First push down the middle and then go each way. It will pile snow 3' high and to the side at least 2' high. It will do 4 of the big driveways we do in an hour with 6" or less. Most of the ones I do are circle drives plus a parking/turn around area by the garage and all are push offs. Normally we use the truck to go down the middle and around the circle and do most of the big areas by the garages with the truck and use the tractor for small areas and by the garage doors. We can do 61 big driveways in 6 hours with this combo. Big, I mean some have circles a total of a city block long and some are double wide. Some are just straight drives with a big area by the garage. The good sized tractor (bigger than mine with a 6' plow) with a cab and hydro is better than a truck for driveways, because you can turn them around so easy. I have plowed the same size drives as a competitor him in a truck, me on the tractor and got done first with a lot better job being done. If you haven't seen a picture of this little JD, it's on my equipment page on my website and there is a link there too, to a picture of it plowing. I hope this helps.