One of my neighbors is an OTR trucker. He drives from here, to Canada, to Michigan, back to Canada, then back home from Sunday to Thursday every week. He text me today and said his wife needed to get out so she could take care of his 91 year old aunt, but her car wouldn't get through the snow. Said the keys to his tractor were in the garage and he'd pay me to clean their driveway. Of course I told him no payment needed, but I would be happy to clean my driveway when I was done with his. Deal!
He's got a 35 hp Kubota with a 4' box blade and it was the cat's ass for the job. I've never used a box blade until today, but I'm already in the market for one! It's rare that we need to do anything with our driveway since it's flat and 100' long, but it was called for after this one. The over/under for how long the snow piles last is February 5th. Then we'll see how much gravel I displaced