Lots of variables!!!
You have listed too many variables for me to address at length but from your yard description and uses/potential uses the Simplicity Conquest sounds as though it might be ideal. You can get them for $4000 new and will meet all of your requirements including the ability to add a snowblower. It has a lock-up differential which is a super feature usually only found on the very top end of the garden tractor lines.
A separate walkbehind snowblower often works out better than a tractor mounted unit unless we're talking about a very long driveway.
Good Luck, Bob
You have listed too many variables for me to address at length but from your yard description and uses/potential uses the Simplicity Conquest sounds as though it might be ideal. You can get them for $4000 new and will meet all of your requirements including the ability to add a snowblower. It has a lock-up differential which is a super feature usually only found on the very top end of the garden tractor lines.
A separate walkbehind snowblower often works out better than a tractor mounted unit unless we're talking about a very long driveway.
Good Luck, Bob