I'll tell you what guys, if you can get into a bobcat (let me go rinse my keyboard off

) or a front-end loader, the time goes down drastically. In the near future i hope to be using only 2 plow trucks but all the rest of the equipment be bobcats and loaders. Yes, the 900 series would handle the 12' blade fine. My 262 (comparable in size) does extremely well with one. TurfPlus is right, take smaller bites if the snow is deep or wet. You will still have the advantage of getting done faster. I think a truck can really shine with V plows on very long runs when put against a containment (box) blade. But the plows (or boxes) on heavy equipment is something KC (Kansas City) is going to get more and more into because the time change, manuverability, speed and width is something property managers are looking for. They, in turn, are prepared to pay more to have onsite equipment at the contracters disposal. Jon