My wife has been a trooper about shoveling the walks, porch, and deck... when she can, in between watching 1 and 2 year olds.
My problem will be solved in 2-4 days when my new plow arrives for the Ram.
I weighed all of these options - larger tractor, quad, cheap plow truck, large snow blower, just paying someone when the small tractor can't keep up.
I opted for a small, "personal' plow for the existing truck. A lot cheaper than the tractor or quad. Nothing to maintain like there would be for a big tractor / quad / blower / cheap truck. No gas / oil / plates+registration+insurance / etc like some of the options.
Best of all I think is that I can move the plow to another vehicle with a 2" hitch in less than 2 minutes. Plus, no electrical to run, lights to add, pumps to worry about. Best choice in my case I think was the plow.
Oh, and fuck Amazon and Nextag type places. They wanted 40-50 bucks SHIPPING on a snow shovel. Just ordered multiple shovels from TrueValue with $10 shipping total for all of them.