Which attachment should I buy?

Ok, looks like you're looking for two bit opinions (no actual experience with either of these) so here's mine. First off, I would wait and search Craigs List for a blade. Pretty safe to buy used, and you can find them cheap if you're patient (like under $100). I believe the scoop owners here will be by to say it's not worth the money, but I could be wrong about that. Better to save lots of pennies and buy the JB Jr. that people rave about.

Not sure exactly what you're trying to do beyond plowing snow. Do you have a stone driveway? A sleeve hitch and box blade might be a better investment.

Oh, and don't trust the Sears reviews. They screen them and weed out many negative reviews, including one I wrote which was generally positive on my Craftsman Pro, but lambasting Sears service.

Oh yes, hydro, hydro, HYDRO, you will never look back.

I wouldn't buy either implement you are looking at unless you want an expensive snow plow.

The Craftsman scoop is a light duty implement. It's strictly for moving loose materials, and it doesn't even fully dump it's load. The standard Johnny Bucket costs twice as much, but it's twice the machine. You can upgrade the Johnny Bucket later when money comes available.

The dozer blade is pretty stout, but I don't believe it's as usuful as it looks. I had one on an older Bolens garden tractor. I used it to grade a 4 ton load of dirt I had dumped at my house. It really wasn't the best tool for the job. I did half of the work with shovel. I currently have grader blade on the back of my tractor that works much better than the dozer blade at grading and leveling.

If you only have the $500 to spend and you want to do some grading, I'd recommend a sleave hitch and a box scraper. I haven't used a box scraper, but since it's a grader blade with removeable side plates and a scarifier bar I'm guessing it would be even more useful. http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_...r+Attachments&sName=Rollers,+Rakes+&+Levelers

If all you really want it a snow plow for your new tractor, just buy plain old snow plow. New they cost about $150 less than a grader blade. I'm sure you can pick up a used one for much less.

Not sure how much snow you get but IMO but neither the Sears Scoop nor the greatly superior JBJR is ideal for snow removal. I cannot imagine cleaning up my driveway storm after storm with a scoop. No angling means many more passes! If you are just looking to transport some snow would be fine but you will not be able to make a decent snowbank.

Like others said save for the JBJR over the Sears. Its worth the wait and extra money.

NoTime said:

I have the Sears/Agrifab box blade. It is great as a counterweight for the JBJr and does fine moving fresh,loose material. It is even fine for an occasional, reverse snowblade. But when you get into any established ground, it quickly becomes useless.
A number of users have said that the Brinley box blade (available to order from Home Depot and others) is better built and designed, and based on my agrifab experience, I'd believe it.

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I agree with NoTime - I own the Brinley and have seen the Agrifab - Brinley is better built for sure IMO.