I've never tried the power broom on snow. I have used it to rake leaves and it does a good job with that. The unit is driven off of the front pto. It had it's own mounting and used an electric actuator for the lifting. Instead I made up a new mounting so that it attaches the same way as a snow blower. That way I can use the hydraulic lift which is much faster than the electric lift. I plan to add power angle to it some day. I ran the needed second set of lines on that tractor when I first got it and had the motor out of it.