I use the box scarifiers in the spring to break up my snow pack turned to ice. It also does a pretty good job of picking up ice chunks. For snow I think a box doesn't hold enough to make it really good for snow removal and it'd be more difficult to dump to the side as I do with a loader. Going backwards a box would with the top-link shortened would work similar to a blade that isn't angled. Snow would mostly come off each end. I have heard of them used in city parking lots for pulling snow from between cars. The idea is that it won't push snow under the cars.

I put a few divots in the gravel with my loader every year. It won't do that if it's used in float with the bucket rolled back, but in wet snow the bucket ends up floating on top of snow pack and doesn't pick up much. Generally I get impatient and want to shave down the pack a bit by having the bucket blade cut some. It usually digs in at some point and takes up some gravel. The easiest fix is just stop and dump the bucket and then back-drag the pile back over the divot with a bit of down pressure so it compacts.

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