I think it really depends on the type of snow you typically get. Up here the snow is quite dry and powdery, but even still, I try not to drive on it for the very reason you mention. The inverted blowers are very expensive so it would be nice to know whether or not the results are going to be acceptable, but this is a decision I'm hopefully years away from having to make.
I ran a front blower (BX5450) on the BX25 for five winters, and typically had the RB1572 rear blade on the back but rarely used it to move snow. I was blowing snow on approximately 400 yards of gravel driveway, and although blowing gravel isn't much fun, it was a good setup for a small tractor. I use a hydraulic angle snow blade up front now, but that wouldn't have worked well on the BX due to the lack of weight and power required to push accumulated snow on either edge of the driveway. Blowing snow clear of the driveway was a better solution for that setup. These days with a combination of gravel and asphalt, a front angle blade for the gravel and rear blower (either type) for the asphalt seems to be a really good setup.
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