Snow clearing prices

[Raven]

i've done billing for snow removal as a job
and their policy was to charge per 10-12 inches
so if you plow a 10 inch amount then come-back a second time
and repeat the process it's a "new" charge or bill
because HEY your spending the time as labor
and so is the equipment and of course expenditure of fuel

my drive way 100 feet this storm was 30 bucks but i'm going to tip
(my neighbor) snow plow guy when i see him next...
as he did a fantastic JOB

[Fly Rod]

the snow that we had was powder....anybody that charged for 2-3 per swipe ripped off the client....
besides with that storm where were ya going(no place)my driveway is 40x70 feet and U can find plow guys that will come once after the storm and clear the yard very nicely....)

Noticed in my area some plow guys took the for sale sign down on their new truck....good for a couple payments.

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by Fly Rod

the snow that we had was powder....anybody that charged for 2-3 per swipe ripped off the client....
besides with that storm where were ya going(no place)my driveway is 40x70 feet and U can find plow guys that will come once after the storm and clear the yard very nicely....)

Noticed in my area some plow guys took the for sale sign down on their new truck....good for a couple payments.

Got to disagree.
A storm that last 30+ hrs who knows how much snow there will be piled up to move at the end of the storm.
Keep in mind, these fools on tv forecasting snow storms are the same fools forecasting wind & sea conditions for boaters.
I got done with my trucks being on with the state for 34 hrs straight, when I finally got home it took me 1 1/2 hrs to plow my own house with a 6 wheel dump with 9ft plow.
Had 4ft + banks high at the 2 different entrances I had from the streets being plowed.
Years ago I had 1 truck doing a big driveway route and 1 or 2 other trucks on with my town.
ONLY good thing about doing driveways is there was some cash involved getting paid.
Couldn't get me to do driveways again with bitching people, you didn't show up soon enough, you damaged my lawn, moving cars for them...

[Fly Rod]

friend of mine said he was going to get a plow....2 things I said....U best get liability insurance and take pictures of the driveways before ya plow for anybody.....it can kick ya in the butt.....my son plows for the city he did 3/ 12 hour shifts the last storm....

[nightfighter]

Originally Posted by Fly Rod

the snow that we had was powder....anybody that charged for 2-3 per swipe ripped off the client....
besides with that storm where were ya going(no place)my driveway is 40x70 feet and U can find plow guys that will come once after the storm and clear the yard very nicely....)

Noticed in my area some plow guys took the for sale sign down on their new truck....good for a couple payments.

I did not state two or three times per swipe. I said two to three times average storm rate. I went double, which worked out to the same as the hourly rate. It took at least twice as long for the amount of snow we had to blow, not plow..... Don't know your particular neighborhood, but down here it was important to remove or place the snow well, with more snow to come. Had no complaints. Folks are happy to have their vehicles freed, as they were plugged... Not ripping people off here, thank you..... Actually getting referrals I cannot take on...

But the police logs are pretty funny. People are nuts.