Anyone ever plow snow for money ?

[fastfredracing]

I've been doing my own lot, and driveway for the last 5-6 years, and I also blast out the church behind me for free, as it is easy and kind of fun.
I put together a dedicated plow truck for this season, and just took on a few small contracts. I am sure that when I am out , I can dig up a bunch more work if I want to .
I find, that since I have had a truck/plow, that I look forward to big snows, gives me a reason to go out and play with my toys a little bit instead of watching it snow out the window .
One of my old Landlords had a plow business, and I remember that he would easily make big piles of money when it came down hard .
Here is my plow rig, bought it in June for 1500.00 with the plow and salt spreader, spent my spare time patching it up this summer , and painted it work truck white a few weeks back.
Let it snow !

[J P Stein]

I have a buddy that has a mini-backhoe. He cleans up (literally) after snow falls. Does parking lots, mostly.

[shipfaced]

Make sure you have plenty of the correct insurance for what you will be doing. As soon as you leave your own property with a plow rig you become a target for lawsuits....trust me.

[speeder]

There are several large forums dedicated specifically to snow plowing, from the business aspect to equipment, everything under the sun. That's where you should be hanging out.

[Joe Bob]

[T77911S]

whats that??


its funny to see the airport here with their big snow plow/sucker/blower thing here in myrtle beach.
they use to clean the runways/taxiways

[Bob Kontak]

Pal in my complex has a Chevy 3500 with a dump on the back. Hooks up a plow in winter.

Spent two months last fall making what he called lead "suitcase" weights hung on a back bar to offset the plow weight.

He made $80 last winter. No snow.

[fastfredracing]

Ha Bob, I built a big f 350 4x4 dump truck with a 9 ft commercial plow last winter. Had it all painted up and ready to pounce . Never plowed with it once last season . Never even hung the plow on . If having a plow truck means no snow. I am good with that .
I got a good offer on it, and sold it early this summer, and replaced it with this dodge . I always try to buy them run down right in the middle of summer , get the best deals that way .
The past 3 years before that one though, I plowed nearly daily for 2 months. I had snow banks in my parking lot, taller than the hood of my ramcharger that I plowed with .
Before I had the trucks, guys used to charge me $50 bucks a crack to get my lot open. Bad winters were awful, I was always hand shoveling cars out.

[GWN7]

I hired my dogs to clean my sidewalk today. They did a crap job. It doesn't even look like they tried.

[Bugsinrugs]

I have plowed out my neighbors driveways for beer....it was good beer.

[pete3799]

I get paid to plow.......but not commercially.
Our newest truck

When all else fails this gets the job done

[john70t]

I'm thinking this winter will be a wet one.
December may kick off with snow, severe weather as storms ramp up across US

[greglepore]

yeah, well, the problem is that you spend 48 hrs with no sleep plowing, then the next 24 welding or wrenching on what broke. Be careful what you wish for....

[KFC911]

Years ago I owned the biggest snow plow operation in FL....

I retired a pennyaire