Wondering what anybody thinks of a gritting business. Gritting in the winter for commercial car parks etc, you can charge quite a bit for this service
What is gritting in car parks?
Best i can tell is it is done to remove blackheads or something they do in the snow in England.
Salting. Mind the gap gents.
Ahhh salting. Gotcha now. Yea not much snow here so im not sure.
I just googled gritting UK. Lol
@Jamiet999 if you can demand a high enough price for it that replacing rusty trucks and equipment often makes sense than go for it.
In KC, we can’t really get away with it and make money. AND we get a good amount of snow. I looked at the cost last year and what made the most sense was to buy a used petrol run snow blower and a walk behind salt spreader and stay within a couple miles and market residential. Much more travel than that would’ve eaten too much profit.
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Salting hahaha. My friends cousin has a landscape gardening business and said he is making loads from salting
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We dont get much snow here in Coastal VA… but we have been getting a snow about once a year with enough to warrant needing to clear driveways and what not.
I bought a cheap snowblower and gave it a whirl. If it snows, i will be off work. Ended up making about $500 between clearing driveways and putting down salt before the snow and after clearing with about 6-7 hours of work between 2 days.
Bag of salt was $6 (if i recall). Had a cheap spreader. Average driveway, steps, porch here i used about half a bag, and charge $15-20 or add for $10 to clearing. Honestly thought more ppl would request salt, but they didnt.
I bought a barely used (5 months old) Honda 720 single stage blower this summer off some guy that didnt use it for $150 bucks cheaper than new.
I hope it snows and i can use it. I enjoyed it and have an idea of what is what now. I will be better suited for the job the next time it snows. I dont wanna be locked up in the house and it gives me an excuse to leave and make some spending money.
One of my high school buddys travels around and will make over $10k per storm, but he has f450 and most expensives plows you can buy, rents bobcats, etc… but does power company lots, banks, shopping centers… he charges $35 per bag salt. Go for it and try it.
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What’s this snow blower thing you speak of? Never seen one for sell around here, thank goodness.
Think we got 4-5 inches last year.
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Snowblower means easy money… my area shuts down if a few inches fall… 4-6” is like the end of the world.
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Here too, schools closed for 4-5 days. One year when I was much younger made good money riding around in a old Scout I had with winch on it pulling people out of ditches for like $25. No one can drive in it here.
While sitting here in Florida with 75 degree weather and tropical storms/hurricanes…
Lol… yeah its awful. I like to be out in it, especially cause snow mean my wife is making chilli… I HATE CHILLI, and she makes it everytime.
Send it down here. I love Chilli.
But I like getting out in too. Have always had a 4wd so I’m out there. But there is no way I could live somewhere like Syracuse that gets 50’ per year.
It would be even better if snow and cold didn’t go together, lol.
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Lol. The wind is what gets me.
And i will gladly send my share down there. I guess i hate it so much cause my mom did the same thing… Hurricane=Chilli, Rainy Weekend=Chilli, Snow=Lots of chilli.
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Man, at the first sign of anything below 70, I would cook up a double batch of chili (with venison if in the freezer) and eat that stuff lunch and dinner for a week! Love it!!!
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I thought about brining driveways and sidewalks ahead of a snow or ice storm. You could use your roof pump to lay down the brine and you wouldn’t need much other special equipment. Thing is, I don’t think it would be very effective for a deep snow (like anything over 4"), but I really don’t know. I really think it would be a really good service for when ice storms are predicted, but the last minute scheduling, calling customers, etc, might be too much of a hassle. I guess you could do some form of subscription service or something?
Like @Racer we don’t get TOO much snow, but people go into straight panic mode when it does snow. Schools here (Western NC) have actually closed when there was only a 40-50% chance in the forecast, LOL!
We do have a lot of older people here, and ice storms pose a true danger to them, as many of them feel a need to go out to the mailbox, etc, when it’s icy instead of waiting for it to melt.
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Sorry just scrolling through and saw this thread.
We getting snow now… pretty much getting hammered for coastal VA. Seems like we will end up getting 8” or so… maybe more, maybe less.
Like last year, not many called for pre treating driveways and walkways. A handful, but not enough to keep me busy for the evening. And with temps getting lower than normal tomorrow evening, treating after clearing drives isnt a risk i want to take.
Hopefully the snowblower earns its keep tomorrow.
