@MPW does the season ever end??.. LOL not on my end…I’m actually jealous of @squidskc and @SchertzServicesLLC… even @Grizz gets a break… we don’t ever stop washing, damn commercial accounts lol keeps me busy even when it’s cold,lucky for us it rarely dips below freezing when it does we get to take a day if not two off…no long vacations here…but we’re in Charleston SC.
1 Like
Two more weeks and I’m done! 
@SchertzServicesLLC I really am jealous some times…I’m in the middle of a van build and thinking about another trailer…for this season,as if we truly have a season…lol… I literally get a couple days off if that between about December 20th and January 30th…if I’m lucky…but please post up those plow pictures of tons of snow I’m living vicariously through you because Ilove snow…even my kids love snow… I can’t wait to see the pictures from this year🤣
1 Like
Drive up when snow is in the forecast and I’ll give you a crash corse in plowing. I’m always down for free labor!! But be prepared for a 20 hour shift minimum. I wouldn’t be jealous… it’s really not that glamorous 
Usually end up in sweat pants and a t shirt with back sweat stinking up the truck. After 16 hours the mtn dew and gas station food comes out of the pours as fast as you wolf it down.
3 Likes
@SchertzServicesLLC Are you still doing liquid de-icing? We are thinking about dabbling a little into it this winter.
1 Like
Yes sir. Actually going to go after that area much harder this winter. I burnt though 20k in salt last winter and could have greatly reduced that with using more liquids.
I didn’t have a place to store it last year in town and was behind schedule due to signing my WalMart contract late in the year.
Do you offer snow removal right now?
I should offer snow repellant…I’ve been wearing giraffe repellent all day and I haven’t seen one all day…so I guess it works lol
2 Likes
Been doing snow removal for 10 years working for someone else. We are branching out on our own this year. Thought we could add liquid de-icing for our residentials as a way to try it out this year. I just don’t know much/anything about it.
As long as the goal is 50 yard line season tickets at Memorial Stadium, i fully support the cause.
It’s pretty simple. Pre wet before the snow at 30-40 gallons per acre. Post treat at 60-90 gallons per acre.
Make a brine maker out of totes or buy it. I have some YouTube videos on how I made mine and I’ll be changing it up a bit in a few weeks.
Basically you just agitate a big tub of water and salt and have it flow into a holding tank. Once the holding tank hits 23.3% on a hydrometer you shut the agitation pump down and send it to the truck tank or holding tank.
If surface temperature is below 5 degrees Fahrenheit don’t use it. Unless you want to ad pedlo flake or mag chloride. But that costs some good money. If it’s that cold I just use granulated salt that’s treated in mag chloride and ore wet at the spinner.
1 Like
And if it snows, i do residential clearing for driveways and sidewalks. Very few have snow blowers here on the coast, last snow we got was 12-14”. It was awesome.
Actually going to buy another snowblower tomorrow for a back up due to the cheap price.
And i shut down as soon as hunting season gets here. If the right jobs calls, ill take it… but mostly done here in a few weeks.
4 Likes
I use that straight for tan brick porch steps… works excellent
1 Like
If it snows here in Charleston its once every 2 to 5 years but when it does it shuts everything down for days…the property that I’ve worked on for 10 years told me that no one in the area offers a snow/ice plan for multi family property’s… .keeping the sidewalks ice free is their main objective…I’ve thought of offering it just because no one else is around here
1 Like
You gotta be careful with mag chloride lol!
I DESTROYED my grandmothers new driveway this past winter with it. The family all harped on me that it was slick and she was going to fall. Well when my uncles poured the concrete they didn’t slope it good and water stands.
Needless to say she won’t slip on it now since 50% of the cream came off… 
Sorry grandma
1 Like
Call your insurance agent before you go down that rabbit hole… I was in the phone with my agent today and my yearly cost for snow insurance is about 16k. But it’s mostly because I serve the high risk big box stores.
If someone falls on a property you are supposed to be maintaining you are on the hook.
1 Like
@SchertzServicesLLC I would be curious what snow insurance in Charleston SC would be lol !..it might be worth it. Maybe not
I wouldn’t have a clue! Before I got into the big boy accounts it was pretty affordable. But it’s all relative. Bigger you get the more it costs to keep the shingle on the door that says open. Figuratively that is (we don’t have a storefront yet)
I can tell you this. Snow insurance and pressure washing insurance HATE each other. The underwriters never want to write both into a policy.
2 Likes
Dude i dont even know what that mess is… i clear driveways and sidewalks, shovel the steps, and then i leave.
I offered salt treatment years prior, margins were awesome, but not many were interested the past snow so i dont think i will offer it any longer. thinking about taking high school boy next door come with me to only run around and knock on peoples door while im in the neighborhood.
1 Like
I know of a few complaints that do “natural disaster plowing” and by natural disaster i men 5 inches of snow down south.
They haul TONS of equipment and salt in and make millions in a week. Big box stores will pay hundreds of thousands to get a contractor to come in and plow and salt. It’s crazy!
1 Like
