Snowplow alone, or front loader too?

[mdvaden]

You folks that move snow in winter, do you use just a snowplow, or do you use a tractor and front loader too?

Or, a front loader alone?

[carcrz]

I currently just use the truck w/ an 8'6" Fisher EZ-V on it. I am in the process of looking for a pusher for my Case skid-steer though.

[RICHIE K]

We use plows and a loader but shoulden this be on PLOW SITE:hammerhead:

[John Gamba]

You folks that move snow in winter, do you use just a snowplow, or do you use a tractor and front loader too?

Or, a front loader alone?



For snow removal you must think of the worst all the time. now on your accounts, what would move a 10 drift and two feet of snow on the parking lot the best way?

[LB1234]

We work in real small parking lots that are a few miles apart. Front end loader would take forever to travers through the streets to get to and from sites. Therefore we use snow plows mounted on pickup trucks.

[John Gamba]

We work in real small parking lots that are a few miles apart. Front end loader would take forever to travers through the streets to get to and from sites. Therefore we use snow plows mounted on pickup trucks.



You can always use the loader to set back the piles that the plows leave later after the storm ends.

[LB1234]

You can always use the loader to set back the piles that the plows leave later after the storm ends.

We have contracts that specify where piles are placed/located. Some lots have parking spaces that are taken up (for the year if its cold and it actually snows). They have to sign off on this.

We have clauses that also specify the cost for utilizing heavy equipment to relocated snow piles.

[Sydenstricker Landscaping]

Use my truck mainly. On a few of my commercials, if the piles are too big and I have no where else to put my snow, I rent a bobcat and come in and move it elsewhere, at an extra charge of course, but the customer knows about it as well since it is stated clearly in my contract

[John Gamba]

We have contracts that specify where piles are placed/located. Some lots have parking spaces that are taken up (for the year if its cold and it actually snows). They have to sign off on this.

We have clauses that also specify the cost for utilizing heavy equipment to relocated snow piles.


Some smaller plazas i had in the past i needed to rent dump trucks to remove the snow in the winter of 95 to 96. That sucked:cry: everybody needed the dumps that season big money and short on availability.

[DUSTYCEDAR]

john dont u know anything u melt it in your hot tub :hammerhead:

[John Gamba]

john dont u know anything u melt it in your hot tub :hammerhead:


No tub then dust:laugh: This is what i do now:laugh:

[LB1234]

Some smaller plazas i had in the past i needed to rent dump trucks to remove the snow in the winter of 95 to 96. That sucked:cry: everybody needed the dumps that season big money and short on availability.


OUCH!!

The only thing I owned in 95 was my 1977 volvo which I was using to get me back and forth to college...:laugh:

[stumpslawncare]

At this time I just use a plow.

[John Gamba]

At this time I just use a plow.


This season so far its been the back pack blowers.

[John Gamba]

OUCH!!

The only thing I owned in 95 was my 1977 volvo which I was using to get me back and forth to college...:laugh:


Look the closes i ever came to a hot tub that year was to take my top of my steaming Coffey and put the windows in the truck up.

If you went to collage. what are you doing this for???:laugh: :waving:

[LB1234]

Look the closes i ever came to a hot tub that year was to take my top of my steaming Coffey and put the windows in the truck up.

If you went to collage. what are you doing this for???:laugh: :waving:


I was an electrical engineer for 3 years and I am/was 3 credits away from my masters in systems engineering before deciding to go 'full-time' and really make this business work.

Imagine what my wife thinks. She wants to kill me!!

[DUSTYCEDAR]

its not to late run back and get some credits to get a master at something

[FearThisDeere]

I plow with a 6' Curtis on my JD 4310 tractor. It is nice because I can stack about 10' high without an issue. If I need to scoop anything I switch to the bucket. 2 pins, 2 hydraulic lines, and the bucket is back on.

[John Gamba]

its not to late run back and get some credits to get a master at something



This is what i did:weightlifter: I got my masters in hot tub socializing. Not easy but worth it.

[John Gamba]

I was an electrical engineer for 3 years and I am/was 3 credits away from my masters in systems engineering before deciding to go 'full-time' and really make this business work.

Imagine what my wife thinks. She wants to kill me!!


I can only imagine what she thinks:laugh: do you sleep with one eye open:laugh: :waving:

[LB1234]

I can only imagine what she thinks:laugh: do you sleep with one eye open:laugh: :waving:

Seperate room with door locked.


I place all knives and other sharp objects in locked cabinet and take the key with me!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[John Gamba]

Seperate room with door locked.


I place all knives and other sharp objects in locked cabinet and take the key with me!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:


Smart:laugh: :waving: