I I am curious what everyones top list of things that wear on you the most about the snow biz.It seems like the actual plowing is still enjoyable for me but after 8 years I find that trying to plan plowing schedules and unpredictable start and stop snow times is my biggest problem. If you could just have a plan and go do it would be one thing but it almost never works that way. The snow that lingers on into the morning after plowing all night and makes everything look covered bugs me because you are always unsure if you can relax or if you need to do the route again. Yes we do salt but when it is super cold all it takes a heavy dusting and your nice clean lots look crappy.
But customers dragging their feet on signing, wsi inc., flaky employees, breakdowns, delinquent payers, ridiculous lowballing on government work, other contractors leaving tons of money on the table, lingering snow WAY past predicted time, extreme cold temperatures, the sun coming up when I forgot my sunglasses, traffic, snow blowing onto a salted parking lot, when its snowing so hard I can't have the window open, a plow hitting a windrow in an intersection, morons who can't get understand they need.to clean along a curb, morons who plow into a handicap spot, morons who plow snow onto a sidewalk, a log sheet coming back not filled out properly, having to go back to get a signature from a store manager, when an ivr gives me attitude, morning djs, when my ipod falls on the floor, when my cell phone falls on the floor on the freeway, when it doesn't snow, when it snows more than its supposed to, when it snows less than its supposed to, when nature calls and there's no place to go. Running low on salt on a Sunday after it wasn't supposed to snow on Friday Saturday and Sunday but does, prerecorded radio weather that makes you double check noaa on the phone. When noaa doesn't update the forecast at 4am. Forgetting to turn off the strobe light. Other people driving with 10.strobe lights on. Breakdowns, stuck vehicles, flat tires, broken pull ropes on snow blowers, if/when salter controls stop.working. why haven't you been here yet? Didn't you notice there's.10inches everywhere and your lot has 3/4"? Subcontractors who are super slow. Subcontractors who are too fast and then make.you wonder what they missed. Where the garbage truck has screwed up the asphalt by a Dumpster, sewer caps that weren't like that during preseason walkthru, snow on weekends. Snow on holidays. Snow that starts at 5am..
Other than that....
But customers dragging their feet on signing, wsi inc., flaky employees, breakdowns, delinquent payers, ridiculous lowballing on government work, other contractors leaving tons of money on the table, lingering snow WAY past predicted time, extreme cold temperatures, the sun coming up when I forgot my sunglasses, traffic, snow blowing onto a salted parking lot, when its snowing so hard I can't have the window open, a plow hitting a windrow in an intersection, morons who can't get understand they need.to clean along a curb, morons who plow into a handicap spot, morons who plow snow onto a sidewalk, a log sheet coming back not filled out properly, having to go back to get a signature from a store manager, when an ivr gives me attitude, morning djs, when my ipod falls on the floor, when my cell phone falls on the floor on the freeway, when it doesn't snow, when it snows more than its supposed to, when it snows less than its supposed to, when nature calls and there's no place to go. Running low on salt on a Sunday after it wasn't supposed to snow on Friday Saturday and Sunday but does, prerecorded radio weather that makes you double check noaa on the phone. When noaa doesn't update the forecast at 4am. Forgetting to turn off the strobe light. Other people driving with 10.strobe lights on. Breakdowns, stuck vehicles, flat tires, broken pull ropes on snow blowers, if/when salter controls stop.working. why haven't you been here yet? Didn't you notice there's.10inches everywhere and your lot has 3/4"? Subcontractors who are super slow. Subcontractors who are too fast and then make.you wonder what they missed. Where the garbage truck has screwed up the asphalt by a Dumpster, sewer caps that weren't like that during preseason walkthru, snow on weekends. Snow on holidays. Snow that starts at 5am..
Other than that....
Don't mind plowing a nice open lot though.
Lol. You were just waiting for someone to ask, huh?
But customers dragging their feet on signing, wsi inc., flaky employees, breakdowns, delinquent payers, ridiculous lowballing on government work, other contractors leaving tons of money on the table, lingering snow WAY past predicted time, extreme cold temperatures, the sun coming up when I forgot my sunglasses, traffic, snow blowing onto a salted parking lot, when its snowing so hard I can't have the window open, a plow hitting a windrow in an intersection, morons who can't get understand they need.to clean along a curb, morons who plow into a handicap spot, morons who plow snow onto a sidewalk, a log sheet coming back not filled out properly, having to go back to get a signature from a store manager, when an ivr gives me attitude, morning djs, when my ipod falls on the floor, when my cell phone falls on the floor on the freeway, when it doesn't snow, when it snows more than its supposed to, when it snows less than its supposed to, when nature calls and there's no place to go. Running low on salt on a Sunday after it wasn't supposed to snow on Friday Saturday and Sunday but does, prerecorded radio weather that makes you double check noaa on the phone. When noaa doesn't update the forecast at 4am. Forgetting to turn off the strobe light. Other people driving with 10.strobe lights on. Breakdowns, stuck vehicles, flat tires, broken pull ropes on snow blowers, if/when salter controls stop.working. why haven't you been here yet? Didn't you notice there's.10inches everywhere and your lot has 3/4"? Subcontractors who are super slow. Subcontractors who are too fast and then make.you wonder what they missed. Where the garbage truck has screwed up the asphalt by a Dumpster, sewer caps that weren't like that during preseason walkthru, snow on weekends. Snow on holidays. Snow that starts at 5am..
Other than that....
Don't mind plowing a nice open lot though.
This site really really really needs a "like" button
Break down the sites into smaller sections then discount for no travel time or don't add time for travel however you normally would bid.
BREAKDOWNS are my #1...
Thanks.... that's helpful.
I tend to overbid jobs at times as I'm tired of underbidding them. This is great because I don't get hosed, but in the same breath I have a lot more free time
1; Inadequate drivers in inadequate vehicles for the road conditions
2; Drivers in inadequate vehicles for the road conditions
3; Capable vehicles driven by incapable people
4; Stuck Idiots that force you to stop thinking they'll get a tow out of the ditch/snowbank/drift
5; Inadequate vehicles stuck closing the road
6; Drivers that think speed is important to traction
7; Prius drivers that HAVE to buy a cup of coffee and newspaper at 4 am on a snowy Sunday.
8; non professional (a pro wouldn't do that) driveway guys that push snow out on already cleared and salted roads
9; Midnight sightseers
10; People that park in the unplowed sections of a half plowed lot
But customers dragging their feet on signing, wsi inc., flaky employees, breakdowns, delinquent payers, ridiculous lowballing on government work, other contractors leaving tons of money on the table, lingering snow WAY past predicted time, extreme cold temperatures, the sun coming up when I forgot my sunglasses, traffic, snow blowing onto a salted parking lot, when its snowing so hard I can't have the window open, a plow hitting a windrow in an intersection, morons who can't get understand they need.to clean along a curb, morons who plow into a handicap spot, morons who plow snow onto a sidewalk, a log sheet coming back not filled out properly, having to go back to get a signature from a store manager, when an ivr gives me attitude, morning djs, when my ipod falls on the floor, when my cell phone falls on the floor on the freeway, when it doesn't snow, when it snows more than its supposed to, when it snows less than its supposed to, when nature calls and there's no place to go. Running low on salt on a Sunday after it wasn't supposed to snow on Friday Saturday and Sunday but does, prerecorded radio weather that makes you double check noaa on the phone. When noaa doesn't update the forecast at 4am. Forgetting to turn off the strobe light. Other people driving with 10.strobe lights on. Breakdowns, stuck vehicles, flat tires, broken pull ropes on snow blowers, if/when salter controls stop.working. why haven't you been here yet? Didn't you notice there's.10inches everywhere and your lot has 3/4"? Subcontractors who are super slow. Subcontractors who are too fast and then make.you wonder what they missed. Where the garbage truck has screwed up the asphalt by a Dumpster, sewer caps that weren't like that during preseason walkthru, snow on weekends. Snow on holidays. Snow that starts at 5am..
Other than that....
Don't mind plowing a nice open lot though.
I was starting to think basher hijacked your username, but then I saw his post.
"So here I am plowing her hard in the back lot of a Funeral home when all of a sudden right in front of me some jerk shines his headlights in my window like I am doing something wrong. I try to ignore them and keep going to town but the jerk kept flashing his headlights on and I couldn't see what I was doing so I piled the snow right in front of his car to block the distraction."
) driveway guys that push snow out on already cleared and salted roads
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