NY Home Depot

[nwalsh213]

Does anyone know which maintenance co. won the contract for snow removal for Home Depot here in NY? USM did not get it this year. Any help would be great, thnx.

[hotshot4819]

NH wasn't awared to usm either... now we are in a scramble to find out also....
please keep me posted if you figure out... maybe same company

[Longae29]

Brickman got 6 states....not mine though.

[hotshot4819]

ill have to give them a buzz tomorrow...
only reason i am pushing it... we have a larger loader doing a target, and the parking lot attached is a home depot. would be really nice to double dip . machine is already there

[ManorLandscape8]

brickman did not get NY either

[hotshot4819]

nwalsh
just got off the phone with springwise,, they got new york...
best of luck

[nwalsh213]

Yes thanks hotshot! I got a call from Springwise also. Good Luck to you too!

[hotshot4819]

thanks... we have yet to figure out who has it.... spingwise did not get NH.....
I am starting to get frustrated with the fact no one has a clue..... lol

[leigh]

Originally Posted by hotshot4819

thanks... we have yet to figure out who has it.... spingwise did not get NH.....
I am starting to get frustrated with the fact no one has a clue..... lol

Might be better off not finding out

[Masssnowfighter]

Does anybody know who has them in mass? I know brickmans doesnt

[hotshot4819]

I heard the nationals don't even have an answer yet....

I talked to sheilds and case snow management, and they said they are still waiting for an answer....

Ive called at least 15 nationals, and have yet to figure out NH home depot

[Masssnowfighter]

Hotshot, let me know if you hear anything and i will do the same for you. I talked to the five nationals I deal with and they are all waiting for a response. I am in the same boat you are in, I do a grocery store with the only thing seperating it from the home depot lot is a 4' island

[hotshot4819]

Sounds fair . I'll be calling non stop tomorrow .
We don't even have an island separating ours haha

[John143]

USM's got the depot's in PA, I got the email a few days ago. Good luck in your town!

[Lake George Boy]

I just got a the paperwork back from springwise and they are offering us 1/3 of what USM had us plow Home Depot for

[hotshot4819]

1/3 is what number compared to last year ?
Ours locally went for
33
Last year with USm

[Lake George Boy]

they are paying 18k for home depot not sure if they take 10% of that

[Masssnowfighter]

$18k... ouch!! I never thought I would look back at USM reighn of terror the past decade as the "the good ole days" when nationals paid a somewhat fair price.

If I was you I would string them along as long as you can, then the day before a storm tell them to go pound sand. Then you can sit back and laugh as they scramble to fill that position at such a horrible price. Or you can demand more money, that tactic worked for me last winter. I dragged my feet for a month and half without signing the contract leaving them with the impression that I was doing it for there price, then when the first storm was a day away I demanded $15k more then what they where offering and they ended up accepting my offer.

[RLM]

It's amazing to hear the tatatics you guys are using to get more money out of the nationals. But then you turn around and complain about how they treat contractors.

[Masssnowfighter]

Besides the low pay and the slow payments I dont have any complaints about the nationals. I actually find them easy to work for and never had any problems. But that doesnt mean I wont try to squeeze every last dollar out of them as I can, especailly when I know that they dont have anyone else in my area they can turn too.