no . my neighbors and friends think a box of candy or a small gift cert is
enough to make me want to help them all winter long.if you do a drive
once as a favor you are then screwed for life.at least for me. i must be
driven by guilt.--irv
i been plowing for over 20 years and a atv was one of the best investments i made, works for both drive-ways and sidewalks. plus your overhead is lower to operate it as a business.
Nope I, I plow my neighbors just because I like to go play in the snow. My wife constantly asks me when I'm going to grow and my answer is normally "NEVER!!!"
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It was stock at some point.........
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2001 Yamaha Kodiak 400 4x4 48in plow
1978 John Deere 312 with a 49 blower
John Deere 544E ProTech 12L pusher
now you sound like me. i sold my last sled last winter cause i had more fun with the
wheeler or my simplicity and blower.both have cabs so they keep most of the snow off.
i can run around town and the cops dont bother me.its a small town and everyone knows you anyway.paid or not its still fun helping people out--irv
you can grow old but no one said you have
to grow up.
i been plowing for over 20 years and a atv was one of the best investments i made, works for both drive-ways and sidewalks. plus your overhead is lower to operate it as a business.
How do you get the ATV around? Just throw it in the back of the truck and ramp it off everytime you do a job?
Im thinking about getting one to snow plow for money.
Nope I, I plow my neighbors just because I like to go play in the snow. My wife constantly asks me when I'm going to grow and my answer is normally "NEVER!!!"
Haha thats awesome!!! How I am. Im never gonna grow up. See thats why men cant get along with women.....they just dont see the fun in some things we do lol
The thought was I was going to make money. I end up doing the neighbors for free or for beer cause it is just fun to do it. Plus it keeps them off my back when I decide to go for a 1am ride!
The thought was I was going to make money. I end up doing the neighbors for free or for beer cause it is just fun to do it. Plus it keeps them off my back when I decide to go for a 1am ride!
How many people plow residential properties with there ATV and plow? Do you use it as a business vehicle and make money?
Big time but, it's not a one and only but rather part of your overall 'machine.'
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Originally Posted by perrysee
i been plowing for over 20 years and a atv was one of the best investments i made, works for both drive-ways and sidewalks. plus your overhead is lower to operate it as a business.
The stuff that I do with mine is incredible. With a couple of guys and a bob cat in a local plant with lots of down time gives me grief free access to a few commercial accounts and my blowers finish the residentials.
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Nope I, I plow my neighbors just because I like to go play in the snow. My wife constantly asks me when I'm going to grow and my answer is normally "NEVER!!!"
Don't have a wife but, the people who I give the freebies away o spread the word and my free time is filed with quading, coffee and near the end of the day - hospitality to say the least.
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Originally Posted by moneyclass
How do you get the ATV around? Just throw it in the back of the truck and ramp it off everytime you do a job?
Im thinking about getting one to snow plow for money.
Trailer (s) I do acreages and commercial lots with my advertised forte being 'snow clearing' VS removal. I have backup in the form of some homies who own bobcats and can cme and remove the stuff.
Speaking technically, loading and off loading a quad on a truck is a pain in the ass VS a low trailer and, the cost of a trailer with one crappy axle if properly maintained will sve you time and stress.
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Originally Posted by jim331656
The thought was I was going to make money. I end up doing the neighbors for free or for beer cause it is just fun to do it. Plus it keeps them off my back when I decide to go for a 1am ride!
OP, read the above quote because to me, this is what it's all about!!!!
Unless of course, you want to go make some money in which case, you need to buy equipment for real, have insurance, hire people, become an employer, get contracts, be prepared for lawsuits charge more than your customers can afford, and have lowballers with quads on their trucks undercut you etc .....
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'99 Yamaha 350 w/Kimpex plow / '04 Arctic Cat with 48" blower
Emergency lights, heated handgrips
Two Husky Tracked Blowers
1 Helly Hanson Snow Suit
Pickup w/studded tires and emergency lights
Couple trailers
Regular job
Five chubby hardworking guys @ 1 gal to help out (main asset)
Two Bob Cats with owners on call with regular jobs
Permit,Insurance, Workers comp,
Great customers and all paid for
i haul mine around on a trailer for easy on and off ,plus i haul shovels and snowblowers ,that way i can have the right equipement with me at all times
I am starting this branch of my snow plowing biz this year, (bought a new '12 grizzly) and will find out if it is profitable (the quad will do residential) as I will do my commercial route. (Although my new spreader is hitch-mounted so I need to run a separate truck to trailer the quad on my 5x8 :0
Now if I can find a good alternative to using ratchet straps i'd be set!
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"Do Work, Son!"
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A loaded down,
2000 Ford F150 SCSB 4x4 5.4L Triton V8
7.5'' Western Unimount Pro Straight Blade
Timbren Suspension Enhancement System
NEW FOR '12-'13 Season---> Western 1000 Low Profile Salt Spreader
Ultra Tow Mini Lightbar
1000 lbs of salt bags.
and some well needed 10 plys!
NEW FOR '12-'13 Season---> 2012 Yamaha Grizzly 450 EPS Camo & 52'' State Plow
I am starting this branch of my snow plowing biz this year, (bought a new '12 grizzly) and will find out if it is profitable (the quad will do residential) as I will do my commercial route. (Although my new spreader is hitch-mounted so I need to run a separate truck to trailer the quad on my 5x8 :0
Now if I can find a good alternative to using ratchet straps i'd be set!
Here's one way to do it. Pretty simple to build if you can weld. I don't have or endorse this product...but it's an idea how to do it. There's also products that hook into the hitch on the truck and the hitch on the quad...but that wouldn't really work for a trailer.
I make money with the quad. Leave it parked in my buddy's garage ready to rock and plow his driveway and 2 others in the neighborhood. I take it on the trailer if I have to go anywhere though, much easier to do than loading in the truck. Damn thing won't fit in the truck without the plow on it!
thanks hghgrad i will look into that. Looks like something could be fabbed up w/o much trouble.
Also just found out my quad and plow will not fit on my 5x8 flatbed trailer, now I have to weld extensions onto the latches so it will fit! Ahh more to do pre-season!
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"Plowing the way, for those to cheap for four wheel drive!"
"Do Work, Son!"
"MOLON LABE"
"God Bless America!"
A loaded down,
2000 Ford F150 SCSB 4x4 5.4L Triton V8
7.5'' Western Unimount Pro Straight Blade
Timbren Suspension Enhancement System
NEW FOR '12-'13 Season---> Western 1000 Low Profile Salt Spreader
Ultra Tow Mini Lightbar
1000 lbs of salt bags.
and some well needed 10 plys!
NEW FOR '12-'13 Season---> 2012 Yamaha Grizzly 450 EPS Camo & 52'' State Plow
I am starting this branch of my snow plowing biz this year, (bought a new '12 grizzly) and will find out if it is profitable (the quad will do residential) as I will do my commercial route. (Although my new spreader is hitch-mounted so I need to run a separate truck to trailer the quad on my 5x8 :0
Now if I can find a good alternative to using ratchet straps i'd be set!
excav8ter- what a sweet find, i had seen a pic of something like these but could not find the actual product. Upon further searching today I found these; all metal and about $100 cheaper; http://atvmightytite.com/index.php?m...&products_id=1
I might have to go with a set soon, just need to make some money with this quad first!
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"Plowing the way, for those to cheap for four wheel drive!"
"Do Work, Son!"
"MOLON LABE"
"God Bless America!"
A loaded down,
2000 Ford F150 SCSB 4x4 5.4L Triton V8
7.5'' Western Unimount Pro Straight Blade
Timbren Suspension Enhancement System
NEW FOR '12-'13 Season---> Western 1000 Low Profile Salt Spreader
Ultra Tow Mini Lightbar
1000 lbs of salt bags.
and some well needed 10 plys!
NEW FOR '12-'13 Season---> 2012 Yamaha Grizzly 450 EPS Camo & 52'' State Plow
thanks hghgrad i will look into that. Looks like something could be fabbed up w/o much trouble.
Also just found out my quad and plow will not fit on my 5x8 flatbed trailer, now I have to weld extensions onto the latches so it will fit! Ahh more to do pre-season!
I have a 5x10 trailer with rails Atv does just fit with 58'' front plow and my8'' rear trip plow on the ATV
I make money with the quad. Leave it parked in my buddy's garage ready to rock and plow his driveway and 2 others in the neighborhood. I take it on the trailer if I have to go anywhere though, much easier to do than loading in the truck. Damn thing won't fit in the truck without the plow on it!
what truck is it? my 500 Artic cat fits perfectly in the back of my '94 F-150 perfectly with the plow and salter attatched
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