2012-2013 Prices

[KYsnow]

Originally Posted by clark lawn

Ya right, try again. I have been plowing for almost 20 years. In the last few I have seen more lowball single truck operations on commercial lots than ever before. Unless its some big corporate lots and even then sometimes all they want is the cheapest guy they can get. I know of a plaza that I did in the mid 90's goes for less now than it did then. Been a one man show there for past 3 years. Couple times a winter it doesn't get done til couple days after the storm but for what they pay they deal with it.

Most likely those lowballers you see are working for another snow company as a sub. When something goes wrong with the one truck or the guy with one truck does't show up the snow/ice company can bring in one of their own trucks.

Why would you want to work for an owner who would tolerate his lot turning to ice because it doesn't get done for a couple of days after the snow anyway.

[clark lawn]

No not subs. The lot is getting done fore 75% of what I got in 1996. That's why they tolerate it.

[Plow horse]

Can't, there will allways be somebody thats more hungry than you, and you know they are not Insured.. Besides if you have been in the business for any length of time and are any good and reliable you should be OVERBOOKED. "Unless you are growing". Do NOT DROP YOUR PRICES!!!! Does anybody CUT you a break?? If you ask the gas station can you give me it for less what does he say??? It sucks to have to keep raising our prices but Grandview is rite.

[danknight163]

its funny i have to spot i have done for 6 years now and last year they went with the cheaper guy (who hit 2 parked cars and damage the black top) and did not have plow insurance (lol) the owner of the lot had to dish out 7200.00 to fix the cars and his black top
guess who is doing it this year :>) low baller have no plow insurance so tell you accounts what do you want

[PhilFromErie]

you know you see a lot of crap on CL, I wouldn't modify my pricing structure because of it. Believe me, I have had enough "off shore oil rig workers" and "back country loggers" that have had access to email but not a bank trying to buy things off me with pay pal to know 90% of craigs list stuff is BS

[dbduts]

I plow a condo complex and the snow drifts are unreal off the roofs.they want me to charge by the inch but how or do you calculate for snow drifts.they want to be billed by the snow fall by ythe weather service,Do i suck it up or fight and say it has to be measured at diff. locations on property