I use a leaf blower for light fluffy snow, me and my buddy’s are starting a little thing for yard maintenance, we live in Wisconsin so we have snow leafs and grass
Often it’s just two of us (me and my bro) But last year we got well over 2 1/2 feet of snow so we borrowed our neighbors heavy snow blower and our smaller Honda and hired my dad my our sister and in less than 3 hours we had made of 1000$ now we have 3 snow blowers and some amazing shovels. We also do mowing and we have 3 mowers, a tiller, a weed eater with a blower attachment an edger attachment and a bush eater attachment. Oh and I’m 17 and my bro is 15.
Cool videos man, enjoy the hustle and also using just a blower and shovel, you prove that you can put a little sweat into something and be sucessful, keep up the good work
Hey, thank you very much! I always thought it was cool that you could be your own boss and make a living with such basic equipment. Are you in the snow removal business?
@@lawnmowingmoney5015 yes we are. We handle around 110 clients, we service small buisiness, medical, larger warehouses, resturaunts, churchs, apartments,lanes, and driveways. We have 4 plow trucks, skidloader with pusher, and 2 man crew that does snowblowing on 25driveways. It keeps us very busy if it snows. Our winter here in central pa hasnt been very busy last 2 years, we got a big storm last week which kept us busy, but hoping for a busy season this winter, we plow 100% per push so hoping it snows. I like your seasonal rate for driveways. That is a great way to keep the bills paid and insure your operation. Thanks man i will keep watching
Oh very cool, and thank you. I'm glad I could provide another perspective. We are supposed to be getting some snow up here tomorrow and the day after 👍 Do you pay your guys for the days they work only or do you cover them through the winter whether it snow or not?
@@lawnmowingmoney5015 i pay them by the hour, they get a very nice wage for snow work. I work them all winter with other projects, we do landscaping, it slows up but we stay working a little each week. Winter sucks, lol ready for spring allready
Get your self the snow plow shovel . There wider and more durable I feel. Definitely keep a scooping shovel for sure but for just pushing it to the side the snow plow shovel works best.
Residential Snow Removal Business Tips do some research on them first due to the fact they are expensive!!!! I bought two for my snow removal this year and spend $100 just for two
Residential Snow Removal Business Tips just the regular snow plow shovel. They come in different widths. I got the smaller size because it’s easier to use.
Hey man, really been enjoying your UA-cam videos. I'm launching a snow removal business this upcoming winter any tips on when to start advertising and how many residential clients you recommend taking on to start off? Will be myself and another guy most likely. I'm up in Calgary Canada so we get a fair amount of snow up here, I am planning to be pushing from early nov - end of May. Appreciate the vids!
I’m planing to do snow removal this winter, so I can just shovel then I don’t need snow plow. Me stressing out because I don’t have a snow plow I thought wouldn’t be able to clean driveways without the snow plow, after this video I see that I can do without the snow plow.
@danilocc7566 Very cool. We are not too far apart, so I think you should be okay without the plow. Best of luck this winter, and thank you for watching!
Same things I'm doing all winter! I love watching the weather network and seeing snow.. work maybe 2 days a week too make more then I was making working full time 35$hr job lol
How do you price driveways? Ballpark prices & what do they include? (Salting,etc) I started my own property maintenance business a few months ago , winter is coming and I truly do not know a reasonable price chart for snow removal. I have a shovel and snowblower but no plow yet. Thanks m8.
Hi there. Your area it might be completely different then mine. But for my area (This is for driveways and sidewalks only.) an average small 2 car drive way with a sidewalk and stairs would be around $25 base price. For a longer driveway around 40’ with sidewalk could be $40 or more. Just have to feel out your area. For residential I went out when there was a skiff and de-iced up to half a inch unless there was a minimum push inch like 1” for that particular client. For me I would have a base price ($25 unless it was super small and I had a lot of clients close together. I could do $20 for just a sidewalk or a mini driveway.) How I priced would be $25 for .1”-4” $50 for 4”-8” $75 for 8”-12” all on that same property. So essentially it was twice the price of that client for a 4”-8” snow and triple price for 8”-12” snow. Adjust for each property accordingly. De-Icer is a big money maker as well. I would de-ice property’s depending on how slick it was and how the short term weather in the future was going to manifest. For de-icing I would charge the base 0”-4” price for that particular property. Buy your de-icer, (Dont use road runner, it eats up the concrete) fill up a 5 gallon bucket half way and spread it with your hand. Very efficient and fast way to do it. Also, get a 36” & 48” Snow Plow shovel from Ace. They are expensive, ($80 a piece) but will more then pay back your investment with the amount of time they save. Don’t even mess with cheep shovels!! Get up early like 3:30am and try to get your property’s done my mid morning, or noon at the latest if possible. I billed at the end of the month with storm dates, accumulation amounts, and any additional notes. Start by asking all current customers if they want snow removal, then pass out flyers depending on how many clients you get.
Hey thanks for watching. I charge around $800-$1000 per driveway per season (I'm raising my prices this year and just sold my first $1100 driveway yesterday), for that they get any snow fall an inch or more cleared, I tell the customers that if it snows in the afternoon, evening or night I will be out the next morning/afternoon to clear it, or if it snows in the morning I will start around noon, I do not work at night because I've had noise complaints before, also I tell the customers I do not guarantee to get them shoveled out by a certain time. Prices will depend on how long your winters are where you live and how much snow you typically get, that being said I live in Southern Ontatio, Canada, which is between New York state and Michigan, and our winters are about 3-4 months long. This is a tough question to answer but maybe you can use me as a reference point. I have a video called "how to charge for snow removal" where I go over the pros and cons of charging a flat rate vs a per snow fall rate that you might want to check out. Hope that helps! Best of luck out there!
@@ThatPurpThoo of course your welcome! Definitely very stressful and time consuming starting up a new route like this. Not sure if this is even in your ballpark or not, but when your lawn business is big enough you can purchase a Walker, put one of there blades on it and you can shovel most all sidewalks, and small parking lots that would be impossible with a shovel. You can do much more work and bigger commercial properties with long side walks. It will make you so much money, it’s more then worth the investment! It’s nice because you can do the same properties you already have, and slowly start transitioning into bigger properties. Walkers for my area is the best investment you can make. Leaf cleanups in the fall, and spring power raking thatch clean up in the spring, and mowing during the summer. By far the most versatile and biggest money maker mower you can buy. If your going to get one, I’d look for a 25hp GHS.
@@JamesMorrison_Outdoors That’s definitely the goal! Slowly but surely I am getting there. Thank you so much for the recommendations, and tips! This has by far helped me 😊 Really enjoy your content & helpfulness! Cheers Cam
Yup, I used to go out at night but I decided I didn't like it, so I started telling my clients I start the next morning after a snow fall and haven't had any issues. I have a video about it called "residential snow removal business. What time should you go out". Thanks for the comment 👍
Do you live in Barrie, Ontario. The neighborhoods look like my city. You hiring? I love this work. Used to work for clintar but didnt appreciate their lack of workmanship.
@@lawnmowingmoney5015 man i love it... that and the cutting. i was taught on a stander (toro grandstand) and in the winter i drove a snow raider and pushed a shovel. I absolutely loved it, worked long long shifts, and worked my butt off. Not sure if i know anyone else that could do it so was a rewarding feeling. i loved everything about that job but most of all the fact that i could zone out and find peace throughout my day while doing these jobs . I am currently trying to get my own little shovel thing going on the side and would love to learn contract as im just doing per snowfall. i love and appreciate your videos bro. even if your not hiring lol. One reason why i left the place of employment was politics of the job. all great jobs are ruined by a bad manager so i decided i wanted to start my own thing where safety and clients are my top concern, not time in time out. thanks for reading my essay and good luck to you brother. il be watching more of your videos.
The snow pusher is only good up until a certain point but once the snow gets a little deeper (maybe around 3 inches) it doesn't help much and you will want a snow thrower.
I go out the next morning after the snow falls, unless there is an inch of snow or more by noon, in which case I will start at noon. Just how I do things as I don't like to work at night.
Any tips please I have a new single stage snow blower It will not go through anything slushy or remotely hard. At the end of driveways even its not alot
If it's just not throwing the snow it could be that your paddles and/or scrapper is worn down. If it is squeeling it could be ice built up by the belt, or maybe you need to tighten the throttle. What kind of thrower do you have? And what happens when it hits the heavy snow?
Hey I've actually bought some new shovels since this video. I'm now using a Garant 30" snow pusher and Garant 24" snow shovell. The shovel in this video is a 24" Garant shovel 👍 Are you in the snow removal business?
In this video I charged $800-$900 per driveway per season (about 3-4 months), however I should mention that this year my rates have gone up 10% on all my existing clients and all of my new clients are at $900-$1100. I use a CRM called yardbooks to bill my clients and they pay either with debit/credit card online or they can pay etransfer/cheque/cash. I have a video called "how to charge for residential snow removal | flat seasonal rate vs per snow fall" that may be helpful for you.
I don't carry any salt on me. I tell the client if they want salt put down to leave a bag at their front door and I will lay it out for them but they very rarely do.
I just start at the closest property to my storage unit and do a loop around my city ending up back where I started. I don't prioritize any driveways, I just do them in the order that is quickest for me to get them done. If a customer falls towards the end of my route I will let them know it advance that I have a lot of driveways to do before I will get to them. Hope that helps!
@@snowfighter62 from my experience it doesn't matter to most customers if they are last on the route as long as they have peace of mind that your coming and they don't have to search for somebody each time it snows.
@@jcough4126 Here in Germany you would come in troubles because the rules of the city says that the sidewalk has to be cleared before 07:00 a.m. (sundays and holidays 08:30 a.m).
Yo I’m interested in starting a snow plowing business this upcoming winter, what’s your email or can you give me tips & tricks on how I should I start off getting off my feet with this business?
Check out my other videos, they are all about starting a snow removal business. If you have any questions feel free to ask in the comments and I'll be sure to help if I can. Thanks for watching!
I use a leaf blower for light fluffy snow, me and my buddy’s are starting a little thing for yard maintenance, we live in Wisconsin so we have snow leafs and grass
Awesome! Best of luck 👍
I’m in Wisconsin too. I’m near Milwaukee are you close to there?
Often it’s just two of us (me and my bro)
But last year we got well over 2 1/2 feet of snow so we borrowed our neighbors heavy snow blower and our smaller Honda and hired my dad my our sister and in less than 3 hours we had made of 1000$ now we have 3 snow blowers and some amazing shovels.
We also do mowing and we have 3 mowers, a tiller, a weed eater with a blower attachment an edger attachment and a bush eater attachment.
Oh and I’m 17 and my bro is 15.
Awesome buddy! I wish I had started at that age, keep it up!
How do you price cleaning snow id like to try
Think I'll be adding snow removal to cover me during winter.
I'm a full time auto detailer but come winter it'll slow down for sure.
Awesome, best of luck!
👍 on the U.P.O.D method. I’m digging it
We're back at it for 2021 in New England! Hope you work your way up to a plow truck soon!
Yes sir! No plans on getting a plow any time soon, I'm a sucker for pain I guess lol. Thanks for watching!
Cool videos man, enjoy the hustle and also using just a blower and shovel, you prove that you can put a little sweat into something and be sucessful, keep up the good work
Hey, thank you very much! I always thought it was cool that you could be your own boss and make a living with such basic equipment. Are you in the snow removal business?
@@lawnmowingmoney5015 yes we are. We handle around 110 clients, we service small buisiness, medical, larger warehouses, resturaunts, churchs, apartments,lanes, and driveways.
We have 4 plow trucks, skidloader with pusher, and 2 man crew that does snowblowing on 25driveways. It keeps us very busy if it snows. Our winter here in central pa hasnt been very busy last 2 years, we got a big storm last week which kept us busy, but hoping for a busy season this winter, we plow 100% per push so hoping it snows.
I like your seasonal rate for driveways. That is a great way to keep the bills paid and insure your operation. Thanks man i will keep watching
Oh very cool, and thank you. I'm glad I could provide another perspective. We are supposed to be getting some snow up here tomorrow and the day after 👍 Do you pay your guys for the days they work only or do you cover them through the winter whether it snow or not?
@@lawnmowingmoney5015 i pay them by the hour, they get a very nice wage for snow work. I work them all winter with other projects, we do landscaping, it slows up but we stay working a little each week. Winter sucks, lol ready for spring allready
@@byronsmail1766 haha I hear ya. I've never been a fan of winter, I don't know how I ended up doing snow removal for a living lol
With that little snow i would tend to use a blower. Backpack or even a good hand blower.
Get your self the snow plow shovel . There wider and more durable I feel. Definitely keep a scooping shovel for sure but for just pushing it to the side the snow plow shovel works best.
Yeah? I've thought about it before but wasn't sure if I'd use it but I think your right. I may have to look into it 🤔 Thanks!
Residential Snow Removal Business Tips do some research on them first due to the fact they are expensive!!!! I bought two for my snow removal this year and spend $100 just for two
@@nathanjamesDewey Will do! What brand did you get?
Residential Snow Removal Business Tips just the regular snow plow shovel. They come in different widths. I got the smaller size because it’s easier to use.
I agree with the snow plow shovel. I have the 36" and the 24". The 36" makes quick work of driveways with these smaller snows.
Are you doing snow this year? lol you are a boss 29 alone is crazy!!! Would be good money though.
Yes sir 💪
3:38 I hope you get extra when a customer's driveway is upside down! ;)
Haha, yeah I should really charge extra to cover the cost of the anti-gravity boots! Thanks for watching
Hey man, really been enjoying your UA-cam videos. I'm launching a snow removal business this upcoming winter any tips on when to start advertising and how many residential clients you recommend taking on to start off? Will be myself and another guy most likely. I'm up in Calgary Canada so we get a fair amount of snow up here, I am planning to be pushing from early nov - end of May. Appreciate the vids!
I’m planing to do snow removal this winter, so I can just shovel then I don’t need snow plow. Me stressing out because I don’t have a snow plow I thought wouldn’t be able to clean driveways without the snow plow, after this video I see that I can do without the snow plow.
@@danilocc7566 yessir. This snow thrower is good up to about a foot of snow. Where abouts do you live?
@ I live in Dutchess county NY
@danilocc7566 Very cool. We are not too far apart, so I think you should be okay without the plow. Best of luck this winter, and thank you for watching!
@ thank you.
Same things I'm doing all winter! I love watching the weather network and seeing snow.. work maybe 2 days a week too make more then I was making working full time 35$hr job lol
No business like snow business, lol. That's awesome, man. Thanks for watching!
How do you price driveways? Ballpark prices & what do they include? (Salting,etc) I started my own property maintenance business a few months ago , winter is coming and I truly do not know a reasonable price chart for snow removal. I have a shovel and snowblower but no plow yet.
Thanks m8.
Hi there. Your area it might be completely different then mine. But for my area (This is for driveways and sidewalks only.) an average small 2 car drive way with a sidewalk and stairs would be around $25 base price. For a longer driveway around 40’ with sidewalk could be $40 or more. Just have to feel out your area.
For residential I went out when there was a skiff and de-iced up to half a inch unless there was a minimum push inch like 1” for that particular client. For me I would have a base price ($25 unless it was super small and I had a lot of clients close together. I could do $20 for just a sidewalk or a mini driveway.)
How I priced would be $25 for .1”-4”
$50 for 4”-8”
$75 for 8”-12” all on that same property.
So essentially it was twice the price of that client for a 4”-8” snow and triple price for 8”-12” snow.
Adjust for each property accordingly.
De-Icer is a big money maker as well. I would de-ice property’s depending on how slick it was and how the short term weather in the future was going to manifest.
For de-icing I would charge the base 0”-4” price for that particular property.
Buy your de-icer, (Dont use road runner, it eats up the concrete) fill up a 5 gallon bucket half way and spread it with your hand. Very efficient and fast way to do it.
Also, get a 36” & 48” Snow Plow shovel from Ace. They are expensive, ($80 a piece) but will more then pay back your investment with the amount of time they save. Don’t even mess with cheep shovels!!
Get up early like 3:30am and try to get your property’s done my mid morning, or noon at the latest if possible. I billed at the end of the month with storm dates, accumulation amounts, and any additional notes. Start by asking all current customers if they want snow removal, then pass out flyers depending on how many clients you get.
Hey thanks for watching. I charge around $800-$1000 per driveway per season (I'm raising my prices this year and just sold my first $1100 driveway yesterday), for that they get any snow fall an inch or more cleared, I tell the customers that if it snows in the afternoon, evening or night I will be out the next morning/afternoon to clear it, or if it snows in the morning I will start around noon, I do not work at night because I've had noise complaints before, also I tell the customers I do not guarantee to get them shoveled out by a certain time. Prices will depend on how long your winters are where you live and how much snow you typically get, that being said I live in Southern Ontatio, Canada, which is between New York state and Michigan, and our winters are about 3-4 months long. This is a tough question to answer but maybe you can use me as a reference point. I have a video called "how to charge for snow removal" where I go over the pros and cons of charging a flat rate vs a per snow fall rate that you might want to check out. Hope that helps! Best of luck out there!
@@ThatPurpThoo of course your welcome! Definitely very stressful and time consuming starting up a new route like this. Not sure if this is even in your ballpark or not, but when your lawn business is big enough you can purchase a Walker, put one of there blades on it and you can shovel most all sidewalks, and small parking lots that would be impossible with a shovel. You can do much more work and bigger commercial properties with long side walks. It will make you so much money, it’s more then worth the investment! It’s nice because you can do the same properties you already have, and slowly start transitioning into bigger properties.
Walkers for my area is the best investment you can make. Leaf cleanups in the fall, and spring power raking thatch clean up in the spring, and mowing during the summer. By far the most versatile and biggest money maker mower you can buy. If your going to get one, I’d look for a 25hp GHS.
@@JamesMorrison_Outdoors That’s definitely the goal! Slowly but surely I am getting there. Thank you so much for the recommendations, and tips! This has by far helped me 😊 Really enjoy your content & helpfulness! Cheers
Cam
@@ThatPurpThoo heyyyy how did your first winter go??? Starting my business this coming winter
You don't start until after 8 ?
Most of my customers want their driveway done by 8
Yup, I used to go out at night but I decided I didn't like it, so I started telling my clients I start the next morning after a snow fall and haven't had any issues. I have a video about it called "residential snow removal business. What time should you go out". Thanks for the comment 👍
In Montreal it's 6am
What shovel is that?
Do you live in Barrie, Ontario. The neighborhoods look like my city. You hiring? I love this work. Used to work for clintar but didnt appreciate their lack of workmanship.
Im a couple hours south of Barrie, but yes I am in Ontario. Not hiring this year, what did you like about doing snow removal?
@@lawnmowingmoney5015 man i love it... that and the cutting. i was taught on a stander (toro grandstand) and in the winter i drove a snow raider and pushed a shovel. I absolutely loved it, worked long long shifts, and worked my butt off. Not sure if i know anyone else that could do it so was a rewarding feeling. i loved everything about that job but most of all the fact that i could zone out and find peace throughout my day while doing these jobs . I am currently trying to get my own little shovel thing going on the side and would love to learn contract as im just doing per snowfall. i love and appreciate your videos bro. even if your not hiring lol. One reason why i left the place of employment was politics of the job. all great jobs are ruined by a bad manager so i decided i wanted to start my own thing where safety and clients are my top concern, not time in time out. thanks for reading my essay and good luck to you brother. il be watching more of your videos.
Do you think that the snow pusher/shovel is better than buying a snow blower?
The snow pusher is only good up until a certain point but once the snow gets a little deeper (maybe around 3 inches) it doesn't help much and you will want a snow thrower.
when is the best time to shovel driveways
I go out the next morning after the snow falls, unless there is an inch of snow or more by noon, in which case I will start at noon. Just how I do things as I don't like to work at night.
I just invested in a plow , 2 snow blowers & 3 shovels , I live in New England and we get heavy snow here. #hustle #safesidetreatments
Awesome man! Are you finding work this year?
@@lawnmowingmoney5015 yes sir! 12 accounts signed up so far and growing ! Just waiting on next snow in New England ❄️
Nice! Congrats man👌How are you finding clients?
Do you Charge by Day/ Week/ or every 2 weeks? And what's your Charge per each service 🤔 😁💪.
Hi there I am planning to star snow removal business and what model snowblower are you using?
I use a Toro 821 commercial power clear snow thrower.
Any tips please I have a new single stage snow blower It will not go through anything slushy or remotely hard. At the end of driveways even its not alot
If it's just not throwing the snow it could be that your paddles and/or scrapper is worn down. If it is squeeling it could be ice built up by the belt, or maybe you need to tighten the throttle. What kind of thrower do you have? And what happens when it hits the heavy snow?
How much do you usually charge for a property, and does it depend on the time it takes you to do
I charge $900-$1100 for the season (taxes included) in Southern Ontario Canada, not saying it is right or wrong but just for reference 👍
Are you insured? I also do residential snow removal in Ontario. Do you mind me asking what your insurance costs?
Do you go door to door and do these jobs?or is it pre booked jobs?
They are all regular clients that I sign up for the whole season
How do you price your driveways?
Do you set up monthly rate plans?
Are you from tri cities Washington?
No I'm actually from tri cities, Ontario Canada lol. I used to live just north of Washington though in British Columbia.
Sure hope you billed them for that
Nice video, did they pay upfront for the whole season or do they pay like weekly?
All but 2 or 3 pay up front for the whole season.
@@lawnmowingmoney5015
Awesome
@@lawnmowingmoney5015 what do you charge for the whole season?
How much do you make in the winter shuvoling snow
I charge $800-$900 per season, per client, and have about 30 clients.
How much do u charge? And how do u go about with heavier snow shovel and do u salt to?
What is that shovel u are using?
Hey I've actually bought some new shovels since this video. I'm now using a Garant 30" snow pusher and Garant 24" snow shovell. The shovel in this video is a 24" Garant shovel 👍 Are you in the snow removal business?
Where are you located?
I am in Southern Ontario Canada (Between New York State and Michigan)
How do you take the payment from customers
I use a CRM called yardbooks
how much money did you make? what’s your way of receiving payment?
In this video I charged $800-$900 per driveway per season (about 3-4 months), however I should mention that this year my rates have gone up 10% on all my existing clients and all of my new clients are at $900-$1100. I use a CRM called yardbooks to bill my clients and they pay either with debit/credit card online or they can pay etransfer/cheque/cash. I have a video called "how to charge for residential snow removal | flat seasonal rate vs per snow fall" that may be helpful for you.
Do u have a plow truck
No I don't
No Salt?
I don't carry any salt on me. I tell the client if they want salt put down to leave a bag at their front door and I will lay it out for them but they very rarely do.
Which criteria do you use to decide in which order the driveways are cleared?
I just start at the closest property to my storage unit and do a loop around my city ending up back where I started. I don't prioritize any driveways, I just do them in the order that is quickest for me to get them done. If a customer falls towards the end of my route I will let them know it advance that I have a lot of driveways to do before I will get to them. Hope that helps!
@@lawnmowingmoney5015 I'm only curious ;-). By this method there is always the same customer to be served at last.
Exactly!
@@snowfighter62 from my experience it doesn't matter to most customers if they are last on the route as long as they have peace of mind that your coming and they don't have to search for somebody each time it snows.
@@jcough4126 Here in Germany you would come in troubles because the rules of the city says that the sidewalk has to be cleared before 07:00 a.m. (sundays and holidays 08:30 a.m).
Pricing per drive ways ?
How much do you charge
$800-$1000 per driveway per season
Sup dude, im all about this'
i'll love to know if you need any helpers or know about anywhere hiring people! Thank you!
How do you charge? By the hour or by job and services ?
I charge a flat rate of $800-$900 per driveway for the whole season.
@@lawnmowingmoney5015 yeah I just watch all your other videos definitely helpful
Awesome, thanks man. Glad I could help!
You leave the most valuable information out that’s pricing route density etc decent content but not informative
I have other videos about that kind of stuff 👍
why would anyone pay you to shovel a half inch of snow?
They pay for seasonal service, and I go out for all snow falls of an inch or more.
@@lawnmowingmoney5015 gotcha makes more sense
You showed absolutely know snow blowing a waste of video!
Lol and this is my most popular video for some reason!
Yo I’m interested in starting a snow plowing business this upcoming winter, what’s your email or can you give me tips & tricks on how I should I start off getting off my feet with this business?
Check out my other videos, they are all about starting a snow removal business. If you have any questions feel free to ask in the comments and I'll be sure to help if I can. Thanks for watching!