Residential Contractors: Plow Now!
I do a bit of lurking on several contractor forums and it’s very obvious that there are a LOT of talented workers out there with nothing to work on right now. It’s my assumption that a lot of them own pickup trucks with 4WD. It may be too late in the season, or it may not be possible to secure insurance coverage for residential plowing, but there are going to be a lot more people in the Mid-Atlantic tomorrow and Thursday that would gladly throw money at anyone that has a plow, snowblower, or a fast shovel. Since the Mid-Atlantic is not as well prepared for significant amounts of snowfall as other parts of the country(lack of plows, lack of shovels, lack of sled, lack of snowfort building experience) there seems to be a large differential between driveways and people available to rid them of the several feet of snow that is currently covering them in addition to the 10-20″ that is expected in the next 36 hours. I guess you can look at it two ways.
1. I’m an experienced contractor and it would be below me to use my strength and laboring skills to shovel and plow snow.
or
2. I don’t have much work lined up, and some manual labor and plowing could be a very easy way to make some money fast.
Considering the amount of money that people are willing to pay to not shovel, you could easily clear several hundred dollars a day and with the legendary snowfall, the market is ripe for the picking. This situation should be on wikipedia under the title of “low hanging fruit”.
If you do decide to step out of your comfort zone and make some quick money, please read these safety tips first:
