Worst Snow Plowing Techniques

Removing ice and snow may seem simple enough, however it’s very common to make mistakes when you’re using your snow plow. Improper snow removal creates a whole host of problems, such as increased risk of injury or too much snow pile up in various areas.

To successfully utilize your snow plow for best results this winter, take a look this list of “don’ts” below.

Don’t Be Less Than Thorough

When you’re removing snow from areas around a home or building, don’t just focus on the most obvious areas. You need to clear as much accessible areas as possible to prevent accidents from occurring.

Don’t Cut Corners if You’re a Professional Contractor

If you’re offering a commercial snow plowing service, there are some important aspects to always keep in mind, these include:

• Never performing any service without a contract that lays out the duties you’re being hired for, your expected deadline, your procedure for when things don’t go as planned, your quoted price, and expected payment date, and any prices of potential additional services.
• Always maintaining an accurate work log.
• Remembering to bill in a timely manner.
• Always communicating with customers throughout the job.
• Always keeping documentation.

Don’t Fail to Keep Track of Where You’ve Plowed

In order to be most efficient with your snow plowing, it’s important to keep track of where your fleet has plowed and where they have yet to plowed. This is where GPS tracking comes in that can provide you with a real time look at where your plows are, where they’ve been, and where they need to go.

This is a high-tech method of snow removal that more and more municipalities around the country are turning to since snow plowing as a labor-intensive task. What’s more GPS fleet tracking can help with maintaining an accurate work/route log for billing purposes.

Bad weather can put a real spanner for the works for people going about their daily lives. Through avoiding these bad snow plowing techniques, you’ll make the most of the winter season, as well as staying safe.

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