Snow/ice clearance

[farmer_ben]

This is what you want

 

It was on a trade stand at SIMA Show, Paris, earlier in the year

[Andy Collins]

Suppliers have run out of stock of the snow plough:001_rolleyes:, but I can get a tow-behind gritter no worries. I'm thinking of approaching the residents who cant clear their own first, and the roads that the council trucks dont do (most of them in our village) The road past mine is still frozen at 3pm and the air temp is currently at -2.5C so if this keeps up for a week it isnt going anywhere fast.

[Stephen Blair]

just get a golf course manure spinner, fill it with salt and job done. thats what i used to do

[samarb]

Nice thought. Really interested now on making the quad work a little harder so will seriously look into salting and other possibilities. Why dont you charge set rates on paths or roads per 500m road and 50m paths with this set a min call out.

[b101uk]

It’s worth noting that the council aren’t going to pay you to clear/grit estate roads because they are not necessarily obliged to do so simply as they don’t take the traffic volume per hour, also only 1 route into/out of a village is obliged to be cleared with access to a major road however major roads always take priority and lesser roads wont be done until major roads are cleared/gritted.

 

The council will only pay ~£26/hour for a 4wd tractor with a snowplough and ~£35/hour with a snow blower.

 

The only way to make money for such a small vehicle as a quad bike would be via private entities BUT if you clear snow or grit private places then regardless of vehicle classification you are obliged to use full duty paid fuel.

 

Most councils have lots of farmers with snowploughs on there books BUT seldom call them out on mass.

 

Also councils may require your NVQ in winter maintenance.

 

Either way private entities are ware the big money is in snow clearing however buying an area “franchise” is a bit of a joke at best though its how its done in the states but they pay silly money out there ware its easy to earn >$200/hour with Unimogs with big ploughs & blowers.

[Stephen Blair]

well i havent heard form my snow clearing guy for a few hours, he has done a bit of a shabby job and he didnt even have his own shovel, so i refused to pay him today:sneaky2:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuC4IaX0PiI]YouTube - snow clearing[/ame]

[ukminch]

The video appears to be missing?

[Stephen Blair]

me and modern technology lol. give me a second

[Stephen Blair]

try this

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osw9vzr_g5A]YouTube - snow work[/ame]

[ukminch]

:thumbup:Brilliant:thumbup: