Can I make shoveling snow easier?
for one of my chores this winter i have to shovel snow i am 13 and I live in massachusetts and some of you may know that it's snowing like crazy! around where i live there's about 6-12 inches and we are suppose to get another 6 inches! i tried to shovel this morning but it was kinda hard because the snow at the bottom turned to ice! and so i did a little shoveling in my driveway and i just looked outside and there's another coat of snow on top! plus i have to shovel the stairs and the sidewalk and the walkway! is there anyway i can make the shoveling easier for me i need to know soon cause i have to go out there every 30 minutes so it doesn't get too hard! THANKS!(:
How much is a reasonable price for shoveling snow?
I'd charge like $5-10 to shovel snow. Then all you need to do is 40-20 houses. In this economic climate people wont let you do it if you charge too much. At $5 who would say no. But it mainly depends on your age how much you can charge. Also haggle with the person If you look at their house and they look well off then charge like 20% - 50% extra, just don't tell them you're charging them extra! If they say no just drop your prices a bit. Remember get in the mind set that you are helping them out rather than just getting paid. Do you live in a neighborhood with any elderly people? Because that is definite cash as they need help but they don't have much money, so you have to charge less and do more houses to reach your $200.
I'm wondering is it Legal to have employees shoveling snow for a business (Wendy's) it was a lot as we'll classified as "Heart attack snow"?
I live in the Chicagoland area (Calumet city ,IL) about 15 minutes away. Today it snowed about 8 inches of snow and my manager had me and a fellow co-worker outside shoveling the snow from the sidewalks around the store and about 1 foot away from the curb of the sidewalks. As well as that, he had us shovel the dumpster area and the walk-way to the backdoor. I received no break and I was still required to do the other duties I have to do on the inside. I'm wondering if this is illegal because I'm pretty sure it is. What can I do about it? Also as he was leaving he pulled up and was all smiling I told him "This is illegal" he replied "you don't have to do it" I said, "so if we don't you weren't gonna be mad" "He said i can go home" as I was walking away he drove off. My fellow employee told me he said ,"it's ok I'm going to tell (name) the owner" I think I may be fired but if I do I want to do something about this. Help I know little about manual labor laws.
Why do people shovel their sidewalks?
Four reasons for me:If the snow builds up and hardens when it gets colder, it’s impossibe to drive over. This is even more of a problem when the snowplow clears the road and throws a large bank of slush, snow and ice onto my driveway. I clear it so I can park my car.If I don’t clear it, nobody else is going to. This means that people can’t use the sidewalk outside my house. Not being a dick, I feel that they should be able to do so.It’s a good workout. We can get tons of the stuff and clearing it by hand can take a long time. If I’m in a hurry, I’ll use the snowblower, if not and I want to mix up the exercise for the day I’ll do it by hand. Lots of turning, digging, throwing, breaking ice, etc. It’s nice functional exercise.Where I live, you have 12 hours from when it stops snowing to clear ‘your’ area of the sidewalk. The only reason I know that policy is enforced is that someone who lives on the end of the street never used to clear their section. Didn’t matter how much snow we got, his area would stay covered. As it got colder, the snow would freeze solid and become extremely slippery. This meant that anyone wanting to walk past had to either climb over or, if they were elderly or pushing a stroller, walk out into the road to get past (not safe when cars are slipping on the ice). The householder used to park his pick-up truck in his garage and just drove over the snow/ice, so he wasn’t interested in clearing it. One day the owner was standing outside, swearing at the world in general, and waving a white card. I heard from a neighbor that someone had had enough of walking into the road and had reported him to the local council. The council had then contacted a private company to come and clear in front of his house and left him the bill for it. Non-payment is treated the same as non-payment of any other local taxes, so he had to pay it. Since then? He’s always on top of the clearing. So if I was a really selfish asshole, that would be a fourth reason to clear it.
Should i put salt on the snow first before i shovel it or salt on it after i shovel it?
Shovel, then salt. Shoveling will get rid of the snow, but will leave a layer of wet which will rapidly freeze as temperatures drop. That is why you salt after, not before. If you salt before, it will only start melting the snow and make it heavier to shovel. You would need WAY too much salt to melt it enough to wash the snow away -- and then it would wash the salt away, leaving you with wet -- that you would need to resalt!
What is the purpose of shoveling snow?
on tv and youtube website, there are people in the middle and north states of USA that shovel snow throughout winter. i never lived with that much snow, i only get a inch of snow each winter, lucky i get 2-4 inches but it's rare. Why do they shovel deep snow? it's beautiful and very precious.
Should you shovel while it's still snowing?
It all depends on the wind. If it’s nice and calm and the snow is just falling down straight then it makes sense to go out and start shoveling as soon as you want. Especially if you know a lot of snow is going to fall. The more snow you move now, the less you’ll have to move later.But if a real blizzard is going on with high winds there just is no point in shoveling until it stops. You could shovel for hours and the wind would just blow it right back and you could end up with more snow that you started with.I like going out to shovel while it’s still snowing because it’s so peaceful, quiet and lovely being out in a heavy snow. Although if my sister is “helping” me shovel we usually end up spending more time throwing snow at each other rather than actually doing much shoveling.
Few questions about shoveling snow for money?
With all the new games that came out this year I'm in need of cash. It just snowed where I live, and still is so my first question is: Do people like to shovel (or in my case get their sidewalks shoveled) when the snow settles down or when it completely stops? Or do people generally allow the snow to reach a certain height before shoveling? My second question is should I go out early (e.g 10 AM) or a little later in the afternoon? And what should I say if a child/teen opens the door? I'm somewhat prepared for an adult, but will be left dumbstruck if something around my own age answers the door. Next question is, how do I ask them? In the fall when I went raking leaves I'd say,"Would you like me to rake your yard?" but what should I in this case? "Would you like me to shovel your sidewalk?" Or "would you like me to shovel the snow?" Which sounds better? Last question would be, how much should I charge? I'd normally charge $5, but how much should I increase my price if there's more snow. Oh, and do people expect you to throw salt down as well?
What is the most efficient way to shovel snow?
In almost all cases, use a blower. A little electric blower only weighs about twenty-five pounds but it will move a lot of snow without much heavy lifting. It’s particularly good for clearing decks where snow must be either lifted over a railing or else blown through it. I have also seen a little blower used on the roof of a ski chalet in Quebec by a guy who clears roofs for a living.In suburbia a gas-powered 8 hp blower works well over the winter for driveways, sidewalks and for clearing snow away from foundations. As the snow accumulates the real problem is finding somewhere to put the stuff. The snowblower comes into its own then, as it allows the homeowner to pile it pretty high. Cedar hedges are a great place to store a few cubic yards of snow in a pinch.In the country if there is room the farm tractor takes over virtually all snow removal chores. A front end loader on a medium-sized tractor is often the only tool needed, once the owner has put in a couple of hundred hours to develop the skill set. A rear-mounted snowblower is effective at eliminating snowbanks which create further drifting in open areas. A decent tractor can blow the snow thirty to a hundred feet downwind.The ultimate snow machine is the tractor with cab and front-mounted snow blower. This expensive rig indicates someone too rich or too arthritic to turn around and back through the snow. Front blowers work well but they’re a little fragile, and more importantly, eliminate the front end loader from service, so farmers don’t use them.For areas around the home which can’t be reached with a blower? Build a roof over them. Over time you won’t regret it.Perhaps the slickest rig for snow removal is the urbanized farm tractor with a rear-mounted, forward facing snow blower. My son, bemused, sent me a video of one of these clearing the driveway next door on a traffic crescent. The operator of a 4WD tractor of about 85 hp backed quickly in the drive, dropped the blower with the auger out of gear. He scraped the snow out the driveway and over to the snowbank in the middle of the crescent, where he engaged the PTO, piling the snow captured by the large bin of the blower onto the top of the pile. Then the guy was gone to the next driveway. That was efficient snow shovelling.