What else do you do?

[W-n-K Landscaping]

I personally have two businesses- one construction and my wife owns a landscape company. I am shifting my construction more towards custom installations and woodworking, and we are concentrating on growing the landscape side. I was just wondering how many people do snow only, or have other work that they do.


Bill

[gvlawncare]

In the summer I do Landscaping. In the winter, besides plowing, I also work for the town highway dept. as a dispatcher/operator. It works out good, it's a guartanteed 40 hrs a week, because as we all know, some winters, it just doesnt want to snow.

[Mick]

As of 4:30 this afternoon - snow only.

[Pelican]

Landscaping/hardscaping in the summer months, plowing and carpentry/remodeling through the winter.

[Chuck Smith]

I am a Boiler Plant Operator. I work for Uncle Sam. Plowing is a hobby now :D

~Chuck

[Honest Mike]

My dad owns a gas station/auto repair shop. Its been in the family since 1951. I work there with my older brother and my father. Me and my brother fix the cars, as well as help my father pump the fuel if were not busy in the garage. Thats my full time job. Snowplowing is just on the side, even though I love plowing as much as any one of you guys. :D Mike :)

[BWhite]

Tech Ed teacher / Carpenter

[Bob Van]

I have a small farm and raise 30 head of Black Angus- Hereford beef cattle. We also bale 850 4X4 round bales of hay a year.

I work for the Village of Albion, NY water dept. part time driving the Tanker.

Next week I start driving tractor-trailer at night, hauling US priority mail for the Christmas rush for 4 weeks.

No time for much more, Ha, Ha!

[sschario]

IT Manager

Steve

[cat320]

You could say i'm jack of all trades but mostly we do Floor covering and kitchen and bath remodeling ,I also do backhoe work too.

[wyldman]

My main business is an Auto repair shop.We also do trucks and equipment.I also have a small computer shop as well.

Snow keeps up busy in the winter,when the other stuff is slow.Perfect fit too,as I can repair and fabricate my own stuff,which keeps expenses to a minumum.

[Snoworks]

This is my third year doing snow only. Thank god its getting easier to manage! I used to be a construction manager, I hated sitting behind a desk. :D

Chuck B.

[Chris Smith]

I work as a Human Resources Manager.

My full-time job is maid, cook, taxi-driver and problem negotiator!;)

[JohnnyU]

I personally only do snow. But I have been known to do some construction work with my uncle.

This year, I'm trying to land an internship in Mechanical Engineering. Caterpillar looks good, and there are a few more I'd like to try for.:grinz

[flatbed]

Apple warhouse maitaince and Industrial refrigaration in the winter months........truck driving in summer starting during cherrie season....hauling fresh produce to the warhouse........

[Long0]

Project Manager for an electrical contractor - I also run a small excavation company along with plowing on the side.

Andy

[Adams Plowing]

I have my own Horseshoeing business that i run in addition to the snowplowing...

[Crash935]

I use to be in the landscape maintance industry and have kept some drives left over from that time. Have spent the last 6 years as a light duty equipment tech specializing in snow removal equipment (certified Western and Fischer tech). I do my drives before work and then go and either put together a new truck or repair the ones you clowns broke.

[szorno]

I am still in the corporate Info tech world, currently as an IT auditor. 45 min commute into Denver keeps my hi-tech city job and my low tech mountain lifestyle. We have been plowing for 28 years to allow my wife to be an at-home mom, and to give our kids an entreprenuerial view of life.
And, I just love trucks...:D :p

[handyhaver]

I am a General Contractor full time specializing in Kitchens, baths, & basements. Also do a sh!tload of custom doors & windows.
Along with dabling in realestate, rentals & flips.

Things pretty much slow down around here for a day or two when it snows. If i'm in the city it could be 3 or 4 days before things are back to normal.

I started plowing again 4 seasons ago to pick up the slack and have been having a ball. I do mostly estates out on the main line offering full service, drives, walks, & de-ice. I also have a handful of 3 push drives. Will be switching over to comercial starting with a few smalll hits this year. Next year hope to be geared more towards commercial.

I have been bitten by the plow bug and there is no cure in sight. :help

Mark

[Crimedog]

My dad owned his own computer contracting business, but after 9/11, the job market just crashed. He is still kind of keeping it going, but we are concentrating on lawn maintenence in summer, plowing in winter. My brother helps out, also working odd jobs on the side, and I do too, outside of school and hockey. However, I am constantly looking for a get-rich-quick scheem, thought I had a couple, but I am still looking...:geekboy

[CNY Joe]

I own my own marketing company dealing with manufactures of professional audio equipment, but most of my free time is spent thinking of ways to make more monet...:D

[cutntrim]

Full-time landscape maintenance is what I do, and in the winter my customer's landscapes are covered in snow - so that's why I'm out there pushin' it.

[W-n-K Landscaping]

Thanks for the input guys and gals!!! I was figurig on a cross section of many different aspects, I was kinda surprised at the results though!! I had no idea there were so many other people out there who are not in the landscape/construction industry who were "bitten by the snowplowing bug" LOL!!

Thanks again for the responses!

Bill

[Arc Burn]

Owner/operator of a welding biz and sub-dealer for Fisher plows.Cutting back on the plowing this year and as long as plow sales continue to grow i will probably phase out plowing altogether(Except for my own of course!)

[shaper]

Golf Course construction and renovation, golf irrigation installations, athletic field construction. I mainly specialize in golf course work but this past season we got into athletic field construction. Spent 8 years as a Golf Course Superintendent which was probably the most thankless job you could ever have. Things are going to come to a halt real soon for the season!!

[W-n-K Landscaping]

Welcome Shaper! Thanks for the response!!!

Bill

[johngus]

Jaguar Technician by day.Thats enough to make me nuts.the plowing is just something I love and it helps pay some bills being I have 2 little guys and a stay at home mom watching over them.

[DanG]

Originally posted by cutntrim
Full-time landscape maintenance is what I do, and in the winter my customer's landscapes are covered in snow - so that's why I'm out there pushin' it.

Pretty much sums it up for me too.
I tend to slow down in the winter(not all my lawn customers are plowing ones)
I only have one employee(my brother) who works doing snow removal/plowing for the most part. But if needed i can call in 2-3 others to help out in the really large storms.
Gives me time to do other things i enjoy such as ice fishing, snomobiling,snowshoeing, etc..

Dan

[wilsonlawn]

Full time landscape Installation and maintenance company. Employ 2 people seasonally. Do both upscale residential and commercial. Going this winter for irrigation design certification. Being there is not much snow in middle Tennessee, when it does snow, there is only a handfull of plowing contractors. I get buried with phone calls up to 5 days after the snowfall, provided it sticks around!!

[snowjoker]

I work on an apple farm as an equipment operator/ mechanic also have a mobile Disk Jocky buisness. Plan on picking up some lawns and general lawn/maintenance this summer. Well i better not forget to mention Snowplowing!!plowing!

[mac]

In the Summer -- Family owned tourist/fishing camp.
In the winter -- Snowplowing And Ice Control
All Year Around -- Electrical/Mechanical Engineer (Mechtronics)

Snowplowing got me through school and now I cannot give it up.

[phillyplowking1]

I own a tree service and hardscaping buisness(concrete,brick work,ep henry).But snow and ice control is a major part of my buisness.

[scfall]

40 hrs.a week for General Motors, Run my own Appliance Repair Company ( 1 full time and 1 part time employee) Asst Fire Chief ( call paid dept.) And Plow in the winter.




:burnout Scott

[WoofsPlow]

Design Engineer - Swimming pools and aquatic features and on the other side of the coin Septic Designs.

[CPSS]

Won several million dollars in the lottery so I don't really have to work...............NOT. I'm an Electrical contractor.plowing!

[BWinkel]

Wish I could say hunt and fish, but for now I have to settle for general contractor.

[mac3897]

IT Manager/Martial Arts Instructor/Web Designer here...
..I wear many hats :)

[Bill c]

Full time welder for the railroad in the track dept.When not working there I sub for a few friends.

[michfan]

I think that I'm the only one to say this.....I sell cars. I own my own car lot (very small), and my snowplowing business. If things go well this year with plowing, we are going to get into the lawn maintenance side of things. Car sales have been very slow lately and I'm sick of the headaches that come along with getting them ready to sell. After this year I think that we are through with selling. Maybe a couple hear and there. Now Snowplowing.... that's what I really LOVE!!

Aaron

[urethane dino]

General Contractor Home Improvement Contractor
Roofing Siding windows additions a few new houses now and again as well.
4 employees, to many tools for one person to own
Dino

[SLC1]

We do commerical grounds maintenance. Including parking lot maintenance, sports field installation and maintenance and large area mowing. Our season starts in early April and weather permitting can go until end of December.We do very little landscaping mostly all maintenance. We run 5 trucks with plows, sanders, one skidsteer with a plow and pusher and one loader with a pusher. Keeps us busy.

www.schmidtlawncare.com

[Lawngodfather]

Originally posted by SLC1
We do commerical grounds maintenance
www.schmidtlawncare.com

Off your web site: Notice the debris collection system. We won't leave chopped up leaves, grass clippings, and trash on your property like some other large property maintenance companies do.

DO NOT DIS OTHERS THAT DON"T BAG!!!!!!

I leave all grass clippings..........

[Pelican]

Mike, that's called marketing; and if it works? Might mean you need to invest in collection equipment!payup :nodd

[Lawngodfather]

Then it needs to read a different way, verbage is one thing the grren industry lacks. Putting down the compatision is not a good way to make headway.

"Notice the debris collection system, it provide a clean, neat aprearance that does not leave laying grass clipping, chopped up leaves, or any trash on the turf. We provide a service many do not offer."

Adding " like some other large property maintenance companies do." disses all the other LCO's whom do not bag and do not leave grass clippings laying or trash or even leaves just laying on the properties.

Mine says the same thing without putting LCO's that don't bag down.

Not putting you down bro' lets lift the standard.

[Lawngodfather]

Guess I should add...........


We do full service lawn and landscape, light tree, also have hired my guys out as labors doing seemless gutters, clearing brush for billboards and sign co, demolition, etc....

[capnkel]

Catching fish,lobsters,shrimp,and scallops for a living year round is what keeps me busy ,when the weather suits.I also do diesel engine repairs,Detroit Diesel in particular,welding and fabrication for marine ,truck and trailers,and my specialty,hydraulics,mosty marine ,but have installed a few central hydraulics systems in trucks,trucks are pretty basic compared to a 120 foot herring seiner with 8 pumps and 32 control valves and if thats not enough to keep me busy i now have snowplowing to add to the list,just call me a jack of all trades,master of a few,lol.:D :D :cool:

[Arc Burn]

Did somebody say lobster,shrimp and scallops:confused: ;) We go out to Cape Cod every summer and every summer i check into the hotel,throw my bags on the bed and head across the street to the bar and grill were it's beer-shrimp -lobster and scallops for 6 days straight,i could sit there the whole time if people would leave me alone"we gotta go see this,we gotta go see that",well i gotta sit right here cause i'm in heaven:greenange

[digger242j]

I just answered the poll, and I'm surprised that the results show only 1 excavator. I guess that'd be me...

[capnkel]

Mmmmm,did i make someone hungry,lol,must be that wonderfull scent that fried seafood gives off:D :D :D

[pro property]

I do Lawn Care in the summer months, getting into spraying , and fertilizing this spring. Plow in the winter. But I think next winter I;m going to try and find something to fill in the gaps.
:canada :burnout

[BOUNDS-ELECTRIC]

Electrical Contractor! Shopping centers (Parking lot lighting, lighting, electric repairs, services, )

[gordyo]

Fleet Manager at a college which basically means I am responsable for keeping everything with an engine running whether fixing it inhouse or coordinating repair work with vendors. Scheduling of Vans and Buses also is mananged out of my office. My job also includes Managing Snow and Ice in the winter and Managing Small excavating projects in the summer when the students are gone and the transportation scheduling part of my job slows down a bit. I also work as a call FireFighter for the town I work in and then spend a couple hours a week working on an Estate.

[Big Nate's Plowing]

well in the winter I plow and sell plows and accessories-parts

in the summer I haul scrap metal, I own a container service with 6- 3 yard and 4-1 yard metal dumpsters placed at local brake-muffler-transmission shops. I am building a trailer right now that will hold 3-3yard boxes (9 ton capacity) but I will need a bigger truck to pull it, might get a new f-250. the work isint bad 2-3 runs a day every other week, I average 3 tons a load and at $113.85 a ton for steel right now that makes plenty of money, I am going to sell it off this year and go back to landscaping, I love cutting grass.

[synner]

Like most Canucks I spend the winters chasing snow flakes and ski bunnies and the summer as a landscape contractor. We turn truck loads like this....

[synner]

Into stairs like this...

[synner]

as well as custom outdoor woodworking like pool cabanas, decks, garden sheds, the usual.:)

[Martin]

Was an equipment operator/truck driver for a local construction firm doing a little of everything, got offered a job for the local water district as a construction inspector, work all year now with all the bennies, snow was a way of survival for a long time, now it is just a little extra $$$$ , have had to cut back and farm out a lot of my route, not many people want to get up at o'dark thirty and go plow, they burn out real quik, so I still keep pretty busy, my youngest son is ready to take on some work as soon as we get his truck set up.

[PSDF350]

stay at home dad 10 years now, with a little logging and cordwood trown in. this year plan on getting into snowplowing again haven't done it in about 20+- years.