You have a great attitude towards all of the comments I've come across on your channel, as well as the one you mentioned in this video. Glad to see there are people out there that can take feedback without immediately becoming defensive and nasty.
definitely agree with your comment on truck vs loaders no reason to buy something else when your already making money with something you own and don't have the headaches that come with the bigger equipment
Once you push snow in a loader, you’ll never go back to a truck and plow. Plow trucks are inefficient. They are good if you have to get to an open up quickly but that’s honestly where the advantages stop. A Deere 244 and a metalpless will finish a lot exponentially faster. I get that if you’ve already got trucks it makes sense but in snow removal, efficiency is everything. Also another note: a loader will need a lot less maintenance in the long run.
As explained in the video...They are very efficient for our properties and logistics, They are making money, and we have had basically 5 push events this season. We don't get hammered with snow like Wisconsin used to years ago. Also I'm taking my kids out for lunch today in my truck that made me money last week Thanks for watching!@@countrycaretakerpropertyse7981 🙂
@@countrycaretakerpropertyse7981 Keep in mind that he is located in southern Wisconsin not really big snow country. The truck plows are adequate for most of the snow storms that they get down there. That said, a loader would have been nice for the amount they were pushing.
I remember as a kid in the U P of Michigan in the 70’s, shovel the driveway, dark,cold, way too early. Had it finished and the road plow came by and pushed it back in on me. Sucks being a kid at times 😢. LOL . Moved away fast, now in Texas lol 😊
That’s my problem with our mini loaders and big loaders drives me nuts watching them sit all the summer. Alternate mini loaders for loading out mulch and loam at the yard but they predominantly sit the summer. That being said these new case mini loaders are amazing for pushing snow much more efficient less hard on the trucks will still go out. Those big commercials we have we can knock them out a lot quicker with less wear and tear on the trucks. To each their own different things work for different people
I'm about 3 hours north of you and my boss owns a couples loaders and 580 and other machines and the big machines are for winter only, but with nobody wanting to work a lot of our machines sit and we have sub contractors with loaders and tractors. we really only use them to load salt at shop and to haul snow and push snow back these days. I mostly use my truck and some skids on sights sidewalk machines/shovel. my boss mostly goes site to site and runs ventracs on sidewalks since we dont have the man power.
@pagelservices We use ventracs for walkways. It's Deffintly a game changer stuff that used to take an hr to shovel or snowblow takes 5 minutes now. We use the stand up ones if you got the enclosed cab ride ones plenty of attachments to use them all year
Awesome video, if your ever in Orchard Park NY , Bills Country bring your plow truck , had 5' of snow in 3 days out here, it was fun plowing w/ my Snowdogg plows . I actually was using a 6 1/2' plow on a JK Wrangler that never got stuck. The 2 Silverados got workouts doing the parking lots. Last year we went through 7' of snow followed by 5' snow in a blizzard in Buffalo, NY which is 20 min. from my house. It's fun but can be a bitch when parts start breaking. Love the new LED lights I installed a few months ago . Halogen are cheaper , but they suck. Keep plowing & be safe.
I love Western plows, I've used them since 1993. Personally I wouldn't be buying new lights for the plow. I can't believe this is your first plow that the lenses have broken, most of them do around here. I have to believe it is the cold. Your's may have lasted well because your park your trucks inside. Also I doubt you will be able to get the 3/4" nut off the underside of the light. It's a carriage bolt set in plastic, great design. I plowed from 1988-2019 but finally the stress and people's expectations got to me.
Plowing can be a thankless job. Fortunately, with over two feet of snow in 4 days our crew worked their tails off to make sure we have happy customers. Thanks for watching!
I agree with the loader comment. You really need to get a loader or 2 and you will change your tune. We thought like you but we don't anymore. We replaced 4 to 5 plow trucks with 2 loaders. I did think about your services area as well. Trucks are as much as a CAT 906 - 908, or similar compact loader especially once you put 2 plows on them.
Maybe in the future we can add a couple more loaders. But every one of those trucks we need for the summer. We have multiple services we offer and use them daily. But fingers crossed more loaders in the future! Thanks for watching!
Great authentic contact as always, do most of your clients pay for seasonal or by the time? I would think seasonal is more popular with commercial accounts.
The amount of fuel you’d torch thru driving loaders would buy a few transmissions for that fleet! I do have a question tho. When you were plowing the cutaway vid after loader comment. Why don’t you plow in reverse when you back up for another front push?
We run a SnoPower back blade, but it seems to have trouble scraping any sort of hard pack, even with full downpressure . How had your experience been with your back blade, and is it a Short Iron? Thanks!
My Paw always said the 2 cheapest mechanic bills you will ever pay is a quart of oil and a tube of grease and use both I'm 74 and found this to be true
We used to do a ton of residential, but with our set up and having so many commercial clients we had to stop doing residential for the time being. Thanks for watching!
Oblivious this guy never grew up on a farm. Plowing snow is like discing a field. No wonder the transfer case went, all that backing up, and not moving any snow. Next to go will be his differentials(failed crush sleeve leading to pinion bearing failure)seen this movie before 😂
@@pagelservices your the one backing up moving nothing, not me. How efficient is that, and when you hear that familiar bearing growl, please polish my trophy 🏆 thanks again 👍
Like the other guy mentioned, wouldn’t we all love loaders to plow snow. don’t reply to tthese peoples ridiculous comments. Trucks and everything looking great.
Nwo landscaping /snow removal company, won’t knock plowing with a truck anything beats a shovel but even a loader to start could expand your business too
