Gritting work

[Tractormad]

Anyone got any advice on how to get private gritting work, car parks and distribution centres? Looking at buying at towable gritter already doing snow ploughing.

 

[grainboy]

Mostly covered by Management companies, then subbed out, guess who takes the larger cut, and is not out in minus 2, at 2am !!

 

[Classichay]

Issue is what it does to the back end of your tractor, you have to diesel up everything or it just ceases anything it can, got a LR on hire at the moment that’s done gritting prior I’d assume, it’s just been eaten alive by the damned stuff.

liabilities need to be ironed out if you miss anywhere and Someone slips your to blame there’s a few council giggs about at the moment with covid but it isn’t long term. Gritting work gets done by the big amenity contractors who can run 3-4 units to cover x amount of area they’d rather do this than deal with 3 - 5 individuals.

 

[Skintagain]

Issue is what it does to the back end of your tractor, you have to diesel up everything or it just ceases anything it can, got a LR on hire at the moment that’s done gritting prior I’d assume, it’s just been eaten alive by the damned stuff.

liabilities need to be ironed out if you miss anywhere and Someone slips your to blame there’s a few council giggs about at the moment with covid but it isn’t long term. Gritting work gets done by the big amenity contractors who can run 3-4 units to cover x amount of area they’d rather do this than deal with 3 - 5 individuals.

It fecks tackle up money isn’t enough imo.

 

[Wurzeetoo]

I’ve just put a large facilities company on our stores with car parks. I cannot believe what little they charge! It’s only £20 a night. For that they monitor the weather and email/text if it’s going to freeze or snow. You reply if you don’t want it done. They visit during trading hours to see what other areas to do, then come back after 10pm. It’s all done in white rock salt not the pink slushy mess. I could not afford to do it myself for anywhere close to that.

 

[Classichay]

I’ve just put a large facilities company on our stores with car parks. I cannot believe what little they charge! It’s only £20 a night. For that they monitor the weather and email/text if it’s going to freeze or snow. You reply if you don’t want it done. They visit during trading hours to see what other areas to do, then come back after 10pm. It’s all done in white rock salt not the pink slushy mess. I could not afford to do it myself for anywhere close to that.

I’ve been charging a flat rate for a local council, two tractors and a load all on hire. Doing between 5-7 hours through the night. Since nye it Pays well but it’s only while the covid craziness is on, friend of mine does Asda Tesco car parks with a 4x4 and trailed gritter. Those stainless trailed gritters make a new plough look cheap. He’s doing it for an annual standing charge so some years you do better than others.
Snow ploughing isn’t great either every mans got one parked in a yard somewhere it’s cheap enough till you hit something immovable or tear the blade rubber on frozen cats eyes....

 

[Wombat]

Does private work not put you onto white diesel etc as well

 

[Classichay]

Yes you’d be stupid to not run white if there was an accident with pedestrians around you. Hence the rate is good. Can quite happily chew through 150L -200L in a night