Selectamatic
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- North Wales
Evening!
The big weather seems to have passed for now… but there will be a next time, no doubt…
I’ve been asked if I have a snow plough by one of my better customers, mainly because in the snow we just had, their posh car could not leave the place as their lane was under a inch or so of snow.
On the face of it, there’s good money to be made here, 10 mins with my snowplough, that wouldn’t have cost mega money, is money well spent rather than digging out by hand, or even mucking about with a JCB or the like…
Before I consider this any further, my worry is liability… I would assume that if I damage something, fence, gate, potplant etc then that’s fair enough and I may be in need to cough up…
But what if someone slips on the snow I pushed, or the bit I missed, or what if the car slid on the bit I missed and landed in the ditch?’ What if the postman gets hurt slipping on the surface left by my snowplough etc etc etc…
Where would I stand?
I probably would need some disclaimer form to fill in, wouldnt I? Not that it would be worth the paper it’s written on… possibly?! If so… I’m not getting involved!
Has anyone any experience with this type of thing? Is it the minefield that I think it might be…?
The big weather seems to have passed for now… but there will be a next time, no doubt…
I’ve been asked if I have a snow plough by one of my better customers, mainly because in the snow we just had, their posh car could not leave the place as their lane was under a inch or so of snow.
On the face of it, there’s good money to be made here, 10 mins with my snowplough, that wouldn’t have cost mega money, is money well spent rather than digging out by hand, or even mucking about with a JCB or the like…
Before I consider this any further, my worry is liability… I would assume that if I damage something, fence, gate, potplant etc then that’s fair enough and I may be in need to cough up…
But what if someone slips on the snow I pushed, or the bit I missed, or what if the car slid on the bit I missed and landed in the ditch?’ What if the postman gets hurt slipping on the surface left by my snowplough etc etc etc…
Where would I stand?
I probably would need some disclaimer form to fill in, wouldnt I? Not that it would be worth the paper it’s written on… possibly?! If so… I’m not getting involved!
Has anyone any experience with this type of thing? Is it the minefield that I think it might be…?