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Compare Bidding Models for Snow Plowing

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How to Make a Killing SnowPlowing

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The video delves into comparing two common bidding strategies: lump sum (or per-time) and hourly rates. The narrator explains that while larger operations might typically operate on an hourly basis with multiple pieces of equipment and operators, focusing on 'one-off' lump sum jobs allows the contractor to work solely for one property owner on a single site. This eliminates the need to travel between multiple sites or manage complex schedules, thereby increasing efficiency and profitability. It's acknowledged that working directly for property owners on these terms carries a higher risk of payment issues, but also offers a potentially greater financial reward.

Goal: Understand the advantages and risks of lump sum versus hourly bidding for snow removal contracts.

Tools and materials

  • Pick-up truck with snow plow — Illustrating efficient snow removal for a single property
  • Western MVP3 snow plow Western — Performing snow plowing

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lucrative there are many different ways to bid snow plowing but I want to compare and contrast lump sum snow plowing that's snow plowing on a per time basis versus plowing on an hourly basis it's way I run that tlb you see in the background the reason these smaller accounts can be so profitable is because they're kind of what I consider to be a oneoff basis which means that you're working solely for that property owner on this site you're not doing multiple sites across the board because the more projects you take on with a homeowner typically the deeper of a discount that you have to give them but if you have the opportunity to go and work for a business a building owner directly although there is a greater level of risk there's also a greater level of reward so the kind of risk that you face is just getting paid and you have to also understand to make it worthwhile you can't survive on just one single account alone so you you've got to go out and acquire business from five or 10 just multiple parties so that you can fill up your schedule every time it snows but once you fill up your schedule with these lucrative accounts I guarantee you you are going to be making more money on an hourly basis then you

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