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Price driveways from their size, your drive time and the hourly rate you need — per push, per season, or as a seasonal contract.
The sample rates are placeholders, not market prices — set your own from your costs and your area. Storms vary a lot from season to season, so the push count is only a guess.
A small driveway can be cleared in a few minutes, but you still have to load up, drive over, clear it, and drive to the next stop — often in the middle of the night. If you price only the plow minutes, a short driveway pays you almost nothing. A minimum per push covers drive time, fuel, wear on the truck and blade, and the fact that storms stack jobs on top of each other. In the defaults, the minimum is what sets the price.
Pay-per-push customers pay only when it snows, so your income swings with the weather. A seasonal contract gives you a predictable payment up front or in installments, and it usually carries a discount because the customer is taking on weather risk you would otherwise carry. Compare the two totals above and decide how big a discount you can afford — and consider a cap on the number of pushes or a clause for very heavy seasons.
Price jobs by target margin with overhead built in, send a client-ready quote, and track estimate-vs-actual job costing so you know which jobs really pay. Excel and Google Sheets.
Per push passes weather risk to the customer and pays more in heavy winters; a seasonal contract gives you steady, predictable income, usually at a discount. Many operators offer both.
Use the same area-and-time method, but raise the minutes per 1,000 sq ft for slopes, tight turns, snow piling and obstacles, and consider a higher hourly rate for commercial lots that need clearing by a deadline.
Treat it as a separate line item. Charge for the material plus the extra time to spread it, and make it an add-on rather than folding it into the plowing price.
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