Nick Snedden
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Plowing 2 Feet Of Snow For $20! | John Deere 5090r | Cyclone Inverted Snow Blower
Here is some more go pro footage from a couple storms.
Timestamps:
00:00 Driveway with 2 feet of snow
03:00 In Cab View (Talking)
14:59 Rear View Snowblower
มุมมอง: 22 352

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2 Hours Of Snow Blowing With John Deere 5090r | Pronovost Cyclone Inverted Blower
มุมมอง 1.6Kปีที่แล้ว
Watch me run through about half of my route and give operator tips. I also give a few tips for you guys starting out about client communication and efficiently planning when to go out. I know this is a long one! Sit back and enjoy! #snowremoval #johndeeretractor #dayinthelife
Starting A Snow Removal Company In The #2 Market In The World!
มุมมอง 907ปีที่แล้ว
In this video I talk about our first snow fall of the year and what it's like running a snow removal company in a highly competitive market. Augustasnowremoval.com Augustalawncareservices.com/nepean 00:00 Intro 00:50 Our first snowfall this year 01:42 Our tractor strategy this year
John Deere 4066r Follosoft Tablet Mount Review | Residential Snow Removal | Inverted Snow Blower
มุมมอง 541ปีที่แล้ว
In this video I walkthrough the tablet mount set up we are using for our tractors. Forgive the poor filming and rambling as I get better at this! Have lots more content coming for this year documenting what it's like to run a residential snow removal company as well as landscaping/lawn care in the summer. Subscribe if you want more content! It is much appreciated. 00:00 Don't use suction cup mo...

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  • @mikepierce3262
    @mikepierce3262 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is that a 6000m

  • @mikepierce3262
    @mikepierce3262 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And what series tractor are you using? I see that you are using a hybrid blower.

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mikepierce3262 this is a 5090r with a Cyclone blower

  • @mikepierce3262
    @mikepierce3262 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What region are you in?

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mikepierce3262 Ottawa

  • @heresmytake2782
    @heresmytake2782 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey lady You wanted trees trimmed as well, right?

  • @MrMan5014
    @MrMan5014 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Driveways for $20…with $100k piece of equipment…plus insurance…plus licensing…plus maintenance…plus fuel…plus wages…🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The title is tongue and cheek... we don't actually charge $20 I was just helping an old lady out this one time

    • @wademacdougall1600
      @wademacdougall1600 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You can keep this tipe of small pad's house to close to each other, way to hard on farm tractors

  • @adamgray8333
    @adamgray8333 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    got yourself a new subscriber; i wanna see how this plays out for you. my Girlfriend and i started our grounds maintenance business for 3yrs ourselves now. We're in Sw-Ontario 30 prepaid contracts, 700-2250(seasonal). 1 client pays 1500$/m for a condo (7500sqft lot) no plows, for snow removal 2 ariens snow blowers (deluxe 24s) 2 shovels, box full of salt. we charge a premium because we dont use plows. how'd you get the application for 80-120k in 1 machine.. for 450/season? (i get it plays out to like 90k $ over 150-200 driveways) but CodHam... your CS like 847?

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pretty easy to get approved with john deere. I had also been in business for 3 years doing landscaping before hand

    • @nanxuantan3387
      @nanxuantan3387 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi adam, I started my snow removal business not long ago as well, I am in Waterloo region, what city are you in? Maybe we can talk about this sometimes😊

  • @basajacosaja2735
    @basajacosaja2735 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Woah!… what a crazy control set up! What system is that?

  • @Jimmy-Legs
    @Jimmy-Legs ปีที่แล้ว

    Isn’t that hard on your neck?

  • @marcelhache2073
    @marcelhache2073 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not a 100% convince and inverted blower is faster...or less hard on your neck...you still have to backup in the yard and pull forward....wyll the reg blower is just doing one pass...

  • @peraleslawn7936
    @peraleslawn7936 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the top speed on the tractor

  • @rlawn
    @rlawn ปีที่แล้ว

    New subscriber here keep up the good work I have just purchased a Kabota L 6060 snow edition with a cyclone snowblower. What was the radius of your route when your first started? I know the tighter the better, but when you first start and you get a get what you can get.

  • @leonlebreton8161
    @leonlebreton8161 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nick, Why are you leaving a foot of snow on each side of the driveways? Honestly, are you getting a lot of complaints because of that? You should be about 6 to 8 inches from your markers. Correct me if I'm wrong?

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden ปีที่แล้ว

      No complaints. Our markers are 6" from the edge of the driveway to start off with. If it's our first pass, I am not concerned about getting close the edges. First pass is about speed. Edges can be cleaned up on the second pass.

    • @leonlebreton8161
      @leonlebreton8161 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nicksnedden thank you Nick for the explanation. Got it 👍

  • @turdsandwicher
    @turdsandwicher ปีที่แล้ว

    Any advice on insurance? It's the single biggest thing holding me back from starting a similar operation. I'm closer to Toronto your in Ottawa? Most of the companies want nothing to do with snow removal its depressing.

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden ปีที่แล้ว

      Make sure to clarify with your insurance provider that you will only be doing residential with no salting (that's what we do). We didn't have a problem getting insurance for residential but I know it is very difficult for commercial snow removal.

  • @OFP
    @OFP ปีที่แล้ว

    You in the westboro Britannia area ? Get you some cool footage during the storm?

  • @OFP
    @OFP ปีที่แล้ว

    Ouuuu Ottawa eh 🎉

  • @charlesbeauregard3607
    @charlesbeauregard3607 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are those 5r are good or they break all the time?

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden ปีที่แล้ว

      Haven't had issues with mine but I know they have a bad rep

  • @thisthatandtheother100
    @thisthatandtheother100 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is it my imagination, or is your blower not level?

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden ปีที่แล้ว

      You are correct. I'm having an issue with one of the arms where I have to adjust it multiple times per storm. Waiting on a part to come in!

    • @thisthatandtheother100
      @thisthatandtheother100 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nicksnedden aaa, I hate when that happens

  • @mariushovland3966
    @mariushovland3966 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you price each driveway 20 bucks each time you plow?

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden ปีที่แล้ว

      No, our clients pay a contract rate for the season. This was simply a lady that needed help and paid cash on the spot

    • @mariushovland3966
      @mariushovland3966 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok, do you estimate around 20-30 calls pr season. Its little different amount of Snow in Norway. Whats your price for each driveway pr season?

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mariushovland3966 average events per season is 15-25. Contracts are around $425 per season. 1 tractor can handle 150-200 driveways per storm

    • @thisthatandtheother100
      @thisthatandtheother100 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nicksnedden what is the average size driveway for your base rate?

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thisthatandtheother100 Average size is a 4 car driveway (2 wide 2 deep) fee for that is $425. Raising next year to $500 most likely. Keep in mind I am in a highly competitive market. If it were up to me it would be minimum $600

  • @KubotaL4060
    @KubotaL4060 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice setup! I need to get an inverted blower. I keep a rear facing blower for our rare big snows, but man, an inverted would increase my efficiency for 90% of my work.

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! Yeah the inverted blowers are sweet!

    • @thisthatandtheother100
      @thisthatandtheother100 ปีที่แล้ว

      Inverted blowers are a huge bonus. Sold my standard blower, and moved to the inverted mk Martin meteor. Absolutely love it! Cut most of the properties times in half

  • @nicholasbrown7068
    @nicholasbrown7068 ปีที่แล้ว

    Myself, like many other guys that I know who have been in snow removal a long time, could walk away from it and not care. I have 23 years in, 43 years old. I watched after last season some friends of mine in the business just sell out there equipment and walk away from it and no longer working the hard hours. I have 3 6M Deere's with Normand HYB's, it gets old dealing with ridiculous complaints and constant calling by those certain few "when are you coming, when are you coming, the plow just went by and filled in my driveway or the side walk plow just went again!!!. I've known of a couple fellas near my service area that had good routes, and just dropped them and went commercial. Less headaches. I have met other guys in other markets that regretted getting bigger in this business model. And finding good operators is getting harder every year.

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for commenting. I hear you and have had many people tell me this as well. I’ve found that communication (game plan emails, text notifications, etc help a lot with reducing complaints) And honestly I’ve learned to become somewhat numb to the complaints. I try to remind myself that even is 1-2% of people complain, 98% of people are very happy with the service. I have no problem refunding someone that complains nonstop and makes our job miserable.

    • @rlawn
      @rlawn ปีที่แล้ว

      I would completely agree when a person complains too much you refund their with a smile and say thank you. I’m sorry it didn’t work out with you. You really only want to keep the ones appreciate you and not worry about everybody else just like in lawn care I keep all my good customers and the ones are unhappy. I let them go there’s no point in having an unhappy customer.

  • @christopherweeks7023
    @christopherweeks7023 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just spent 14h in my 5090 what better to do than watch 2h of someone else doing it 😅 but honestly keep it up I love it haha

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden ปีที่แล้ว

      Ahah that’s awesome!! Thanks for watching!

  • @treadwrap
    @treadwrap ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey nick In the process of picking up 2 Kubota L6060 Nordic edition with 82” normand hybrid Brand new to the industry Watching your videos is extremely helpful Keep them coming

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Trevor, that’s awesome! thanks for this comment! Definitely more coming. Let me know if there’s any questions in specific you would like me to touch on.

    • @treadwrap
      @treadwrap ปีที่แล้ว

      I think I’ve got the equipment sorted out. Obviously need some seat time. The plan is to get 200 driveways by next fall & start next season. I have no idea where to start with marketing. I guess I’ll start door to door- web site. Any advice would be awesome I’m in calgary Alberta. We don’t get as much snow as you guys. But definitely think there’s a need here for just driveways. Nobody using tractors up here

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden ปีที่แล้ว

      @@treadwrap that’s awesome. I think there’s a huge opportunity using these tractors out west and being first to market. I’m by no means an expert but I can certainly make a video about how we went about marketing when first starting out.

  • @palloproductions3198
    @palloproductions3198 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bruh show me the job that pays the bills where you can wake up at 9 AM and clock out at 5 PM. I want to apply.

  • @johndeere322_snowblowing9
    @johndeere322_snowblowing9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tips for you regarding those suction cup window mounts, heat them up with a heat gun till the rubber get soft then stick it to your window. Did this on mine for a phone + camera mounts and it hasn't budge for 2 winters now... Cheers

    • @nicksnedden
      @nicksnedden ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the tip!