Hi all i could do with some sound advice from you gritters out there if possible.
I've just started the process of setting up a small gritting company and plan on aiming to do schools, office car parks, doctors surgeries shopping car parks etc etc.
I've got 2 Ford ranger 4x4s and am planning on using snowex sp1875 which I've read are pretty good pieces of kit
I plan on having both vehicles trackered that will give updates to customers that we've actually been on site and am gonna sign up with the met office for weather updates
Sooooo my questions are do I need to keep the salt indoors as I do have access to a dry barn ?
What salt do you guys use ?
How do you guys go about pricing?
What is the retainer I keep reading about?
Any other info and advice you can give me will be much appreciated and please be nice ;-)
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Can you make a business out of that? I bought a dozen large bags of salt/grit 4 years ago............. only got round to using them this Winter when we had a decent bit of snow/ice.
It can be one of the most profitable, yet antisocial, sources of winter work if you’re are prepared and want to work thru winter.
There’s lots on LJN from Contractors (like us) that do it - do a search and take a read......
Ok great thanks for the info pal is LJN a website or company ?
LandscapeJuiceNetwork is where you are now...
The search buttom is top right of Home screen where the magnifying glass is ....
Ah ok lovely cheers pal appreciated
The company I subbie for used a phone app that hat GPS tracking and you zapped a QR code which was at a site to prove you were there. The salt doesn't need to be inside but if it's possible I would dry salt is easier to spread when you are doing paths with a bucket and scoop and the goes further and spreads better out of the machine. Pricing I have no idea to be honest
Also I have never seen anything that is harder on equipment than salt, it rots everything especially the electrics. If you don't have a good mechanic buy a spare gritter, I am actually serious it's brutal on gear and you need to service your clients every night without fail.
Cheers for the reply pal , I've got a good mechanic on side and plan to buy new machines so I get a 2 year warranty.
How busy was you when you used to subbie for him if you don't mind me asking? How many sites etc?
As I was a subby I don't really want to give what is another companies figures out but were kept going although this was a large company with national contracts so would not be representative any way.
Do you have ploughs in place because the salt won't really clear more than 2cm of snow without traffic grinding it into the snow and people will expect the snow to be pushed.
I wasn't planning on using ploughs to be honest I was just going to do gritting, what kind of vehicle was you using?
Toyota Hilux twin cabwith a double axle trailer with the gritter on it.
Where abouts in the uk are you that you don't need to plough. You could try local farmers as they usually do ploughing in the winter. If that doesn't appeal I would have a disclaimer to say you don't plough and make it very very clear in your conversations with customers.
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