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Tom Canete began seeing the profit potential of snow as a 9-year-old paperboy who offered to shovel his customers?EUR??,,????'?????< More than 30 years later, as the owner of a Wayne snow removal and landscaping company, Canete still likes a good snowstorm. Like other North Jersey snow-plowing companies, he?EUR??,,????'?????< ?EUR??,,????'?????< ?EUR??,,????'?????< The nation spends about $8 billion a year on snow removal, according to Michael Zawacki, editor of the Ohio-based Snow magazine, a trade publication for the industry. About 70 percent of snow removal contractors ?EUR??,,????'?????< Canete started plowing to use idle trucks and workers in the off-season. ?EUR??,,????'?????< Companies ?EUR??,,????'?????< ?EUR??,,????'?????< Snow contractors face other challenges besides the unpredictable weather. Fuel is expensive, and so is road salt (now around $80 a ton, Zawacki said). And the heavy equipment has to be carefully maintained. ?EUR??,,????'?????< Canete deals with that issue by having a mechanic ready to go out into the storm to do repairs if needed. He has about 30 trucks, and subcontracts with another 40 to 45 in a storm. He?EUR??,,????'?????< Richard Goldstein of Green Meadows Landscaping in Oakland, who has sent 14 trucks out to plow in this winter?EUR??,,????'?????< Landscaping in this economy has not been great,?EUR??,,????'?????< Snow management companies have several ways of billing. Some customers pay a flat fee to cover the whole season?EUR??,,????'?????< Pols uses a mix of these types of billing. ?EUR??,,????'?????< One concern mentioned by both Meyers and Canete is collecting from customers who have been hurt by the economic downturn and probably didn?EUR??,,????'?????< ?EUR??,,????'?????< Source: North Jersey.com
More than 30 years later, as the owner of a Wayne snow removal and landscaping company, Canete still likes a good snowstorm. Like other North Jersey snow-plowing companies, he?EUR??,,????'?????<
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The nation spends about $8 billion a year on snow removal, according to Michael Zawacki, editor of the Ohio-based Snow magazine, a trade publication for the industry. About 70 percent of snow removal contractors ?EUR??,,????'?????<
Canete started plowing to use idle trucks and workers in the off-season. ?EUR??,,????'?????<
Companies ?EUR??,,????'?????<
Snow contractors face other challenges besides the unpredictable weather. Fuel is expensive, and so is road salt (now around $80 a ton, Zawacki said). And the heavy equipment has to be carefully maintained.
Canete deals with that issue by having a mechanic ready to go out into the storm to do repairs if needed. He has about 30 trucks, and subcontracts with another 40 to 45 in a storm. He?EUR??,,????'?????<
Richard Goldstein of Green Meadows Landscaping in Oakland, who has sent 14 trucks out to plow in this winter?EUR??,,????'?????<
Landscaping in this economy has not been great,?EUR??,,????'?????<
Snow management companies have several ways of billing. Some customers pay a flat fee to cover the whole season?EUR??,,????'?????<
Pols uses a mix of these types of billing. ?EUR??,,????'?????<
One concern mentioned by both Meyers and Canete is collecting from customers who have been hurt by the economic downturn and probably didn?EUR??,,????'?????<
Source: North Jersey.com
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