Snow removal and hourly pricing

If you have property locations anywhere across the US or Canada and you use a hourly snow removal pricing method, have you fully thought about the pro and cons of it? Do you know that every hour is costing you money? This can be beneficial to your brand or can be much more costly. To really understand how hourly pricing benefits your company, you have to really understand how the company you choose to plow your parking lot operates. Hourly model can be great if the company has the right equipment and knowledge base, but if it does not, it can be a nightmare because you are paying untrained staff or employees to provide snow services they do not understand! Therefore greatly increasing the snow removal cost. Have you ever blown through your snow budget on the first storm?
In the Transblue bidding process hourly pricing is the last of the 4 pricing models. Because of our expertise, it is never the most expensive options. Snow service per hour range from $95 per hour to $350 per hour. This cost dependents on when you book your services: the earlier in the year that you book your business, the better the price. The price gets higher as storms approach.
The biggest problem or con when hiring a company that does not have a lot of industry experience can be that the business (you) has no control over the expense, as snow pushing can get expensive quickly especially with untrained or new snow plow drivers. Thus having a time in and time out matrix will be huge when planning to use a hourly pricing model. It is also to have a manager on site to ensure the hours and equipment are validated for each service.
If you would like to learn more about hourly pricing, or if you would like to learn more about alternative methods of snow pricing that may save your brand more money, we would love to chat with you! Don’t hesitate to contact us!