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I mean I was pretty happy out here in San Francisco but you might pull me in with this one

• mikestew 9y ago
  Well, then, here’s some more: if you have some free time, you can make that truck pay for itself plowing parking lots. Lots of friends of mine with 4x4s did that when we lived in Indiana. Might not pay for the truck, but it was reported that it easily paid for the plow and hydraulics in one winter.
  • jlgaddis 9y ago
    Yep, before I got the plows, we paid a guy $75 to come and plow our (long, winding) driveway every time it was bad enough to need it. It took him about 20 minutes and ours is just one of several that he'd hit every time. He also had contracts with several businesses to have their parking lots cleared.
  • elliottkember 9y ago
    I bet it’s really satisfying too, like those videos of people power-washing dirty sidewalks.
    • mikestew 9y ago
      I've never owned a truck with a plow, but I've driven those owned by others. It is power-washing your sidewalk x10. To watch a giant pile of stuff that's in the way just disappear, and all at your hand: magical. Icing on the cake is when it's -20F outside and you're sitting in a warm truck cab with a cup of coffee, bending matter to your will. And there's a little something about knowing that the parking lot will be usable, and businesses can do business, because you showed up at 5:00 a. m. this morning. I've also driven a tow truck in those conditions. Leaving your warm truck cab and cup of coffee to go hook up a car when it's -20F outside: not magical whatsoever.