Service
Snow plowing and driveway clearing in Mansfield, MA
From the first storm to the last, the same person who laid your patio clears it. Driveways, walkways, steps and the apron at the road get opened, and the stone does not get gouged doing it. Winter work is booked by the season or per storm, whichever suits the property.
The machine matters less than the setting. A plow dropped a half inch low takes the top course off a paver apron and leaves a ridge of ice at the bottom of the drive that freezes every night after. The blade is set to skim, and the edges are cleared by hand instead of by feel.
Storms in this part of Massachusetts tend to arrive overnight and change over by morning. The properties on the route are cleared in the same order every time, so you know roughly where you sit in it. If you are first in the morning, you stay first in the morning.
Walkways, steps and the path to the door get cleared with the drive, because a opened driveway with a buried walk is half the job. Salt and sand go down where it matters - the slope, the turn, the bottom step - and nowhere it will eat the stone.
If the driveway is gravel or the apron is held by a paver edge, say so when you call. Those get a different pass and a different blade height. Getting that right the first season is cheaper than repairing the edge in the spring.
- Driveways, aprons at the road, walkways and steps
- Blade height set for pavers, asphalt or gravel
- Season contract or per-storm, agreed before the first snow
- Salt and sand placed where they help, kept off the stone
Common questions
Snow Plowing questions, answered
How late do I need to book snow plowing?
Early is better than late. Routes fill from the top down and a property added mid-season is the one that gets squeezed on the worst morning. Get on the list before the first real snow and your order on the route is set.
Will the plow damage my paver driveway?
Not if the blade is set for it. A steel edge set to skim the surface is what clears pavers, and the edges that a plow cannot reach safely get done by hand. Gravel gets more clearance, because a blade set low on gravel pulls the stone off the driveway.
Do you clear walkways and steps too, or only the driveway?
The walk and the steps are part of it. A cleared driveway with a buried path to the door is a job half done, so they are cleared on the same visit. Steps are cleared by hand and sanded rather than run with the blade.
Planning snow?
Tell Bryce about the yard and get a free estimate.