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Snow Plowing Business HandBook
The Snow Plowing Business
The Snow Removal Business Book is a complete guide to just about everything there is to know about the winter snow plowing and snow removal maintenance business. Includes bidding methods, costs of snow plowing operations, scheduling the plowing routes and snow plowing trucks by capacity, how to maximize snow plowing and ice control revenues. Shows you how much to charge for the services. Shows the average time snow plowing takes to do the work. Shows different ways to bill clients for snow plowing ... such as by the storm, . per push, by the inch, fixed price annual contracts, hourly and by subcontract. How to manage a snow storm, plowing trucks, snow plow maintenace and overhaul, snow plowing employee training, snow vehicle . maintenance checklists, snow removal contract preparation and what to include for job specifications terminology, complete snow plowing bid proposal package, winter season contract language, best ways to sell snow plowing services, documenting a snow storm, dealing with damage claims, pricing the work . . .everything!
The Snow Removal Business Book
Table of contents:
. How to find the best snow plowing accounts & make the most from a storm
. Tapping into the snow plowing business commercial accounts
. How to get snow plowing contracts that pay you even if it doesn't snow!
. Custom Designing of a commercial snow removal contract to fit site conditions
. How to properly price and profit from snow plowing, snow removal, ice controls, sand, salt, blowing, shoveling
. The Snow Plowing Bid Proposal Package - a complete outline sample contracts that fit any situation
. How to write Snow Plowing and Ice Management Specifications - and what to say to limit your liability
. How To Maximize each Snow Storm for Income from Plowing
. Documenting a Snow Plowing Event - why it's important to keep records - what's needed
. Snow Plowing Truck Maintenance & Repairs
. Snow Plows, Snow Equipment & Parts rundown lists to keep you plowing
. Suggested Spare Parts for Snow Plowing Vehicles
. Snow Plowing Business - Business Forms - Formats - Schedules
How to order
The Snow Removal Business Book
Book # C-8, Price $39.50
To order online Click Here:
To order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Other resources ...
Job Estimating Package
FREE Job Pricing Guidelines
New Business Startup Package
Complete Operations Management System
Nilsson's Job Estimating Package has everything you need to evaluate job site specifications & work required, figure costs, how to price ~ lawns, grounds maintenance, price landscape installs, or complete a lawn analysis. You'll get step - by - step instructions, bid proposal outlines & customer contracts, labor hours job times. You'll get job price guides to compare your prices with the going rates, overhead costs, materials, profit ratios. You'll set realistic prices, and job labor hours goals based on field tested, proven, time studied labor hours for every job you bid. You'll know how to evaluate every job for total work hours required, the price to charge for the job, the profit you'll make, best crew size, job costs. You'll also get add-on service check lists to help you maximize sales by upselling customers on additional property improvements. Nilsson's Job Estimating Package includes a model bid example that takes you through the entire bid process step by step from work site information gathering, cost and profit calculations based on site conditions and specifications, outlines price proposal details, and customer contract writeup along with a cover letter outlining the work. Use the bid model as your permanent estimating guide and improve the accuracy of all your bids.
Labor Time Data Handbook
Contains over 500 field tested, time-studied labor hours data for landscaping and grounds maintenance job estimating. Bid with confidence, save time preparing bids, easily determine best crew size, make money on every job you get, never under or overprice a bid again, set realistic labor goals for employees. Includes labor hours for just about every job performed in landscaping and grounds maintenance. Book # A-7, Price $69.50 To order Click Here:or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Grounds Maintenance Manual - A complete guide to lawn and grounds maintenance. How to sell lawn services, bid jobs, assign crews, control the work, increase profits. You'll get lawn and grounds maintenance bid outlines, maintenance scheduling formats, cost calculations, checklists for year round grounds maintenance and landscape services. You'll learn how to evaluate every landscape site for profit potential, pinpoint best mowing crew size, control costs, and know what to expect on a daily basis. Book # C-1, Price $49.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Writing The Maintenance Specifications - No more trying to find the right words to explain lawn, landscape and grounds maintenance job bids. Contains hundreds of samples of contract language that fits any landscape situation. Produce professional maintenance specs, avoid bidding unrealistic site requirements. What to include and exclude in contracts and proposals. Covers summer and winter work grounds maintenance elements, and work options to look for on any site to boost sales. Book # C-2, Price $34.50
To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Maintenance Estimating Kit - This kit has everything you need when you visit a site to get an estimate. Working from a model spec. it takes you step by step. Assesses the model, finds the price, prepares the model bid, writes the proposal, along with cover letter and outline of the work. Book # C-21, Price $32.50
To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Maximizing Profits In Mowing - Some people make plenty of money mowing, while others lose their shirts! Mowing is 50% of most contracts. Covers key factors for better profits, best crew size, selecting the right mowers, setting work quotas, scheduling problems. Mobilize your people to work as a team! Book # C-6, Price $24.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Writing Your Company Policy Manual - You'll save time using this fill in the blanks format to create your own policy manual. Copy it, customize it to fill your needs. Includes owner's message to employees, sequence of info, the do's and don'ts of making promises, a benefits checklist and how to word them. Book # G-2, Price $19.50
To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Keys To Motivating Employees - This book focuses on the unique challenges of motivating seasonal, temporary and key people. Discusses why some people work hard, others don't. Why a paycheck alone is a poor motivator. Tactics to use to promote team players, get better production, and create interest in a job where none exists. Book # G-4, Price $19.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Entry Level Training - Landscapers - This book trains new hires & seasonal help and avoids you having to explain the basics over and over each season. It covers materials, commonly used tools, equipment, safety, vehicle use, hazardous substances, work practices, attire, customer relations, personal behavior, terms and definitions, and question/answer review. Book # ET-1, Price $42.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Crew Leader Training - Landscapers - Overcome the difficulty of unsupervised jobs. Train your workers to accept responsibility and you'll probably increase business. This is a step-by-step approach designed for the employee with little or no supervisory experience. Covers task management, what owners need from crew leaders, how to win respect and get cooperation from peers, planning the work, getting it done! Overseeing the equipment, goal setting, Question/Answer review. Book # ET-2, Price $39.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Training In Pruning And Planting - Covers everything workers need to know to properly install and prune shrubs and trees. Shows how, when, why to prune. Explains the tools, how to prevent damage, planting methods, staking and guying, mulching, transporting stock, thinning, forming, shaping, and pinching. Best times to prune flowering species. Question/Answer review. Book # ET-4, Price $34.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
AUDIO TAPE-Employees . . . Find Them, Keep Them - Listen & learn the secrets to finding and keeping employees. These tapes reveal untapped sources of finding prospects, what to offer, how to prevent the competition from hiring away your people, benefits, incentives, what works, what doesn't, interviewing and selection. $39.50 2 Tape Series To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
How To Be A Great Boss! - Ever wonder how employees like you as a "boss"? Highly respected, well liked? How they perceive you is key to your success in today's labor market. This report examines easily misunderstood concepts of attitudes, work ethics, and self esteem that can make or break your business. You can either "turn them on" or "turn them off" by what you do and say. Book # G-5, Price $12.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Subcontracting the Work - This book shows & tells everything you ever wanted to know about subcontracting your work to others and being a subcontractor to others. The ins and outs of partnering jobs, legal requirements, how to make money on others, limit your risks, protect customer contacts, forms & agreements, qualifying your partners, performance guarantees, insurance concerns, covenants not to compete, lien waivers, ... all about "owning the work" but not "doing the work" and how to profit from the growing trend in subcontracting. Book # H-4 Price $49.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
What Your Colleagues say
"Nilsson Associates provides an important source of information, a highly respected PLCAA Consultant, and Best Selling author with our membership."
Professional Lawn Care Association of America
"Nilsson has some of the best ideas for the green industry ... their books have comprehensive in-depth coverage, knowledgeable step-by-step approach for business improvement"
PRO Magazine
"Our members have found your books extremely helpful. Thanks for your insight and creativity"
Professional Grounds Management Society
"Nilsson's books are must reads, and have helped our readers tremendously. Thanks for your continued support."
Jerry Siani, Landscaper Publications
"Your way of explaining the subject shows you know what we need to do to make money in this business, thanks."
H.L., Madison, Wisconsin
"Nilsson's series of books filled a void in our program ... Our students needed more insight into management, costs, profits, and how to successfully operate a business.
University of Tennessee, Horticulture Dept.
 Nilsson Associates has the information you need to operate your business and make it a success. We offer one of the Largest Resources available in the Green Industry on the internet. Everything from how to sharpen a mower blade to how to manage a small or large, simple or complex business doing millions in sales! You can keep your buisness small or grow it each year. It's up to you how far you go. Some are just interetsed in mowing lawns as a service, then add on pruning, planting, trimming, shrubs, trees, plowing snow, and getting into bidding and estimating grounds maintenance, landscape installations, hardscapes, patios, retaining walls and waterscapes. No mattter what services you want to offer, we have the technical and managment information you need that will save you time and money getting started. Take a look at our extensive line of books, audios, videos and employee training materials in English and Spanish. Start at the Nilsson Associatres home page www.nilssonbooks.com and scroll down the left side of the home page to locate the business problem you want a solution to. The index includes all these categories dealing with just about all lawn care, the best mowers, how to maximize profits in mowing, job bidding & pricing, what equipment to buy, lawns, grass, chemicals, fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, landscape company operations, irrigation, snow plowing, planting, pavement services and many others. The instruction you will receive is affordable, and highly focused training that really works! And ... The ongoing personal support from our Industry Experts is the Best Professional Management & Ownership Training Program in the Industry. With us assisting you every step of the way, your business will be up and running fast, making money, organized to win, separate itself from the competition, and on the "Path To A Rewarding Future."
Nilsson's Job Estimating Package has everything you need to evaluate job site specifications & work required, figure costs, how to price ~ lawns, grounds maintenance, price landscape installs, or complete a lawn analysis. You'll get step - by - step instructions, bid proposal outlines & customer contracts, labor hours job times. You'll get job price guides to compare your prices with the going rates, overhead costs, materials, profit ratios. You'll set realistic prices, and job labor hours goals based on field tested, proven, time studied labor hours for every job you bid. You'll know how to evaluate every job for total work hours required, the price to charge for the job, the profit you'll make, best crew size, job costs. You'll also get add-on service check lists to help you maximize sales by upselling customers on additional property improvements. Nilsson's Job Estimating Package includes a model bid example that takes you through the entire bid process step by step from work site information gathering, cost and profit calculations based on site conditions and specifications, outlines price proposal details, and customer contract writeup along with a cover letter outlining the work. Use the bid model as your permanent estimating guide and improve the accuracy of all your bids. When it comes to pricing lawn and landscape jobs nobody has more landscape industry pricing information than Nilsson Associates, Green Industry Consultants. Nilsson's Job Price Guides covers lawn care bids, job bidding & estimating for tree care, irrigation installation & service, pavement sweeping & maintenance, snow plowing operations, landscaping and hardscaping job bids for both commercial & residential customers as well as real estate management, parks & recreation departments, municipalities, college and univeristy grounds. The prices cover; estimates & bids for grounds services, landscaping pricing estimates , estimating & bid the price seasonal work, year around commercial estimate contracts, price per square foot, best grounds maintenance & landscaping job to bid & pricing, price of lawn care, lawn mowing price, aeration pricing, lawns, commercial landscape job bid estimates, most all outdoor maintenance estimating & pricing, mulching prices, pricing chemicals, weeding & aerating pricing, fertilizer prices, prices for organic fertilizer, pricing weeds in beds, pricing pruning & trimming trees & shrubs, pricing commercial & residential snow plowing, hardscape pricing, pricing hydroseeding, irrigation service estimates for commercial & residential, pricing seeding lawns, pricing lawn sod, prices for slit seeding lawns, pricing edging lawn beds, spring cleanup prices, pricing fall cleanups, hourly price of pressure washing walks & patios, pricing trees, stump grinding prices, price for gutter cleaning, lawn dethatching price, price for shoveling snow, pricing salting, price for sanding.
How to order
The Snow Removal Business Book
Book # C-8, Price $39.50
To order online Click Here:
To order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
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Phil Nilsson
Nilsson Associates - Since 1975
Green Industry Consultants
Call Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
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Phil Nilsson
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About Nilsson Associates
Nationally recognized "Best Selling Author", Business Consultant and Seminar Presenter with over 30 years experience in the Green Industry. Nilsson's articles are published by Grounds Maintenance Magazine, Lawn & Landscape, PRO, The Arborist, Landscaper Publications of New York, PGMS, PLCAA.
Nilsson owned and operated a successful Landscape Design-Build-Maintain firm for 15 years, and for many years was retained as Business Coach and Management Advisor to the national membership of the Professional Lawn Care Association of America.
Nilsson's books are endorsed by National Trade Associations, The California Landscape Contractors Association, The Professional Grounds Management Society, The Horticultural Departments of Ohio State University, The University of Tennessee, and The University of Georgia. Nilsson's books are in use by over 25,000 Landscape Contractors, Lawn Care Companies, Property Managers, Government Facilities, Park Departments and Municipalities nationwide.
A name you know, information you can trust ...
Over 25,000 landscapers coast to coast have used our profit building resources to create wealth, and build financial independence. For over two decades we've been helping landscapers succeed. During that process we earned the credentials and endorsements and developed the resources and know-how to help you make money. We offer business training books, tapes, videos, free job price guides, consulting services, software, and Nilsson's "Best Sellers" ... the job estimating package and Complete Operations Management System.
Learning from the mistakes of others is wise, especially in the Landscape Business where over 70% who start a business fail at it, and of those that survive, 80% could be making more money! Business know-how and expert advice can make the difference between success and failure. We'll show you where the others went wrong, and guide you past the obstacles. You'll be better informed, improve your chances of being successful, and have a business that's easier to manage. Since 1975 Nilsson Associates has helped landscapers start businesses, improve their operations, grow, and make money.
Why do business with us?
You'll have peace of mind and confidence when you buy from a well known company. Nilsson Associates are recognized industry experts with over 30 years experience and a proven track record in your field. You'll get results oriented instruction, tips and advice that you can put to work immediately to improve your company. Our products will more than pay for themselves and are 100% guaranteed to increase your profits or your money back, so there is no risk. You can order online at www.nilssonbooks.com or by phone Toll FREE at 866-280-2252.
FREE problem solution hotline
We're here to help our customers solve their business problems. The advice is FREE and so is the call on our Toll Free line. This is a customer benefit that can save you years of learning by costly trial and error. And, when you call you'll get your questions answered by one of the most trusted, proven and experienced business consultants in the industry. We have over 25,000 book customers nationwide. Chances are we can help you increase your profits, improve your business, and help you reach your goals faster.
What others say ...
"Nilsson Associates provides an important source of information, a highly respected PLCAA Consultant, and Best Selling author with our membership."
Professional Lawn Care Association of America
"Nilsson has some of the best ideas for the green industry ... their books have comprehensive in-depth coverage, knowledgeable step-by-step approach for business improvement"
PRO Magazine
"I bought The Complete Operations Management System. Well worth it! I'm a small company that floats around 200k...my goal was to reach 500k in 5-6 years. Phil.....keep up the good work! I'll be in touch!"
Michael McGilvray
"Our members have found your books extremely helpful. Thanks for your insight and creativity"
Professional Grounds Management Society
"Nilsson helped me bid my jobs lots of times, it's like having your own private tutor, free"
Alex, Charlotte, N.C.
"Job bidding, labor cost, time management ... your books cover it all and have been a big help keeping our work on schedule.
Walt Disney World, Head Groundskeeper
"With C.O.M.S. and Nilsson's expert advice, we went from under $300,000 to over two million in sales, and plan to double that within the next 5 years." "Phil, I'm sticking with your original vision for my business, thank you very much!"
Modern Companies, MA
"Nilsson's books are must reads, and have helped our readers tremendously. Thanks for your continued support."
Landscaper Publications
"Your way of explaining the subject shows you know what we need to do to make money in this business, thanks."
H.L., Madison, Wisconsin
"Nilsson's series of books filled a void in our program ... Our students needed more insight into management, costs, profits, and how to successfully operate a business.
University of Tennessee, Horticulture Dept.
"I bought COMS a couple days after I joined this site. Buying the deal saved me some bucks. I also have some EXCELLENT cost data references that I am currently using and I am landing more lawn cutting jobs this year because of that data."
Stephen M., Port Hadlock, WA
"Excellent materials, very comprehensive, on target with the problems of running a business, doing much better now."
J. McDermott, Seville, Ohio
" I went into business using C.O.M.S. seven years ago, and followed Nilsson's advice. Today, I have over 500 customers and sales of $1,500,000. I'm happy!"
Casa Bonita
"Thanks for your help. My costs are now in line with my prices and I know how low I can go before I start losing money." Topper's, North Hollywood, CA
"Nilsson's books breakdown what we need to do to be profitable and successful in this industry. They teach you proven techniques to help enhance your enterprise. The books, are a good investment."
Brian Klimek
"For the first time since I started my business, finally got my numbers together, thanks for spending the extra time with me. My banker was very impressed."
P.L., Seattle, Washington
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Phil Nilsson
Nilsson Associates - Since 1975
Green Industry Consultants
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