Snow Plowing in
Buffalo, NY
Seasonal contracts with a trigger depth, so the driveway is clear before you leave, not after you call.
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What snow plowing includes
- Seasonal or per push contracts
- Driveways, lots and walks
- Shoveling and salting
- Storm and lake effect response
Winter work, part of our Trees & Winter programme, and snow plowing runs on the same schedule and the same invoice as everything else on the property.
Snow plowing in a lake effect band is a different job
A band can sit over one town for six hours and leave the next town over dry. A single visit once it stops is not snow plowing in this region, it is a cleanup. Properties on a seasonal agreement get repeat passes while the band is still running.
Routes are built from the radar and the forecast discussion published by the National Weather Service Buffalo office rather than from a phone call after the fact. Trigger depth, response window, salting and where the pile goes are all agreed in October, so nobody is negotiating snow plowing terms at five in the morning.
Residential and commercial, quoted separately
A driveway and a retail lot are not the same job, so we do not price them off the same sheet.
Residential driveways
Cleared on a trigger depth so you are not calling to ask. Two inches is the usual setting. We agree which side the snow stacks on before the season starts so it never ends up across a walk or against the garage door.
Commercial parking lots
Cleared and salted before opening rather than whenever the route reaches you. Larger lots get repeat passes through a storm, because a lot that was clear at six is not clear at nine during a lake effect band.
Sidewalks and entryways
Hand shovelled and salted where a plow cannot reach. For commercial property this is the part that carries the slip risk, so it is written into the agreement rather than left as a favour.
Salting and ice control
Applied to drives, lots, walks and steps. Timing matters more than volume, so salt goes down when it will actually work rather than on top of packed snow.
Seasonal and per push
Seasonal is a fixed number for the winter and puts you ahead of per push customers on the route. Per push bills by visit. In a heavy winter seasonal wins, in a light one per push does, and nobody knows which is coming.
Storm and lake effect response
Bands stall over one town for hours at a time. Seasonal customers get repeat passes while it runs rather than a single visit once it stops.
What we do not do
We do not do roof snow removal or ice dam work. It needs different equipment, different insurance and a crew that does it every day through the winter. If you have ice damming we would rather point you at somebody who specialises in it than take the job and learn on your roof.
Everything at ground level is ours: drives, lots, walks, steps, salting and the pile management that stops your own snow becoming next week’s problem.
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Where we work
We run snow plowing across Buffalo and 31 towns through Erie and Niagara counties. If your street is not on the list, call anyway. The edge of the route moves with whatever is already booked nearby, and one or two neighbours is usually enough to make a street work.
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Pairs well with
Most people book snow plowing alongside one or two of these. Putting them on a single agreement schedules better and prices better than booking each job separately, and you deal with one crew and one invoice for the whole property rather than chasing three contractors.
Need snow plowing? Ask for a number.
Tell us the address and what needs doing. Prefer to talk? Call and a person picks up.
Mon to Fri, 8am to 5pm · primeservicesny@gmail.com
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Send the address and a line about what needs doing. We walk the property and send a written number within 24 hours.