Snow Removal Contract & Pricing Pack

Snow is the only trade where you price a service before you know how much of it will happen. This pack covers all three contract structures, per-push baselines, commercial accumulation tiers, and the five clauses (trigger depth, completion window, blizzard cap, slip-and-fall scope, payment terms) that keep a winter profitable.

What's inside

Seasonal vs. per-push vs. per-event: who carries the snowfall risk
2026 per-push baselines by driveway size and accumulation
Commercial per-event tiers with agreed measurement stations
Five contract clauses that save your winter, including the blizzard cap
Pre-season checklist: routes, stakes, salt contracts, cards on file

Quick questions

How do I price a seasonal contract?

Expected pushes (10-year average for your zip) times your per-push rate times 0.9, with a blizzard cap that bills pushes beyond 130% of average at per-push rates.

How do I protect against slip-and-fall claims?

Contract scope says you clear, you do not guarantee bare pavement, and every visit is documented with timestamped photos. The template includes the language.

How operators use this

Build a real price book

Use the worksheets to set base rates, minimum charges, and add-on pricing so every quote follows the same system.

Find the jobs that lose money

The margin-per-crew-hour math is designed to show which job types quietly underperform, so you can reprice or drop them.

Put it on every truck

Print the checklists and give one to each crew so the same standards apply on every job.