Snow Plow News: Landscape Company Transforms with On-Site Salt for Winter Operations

Nate’s Lawn Maintenance revolutionized its winter operations by replacing nearly 30 salt truck routes with an on-site salt storage and spreading system, cutting costs and improving efficiency.

Facing high overhead and slow response times (sometimes over two hours) for salting requests, the company implemented a system of staging salt using 300 SiteTotes and 67 spreaders directly at client properties. This allows existing skid loader operators to handle salting as needed, often completing requests in under an hour.

Key results of the shift:

• Drastically Reduced Costs: The company eliminated the need for nearly 30 salt truck routes, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual operating and depreciation expenses.

• Improved Response Time: Requests are now completed much faster by on-site operators.

• Salt Savings: Salt consumption was cut by more than half due to better application control.

• Growth: The business has more than tripled its snow operations.

The full details of this system refinement are available in an article titled "Landscape Company Transforms with On-Site Salt for Winter Operations" published by Snow Plow News.