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Sheboygan, WI (WHBL) - While the average Sheboygan might have had enough of shoveling snow, and scraping ice off of windshields, for the average plow driver this winter is not snowy enough,yet .
That’s according to Toby Roth of Edgewood Landscaping in Sheboygan.
“Guys who rely on snow usually get hurt by it,” Roth says.
Typically, snow plow drivers rely on busy winter seasons to at least generate enough revenue for new equipment, or to maintain existing equipment, and cover operating costs.
But, Roth says that barring several weeks like the walloping currently seen by New Englanders, this season is pretty much a bust snow-wise for Sheboygan plow drivers.
“For the beginning of the year we had a total of three inches from the beginning of December through January. So obviously at that point you’re not getting a lot of snow removal or anything done. “
“You can never guarantee at any point in time that it is going to snow. For guys who have forty or fifty accounts absolutely it’s a great time when it is snowing, but for everybody else, they’ve waited all year long for it to snow, and now we’ve gotten this -so, where they are for winter - no matter how much it snows for the rest of the year, they’ve already lost money for this year”
Roth adds that this Wisconsin winter is still young , and anything could happen
“If you want to plow and you have the capability you can certainly go out there and find work,” He says.
1979 might have served as an ideal winter for plow drivers who are looking to reap huge profits from an abundance of snow. Sheboygan saw 40” that year. Or, the years 2004, and 2005 which were back to back years of 27”.