Vermont plow business shifts approach to winter revenue [Video]

ALERT AND ARE BEING MOVED TO AREAS EXPECTED TO BE THE HARDEST HIT. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN OUR REGION HAVE GONE WAY DOWN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS – ESPECIALLY IN CHITTENDEN COUNTY. FOR LOCAL PLOW BUSINESSES – THEY’RE BEING FORCED TO ADAPT. NAT: rain WET SNOWPLOWS – COVERED IN RAIN…AT PINNACLE PROPERTIES IN SOUTH BURLINGTON HAVEN’T BEEN USED ONCE THIS SEASON… NAT: rain JUST A FEW DAYS AWAY FROM DECEMBER. <MATT COHEN, OWNER, PINNACLE PROPERTIES :08 “SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO WE WOULD ON AVERAGE GET STORMS OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES NOW WE’RE GETTING STORMS OF AN INCH TO THREE INCHES ON AVERAGE.”> MATT COHEN’S REVENUE HAS BEEN DOWN 3 TO 5 PERCENT IN THE WINTER SINCE 20-21. BECAUSE OF THAT – HIS COMPANY HAS SHIFTED FOCUS TO SALTING DRIVEWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO MAKE UP FOR IT. <MATT COHEN, OWNER, PINNACLE PROPERTIES :07 “WE’RE NOW MORE OF A SLIP …