As automobiles replaced horses and carriages on the roads of the U.S., the snow problem got flipped on its head. It wouldn't be enough to clear the alleys and pack down the snow on the main roads anymore. Cars required dry, safe streets. Motorized salt spreaders were introduced, but they often didn't do enough, and urban sprawl meant most cities were just too big for horse-drawn plows to clean all the streets. In the early 1920s, Norwegian brothers Hans and Even Overaasen and New Yorker Carl Frink independently came up with designs for car-mounted snow plows. These were, apparently the perfect solution to the modern snow problem, and the company Frink started is still producing plows today.
As for the snow removal tool the average Joe is most familiar with, 100-plus patents have been granted for snow shovel designs since the 1870s. A woman named Lydia Fairweather invented one of the first designs that hit upon the “scrape and scoop” combo in 1889.
Are you looking for a snow plow contractor for your commercial property or residential property? Home Sweet Home Landscaping has a fleet of trucks with plows and sanders to handle all of your snow plowing needs.
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As soon as the snow begins to fall, we are ready to assist in any snow removal needs. Contact us before the winter season starts, around early November to secure your snow removal contract. Our snow removal contracts run from November 1st - April 30th, which guarantees our service throughout the winter season.
Home Sweet Home Landscaping takes one-time jobs, or projects on an hourly rate, for anything related to landscaping or snow removal. We accept all major forms of credit cards.
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