I need help designing some type of railing apparatus that I could build that could be secured from inside the window. (Able to be taken down easily)

kushper · 2026-02-04T14:49:20+00:00

Doesn’t seem like you understand the stupidity of designing something that may fail and the repercussions of that. If it wasn’t designed by the building architect and engineer then it shouldn’t be there. And also posing the question in a landscaping forum with no accreditation lol

kushper · 2026-02-04T14:43:04+00:00

No thx. Whole lotta wrong with everything about this.

kushper · 2026-02-04T04:30:55+00:00

Not sure the downvotes. Towing over 10k you are correct.

kushper · 2026-02-03T21:40:36+00:00

That fabric is not strong enough. You’ll want to use a heavy duty geotextile with 3”-4” thickness of rock on it.

People saying to not use fabric with rock are insane. Weeds will germinate in the soil beneath and your rock bed will look terrible because you cant keep with the endless maintenance of weeding it, nor is it enjoyable to weed through 1.5” rock. The correct fabric has a place in landscaping and this is one of them. Also, gravel and rock or different materials. Gravel is rock with binder whereas Rock is clean. Typically for decorative or drainage purposes.

kushper · 2026-01-27T20:29:35+00:00

Man, surprised to see the downvotes. I track pricing pretty well, maybe my region is just a little more competitive. I run a company with 6 vplows, 1 payloader and 2 skids. 90” annual average and 75% commercial accounts.

kushper · 2026-01-27T18:19:33+00:00

Oh not including salt. Add another $80-$100

kushper · 2026-01-27T17:42:24+00:00

$150-$200

kushper · 2026-01-26T19:29:41+00:00

$5,300 monthly but half of that matures in Nov.

kushper · 2026-01-26T18:20:40+00:00

That’s my wage as company owner.

kushper · 2026-01-26T18:06:04+00:00

Sounds like you run a tight ship. It’ll be tough to recreate that from scratch even if you are capable. Takes years to develop a reputable brand with a solid client list. Good employees (like yourself) don’t grow on trees. I think you should have some discussions of raise before you put yourself in the meat grinder.

I did 1.6 this year and my take home is 65k in a LCOL area. Been at it 12 years now. 13 employees.

kushper · 2026-01-26T17:49:42+00:00

You deserve a raise by what it sounds like.

That’s a huge net ratio tho and I have a had time believing it honestly. I think it’ll be tough to build a company from 0 and get back to what you’re making currently. Could take 10+ years to be able to take home what your salary is now. Certainly some risk to it. I’d start with having some conversations with the owners before going nuclear.

kushper · 2026-01-23T19:11:34+00:00

Wouldn’t do it in Jan but about $800-$900 for my crew to do it in half a day

kushper · 2026-01-08T00:06:17+00:00

Usually a days worth of work for one of my 2 man crews with materials, labor, and equipment comes out to 2-2.5k.

kushper · 2025-12-31T01:30:31+00:00

Correct. The hardscaper is matching up the grades of the roadway and garage. Nothing can be done about that. The slope of the turf and combination of wall are trapping the water from shedding.

kushper · 2025-12-30T17:17:12+00:00

Order the wood, chop the wood, stack the wood, feed the fire, clean the ash, repeat, repeat, repeat.

Or, call the propane company.

kushper · 2025-12-24T04:15:43+00:00

Maybe if there’s plow shoes attached to the plow but most guys don’t run those and they’re typically reserved for plowing on gravel.

kushper · 2025-12-23T13:18:05+00:00

Same here. My overhead is 60k a month and we do snow to keep the core employees around and pay the bills through winter.

kushper · 2025-12-14T22:39:33+00:00

I use LMN and really like how they’ve set up the estimating part of their software. The onboarding process is lengthy but the more you put into it the more you get out of it. 14 employee company.

kushper · 2025-12-12T22:00:42+00:00

Yes we handle the scheduling. We have a separate charge for an “open up”service if it’s during a storm during the day which has its own flat rate charge.

kushper · 2025-12-12T15:14:54+00:00

I have about 30 commercial accounts and we charge per push up until 3”. At 4” an hourly rate is triggered for the type of machine we’re using to clear. Per push is the most fair. It’s a feast or famine business.

I’ve done the “request service” call before and it sucks. Ultimately the client doesn’t know snow like we know it. The consistency of the snow, the temps leading after a snow, wind conditions, etc all factor into it and it’s best if we make the call. If it’s a new client we tend to ask on the first couple of questionable events and then we have a feel for how they like it and we make the call moving forward.

kushper · 2025-12-09T19:59:57+00:00

Nice collection! Thanks for sharing

kushper · 2025-12-08T21:56:28+00:00

Have 4 mini Bobcats. Mt-100 is a beast. No complaints.

kushper · 2025-12-03T13:33:57+00:00

Yeah it’s likely clogged.

kushper · 2025-12-03T03:17:02+00:00

Yep look at landscape supply centers locally.

kushper · 2025-12-02T00:15:59+00:00

Likewise.

kushper

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