Digging out.

Do you feel like we're getting more snow this winter than we have in years? It feels like when I was a kid and we would get at least three or four snow days every winter. I loved that. As long as we stayed within that happy grey area that didn't mean more days tacked onto the end of the year because that was no fun.

Anyway, we've been doing a lot of digging out since that first snow storm. We purchased a snow blower last year to help out on jobs. Moving in snow is a tough job, so having the snow blower around to carve out parking spaces for our trucks and clear out sidewalks and walkways for our guys is a huge help. Of course, we always keep shovels on our trucks, too, just in case. Sometimes they're actually better for the job at hand than a snow blower. We've also got these rubber mats like the ones used at restaurants on slippery kitchen floors or behind the bar. We put these on the ground and/or on the lift gates and ramps our our trucks so the guys don't have to walk on wet, slick surfaces. Its made a real difference.

So, what do we do if for you if its snows on the day we're moving you? There's a couple of different ways we can go about it. One is that we can change the date of your move. That snow storm we had last week that dumped over a foot of snow on the area? We'd probably want to switch the date of your move (and I assume you would, too). Weather like that isn't very safe for driving or moving and can actually make your final bill at lot larger because everything takes longer in a blizzard. If the snow isn't that bad or its the day after a storm (so there's lots of piles of snow everywhere) we'll definitely be able to work around that unless you'd still like to switch days. As I said, there's snow shovels on every truck and the snow blower can be called in if we need it. Often, though, its not that hard to work around once its no longer actively falling. Besides the rubber mats we use for safety we can also put down some of our moving blankets in your house to keep the floor clean and dry while we trek back and forth between the truck and your house.

Of course, you can always call or e-mail us to ask specific questions about a snowy move or anything else moving related. We're at 617.864.0620 or help@intelligentlabor.com.