Seasonal and storm work

Snow removal software for storm routes and defensible billing

A snow night is twelve hours of dispatch, proof, and paperwork compressed into one shift, and the argument about whether a lot was plowed happens six weeks later when nobody remembers.

What does snow removal software need to do?

It needs the season's routes built once before the first storm, a timestamp and a photo at every site so the record exists before the dispute does, and billing that can handle seasonal contracts, per push, and per inch off the same event.

How does a storm run on it?

The same tools every Pinstripe Fleet customer gets, set up the way this trade runs.

Routes are built before the season

Every site is a service location under the account, grouped into routes. When the storm comes, you are dispatching a route that already exists, not rebuilding it at two in the morning.

  • Customers
  • Service locations
  • Recurring jobs

Proof at every site

The driver taps to start and finish at each site, and the photos and times are captured with the job. That record is what settles the question in February.

  • Time tracking
  • Photo capture
  • Job timeline

One event, three billing styles

Seasonal contracts, per push, and per inch accounts all bill off the same service record, so you are not keeping three sets of notes for one storm.

  • Invoices
  • Reports

The overnight crew is accounted for

Hours clock against the site, so payroll for a storm comes out of the same record as the billing, and you can see what a long night actually cost.

  • Time tracking
  • Reports

What is set up for a snow contractor?

Setup starts you with route grouped sites under each account, per event jobs with required timestamps and photos, crew time tracking, and billing that supports seasonal, per push, and per inch accounts.

Common questions from snow removal companies

Can I bill seasonal and per push customers in the same company?

Yes. The service record for a site is the same either way. A seasonal account bills on its contract schedule and a per push account bills off the events, and both come out of the same night's work.

How do I prove a lot was plowed?

Each site has a start and finish time from the driver's phone plus the photos they captured, all attached to the job for that site. That record does not depend on anyone remembering the night.

Does it work at three in the morning with cold hands?

The field screens are deliberately short. A driver sees their sites, taps to start, takes the photos, and taps to finish. Big targets, few screens, and it keeps working with no signal.

Can I use it only in winter?

Yes. A lot of companies mow in the summer and plow in the winter, and that is one company here with one customer list, not two systems.

Not sure it fits how you work?

Bring three jobs you ran last week and we will build them in front of you. If it cannot handle your real work, you will know in twenty minutes.

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