First few years I parked everything. We dabbled with occasional winter work.
Last several years we have too much business. Now we even schedual jobs for frozen ground. So...Make sure you have a shop/garage you can bring in equipment to thaw and work on out of the elements. Plowed dump spots are required too. A mini with a bucket is awesome to clear snow out of the way.
Once a year we pressure wash, spot sand blast and paint. Fluid film or motor oil the undersides after pressure washing. The salt the piss out of the roads around here.
We just got the first snow of the year. In past years I usually park all the trucks in the winter to keep everything out of the salt. This year I'm planning on running a chip truck and chipper. I'm considering running the rest of the fleet, but don't want to regret it when I start having corrosion issues a few years from now. I'm curious as to how many of you guys park stuff for the winter? I don't get enough work through the winter to stay busy so I just give a discount to bank it for the spring if it's not a urgent job.
