Stopped here (east of dc) around 7 last night. At 7 this morning I was on craigslist looking for a snowplow. First one I called, picked up, told me he'd be over as soon as he gassed up and had breakfast. Less than an hour later he had my driveway clear. It's hard to say who has the better deal. Basically, anyone with a truck and a plow can get a contract with MD SHA to clear snow. I think they pay something like $100/hr. But they do everything by the book which means the taxman wants his cut at the end of the year. It cost $140 to get my driveway cleared, cash, under the table. Yeah you've got to hustle and knock on a lot of doors who tell you they're not interested, but if you can average 1.5 houses/hour, I'm thinking you can do alright.

Unfortunately I still have to go dig the cars out.