Free Snow Removal Contract Template
Snow removal is sold by the season, by the push or by the event, and a price means nothing until the paper says which. This contract puts that in writing before the first storm, along with the depth that starts a visit, the areas cleared, whether salt is charged per application and how damage gets reported.
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What belongs on a snow removal contract
- The property, the areas serviced, and a site map with the snow stacking locations marked
- The season start and end dates
- The price and the pricing basis: per season, per push, per event or hourly
- The trigger depth that starts a visit, and the depth band a per push price covers
- How many events a seasonal price covers, or that it covers all of them
- Whether salt and ice melt are charged per application, and at what price
- The response window after snowfall stops
- Pre existing damage noted before the first visit, and a window for reporting damage
- A dated service log, payment terms, and how either side cancels
A finished snow removal contract, filled in
A season contract for a small commercial lot, priced per season with salt billed per application. Every number on it is an example, made up to show how the blanks read once they are filled in. None of them is a going rate or a suggested trigger depth.
- Every service term is an exampleThe trigger depth, the depth band, the events covered, the salt price, the response window and the two notice periods are filled in here to show how the boxes read. On the template they are blank, and nothing on this page suggests what they should be.
- A seasonal price says how many events it coversThis one covers 12. A seasonal price should say how many events it covers, or that it covers all of them. Clause 4 sends anything past that number to section 2, and the schedule prices it at $100 per push.
- Salt is priced per application, outside the season priceEach application is $50 and goes in the service log under clause 9, which is what the monthly invoice gets checked against.
- The installments add up to the price4 installments of $500 is $2,000, the seasonal price in section 2. Check this on your own before you send it.
- The yes box under section 1 is tickedThe areas and the stacking location are written in section 1 and marked on the site map, and the box records that the map is attached. Pre existing damage goes on the same map before the first visit, per clause 8.
This is a template and a worked example, not legal advice. On the template itself every one of these numbers is an empty box, because they are for the two parties to agree. Have a construction attorney in your state review the contract once before you use it.
A per push price needs a depth band
Snow removal is sold by the season, by the push or by the event, and a per push price comes with a depth band, because a foot of snow is not the same job as two inches.
Say what triggers a visit, the depth that starts a push, and whether salt is charged per application. A seasonal price should say how many events it covers, or that it covers all of them. Every one of those is a blank on this contract, because the numbers are for the two parties to agree, not for a template to pick.
The service log is the record both sides check
List every date serviced with the depth and whether salt went down. That is what the customer checks against the weather, and a dated service record is what you want to have if somebody slips later.
Clause 9 makes that log part of the contract, and the damage reporting window in clause 8 gives a damage claim a date to be checked against.
Mark the map before the first storm
The areas serviced, where the snow is stacked, and any damage already there all go on one site map, attached to the contract. The yes and no boxes under section 1 record whether a map is attached.
The snow removal estimate and invoice templates on this site carry the matching line items: a seasonal contract, a per push price with its depth band, salt and ice melt application, sidewalk and entry clearing, and snow relocation and stacking.
Questions people ask
What depth should trigger a snow removal visit?
That is for you and the client to agree, which is why the trigger depth is a blank on this contract rather than a number. The snow removal estimate and invoice templates on this site show a per push line with a 2 to 4 inch band, as an example of how a band is written.
Does a seasonal price cover every snowfall?
Only if the contract says so. A seasonal price should say how many events it covers, or that it covers all of them, and this contract has a box for exactly that.
Is salt included in the price?
Only if the contract says so. Say whether salt is charged per application: this contract has a box for the price per application, and the service log records every time salt went down, so an invoice can be checked against it.
What is the difference between this and the contractor agreement?
The contractor agreement is written for a job with a start date, a completion date and one contract price. A snow removal contract runs for a season and is priced per push, per event, per season or by the hour, so it carries a trigger depth, a response window and a service log instead.
Related pages
- Snow removal estimate template
- Snow removal invoice template
- Certificate of insurance request letter
- Contractor agreement template