Snow removal software for the day after the storm.
You plowed from 2 a.m. to noon. Now there are thirty driveways to bill and you can barely keep your eyes open. Tell Redline who got how many pushes and the invoices are drafted.
Billing the storm
3 drafts ready: Marino $195, Okonkwo $170, Leary $195. Approve them and the pay links go live.
2 are still open from that storm: Dubois $260, sent 15 days ago and overdue, and Pratt $130, sent 8 days ago. Want a reminder email drafted for Dubois?
Invoices and overdue alerts are on Solo and up. Nothing goes to the customer until you approve it.
How Redline fits a plow business
A whole storm in one message
List the properties and the pushes, and Redline drafts an invoice per customer at your per-push and salt prices. See snow removal invoicing.
Seasonal contracts, sold in the fall
Quote the season in September, keep each one in Quoted until they sign, and let the job pipeline show who hasn't answered yet. Bill each installment when it's due.
A note on every property
Log "plowed 4:10 a.m., salted walk" on each customer's file as you go. Logging a note works with no signal and syncs when you're back in range.
Trucks and shovelers on a board
On Team and up, the board shows each driver and shovel crew with their properties. Drivers tap En route and On job, and you see who's still out.
Salt and fuel against the season
File the salt pallets, the fuel and the cutting edges as expenses so the reports show what the winter actually made. On Solo and up. See expenses and reports.
Who to call about money
With chasing on, unpaid storm invoices are flagged at day 3, 7 and 14 and the iPhone app tells you who to call. On Solo and up.
How a snow season really goes
Snow is sold in the fall and worked in the dark. September and October are for signing seasonal contracts and lining up per-push customers. Then the weather decides everything: a storm can mean three pushes on the same driveway, crews out at 3 a.m. in a set order, and salt runs on the commercial lots before anyone opens.
The paperwork lands after. Every property needs the right count of pushes and salt runs on its bill, and per-push customers have to be billed while the storm is still fresh in their minds. Seasonal customers need their installments, and somebody has to notice who hasn't paid from two storms ago.
Redline is strongest on that back half: drafting the storm's invoices, sending pay links, and telling you who's overdue. The overnight part is still you and your drivers, with Redline keeping the property list, the notes and the crew board in one place.
Straight talk for plow operators
Redline does
- Draft per-push and salt invoices for a whole storm (Solo and up)
- Keep seasonal contract quotes in a pipeline
- Log a note on each property, even with no signal
- Show drivers and shovel crews on a board (Team and up)
- Flag unpaid storm invoices at day 3, 7 and 14 (Solo and up)
Redline doesn't
- Record GPS timestamps or prove when you were on site
- Keep site maps or pile locations
- Dispatch crews automatically when snow starts
- Bill seasonal installments by itself
- Text customers when their drive is clear
Questions contractors ask
Is a note in Redline good enough for a slip-and-fall claim?
Don't rely on it. A note is something you typed, with no GPS stamp behind it. Keep photos of conditions and whatever service log your insurer asks for.
Can I bill a seasonal contract in installments?
Yes, one invoice per installment. Set a date reminder for each due date and say "invoice the Hendersons, second installment" when it comes up. Redline won't send them on its own.
What happens to my account in the summer?
Your contacts and history stay put. You can change or cancel a plan anytime, and the Free plan keeps the chat, contacts and calendar going until fall.
Will the scheduling assistant book 3 a.m. pushes?
Its suggestions assume normal weekday hours, so set overnight times yourself ("Marino at 3:30 a.m."). Snow routes usually run in an order you already know.
Snow removal paperwork and tools
- Snow removal invoice templatePer-push lines with salt and a storm summary
- Snow removal estimate templateSeasonal contract with installments
- Snow removal invoicing softwareBilling a storm, one message at a time
- Snow removal CRMRe-sign last winter's list before the first storm
- Job profit calculatorWhat a seasonal contract nets after salt and fuel
Keep reading
- Snow removal invoicing softwarePushes and salt per property after each storm, billed in a batch.
- Overdue invoice alertsUnpaid invoices flagged at day 3, 7 and 14, with a push telling you who to call.
- Landscaping softwareBid mulch by the yard, take deposits before ordering plants and run crews from one board.
- Lawn care softwareSet the season's mows in one save, push rain days and bill at month end.
Run your business by chat.
Redline is free to start. Tell it about the job and it handles the quote, the schedule, the invoice and the follow-up.