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How gritting works, and how you pay for it

Whatever contract you choose, the operational procedure for mobilising your gritting service is exactly the same: forecast driven, fully tracked, and evidenced with a job sheet every time we visit.

The process

How gritting works

Using our professional forecasting partners, we get sent daily area forecasts evidencing the road surface temperatures (RST) due the following evening. From there, the same four steps run every time, regardless of which contract you're on.

  1. Daily forecast received

    Our forecasting partners send daily area forecasts evidencing the road surface temperatures (RST) due the following evening, for every site on your postcode.

  2. Trigger temperature reached

    If the RST is due to fall to your agreed trigger temperature, a gritting job is automatically raised and a service intention email is sent straight to you.

  3. Cancel, or we grit automatically

    Don't need us that night? Cancel the job with a click. Hear nothing back from you and we grit the site automatically that evening, so nothing gets missed.

  4. Time-stamped job sheet sent to you

    Every visit produces a fully time-stamped job sheet, including tracking data from the start to the end of the operation and photos from the specific job. It's sent to you automatically on completion, giving transparent, evidence-based liability protection.

Gritting service types

Two ways to contract with us

Both plans run on the same forecast-triggered process above. The difference is simply how the visits are priced.

Pay as you go

Cost per visit (CPV)

Our cost per visit plan is very simple: each time we come to site to carry out gritting operations, we charge you for that visit.

  • Charged only for the visits we actually make
  • A warm winter may see just a handful of visits
  • A typical cold winter may see up to 30 visits
  • Same forecast-triggered process and job sheet evidence as every contract
Popular choice

Fixed for the season

Fixed cost plans

Our fixed cost plans give you a fixed fee to cover all winter gritting operations, paid in four instalments across the winter months.

  • One fixed price, whether we visit 5 times or 35 times in a winter
  • Paid in four instalments throughout the winter months
  • Removes the guesswork from a cold-winter budget
  • A popular choice for businesses with budgeting pressures and target requirements

Other service types

Beyond precautionary gritting

Two further services can be added alongside either contract type, priced against your site once we know what's needed.

EFP Gritting lorry refilling a yellow grit bin on site
Grit bin refill in progress

Snow clearing service

Ploughing and hand clearance resourced to match your gritting operation, from hand ploughs through to full-size tractor mounted ploughs. Contact us for a quote.

Contact for a quote

Grit bin installations and re-fills

Supply, installation and seasonal re-filling of grit bins for the areas your gritting programme doesn't reach on foot. Contact us for a quote.

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Ready to set up your contract?

Tell us about your site and we'll recommend cost per visit or a fixed plan, then confirm your trigger temperature and pricing.

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