When it is time to shut down for the winter.
Well, it has been an extremely long season this year. Or, at least it feels that way. We can start with the paver, or asphalt in general I guess. Lakeside is shutting down today for winter maintenance. Granite shut down last week. I suppose we will shut down also.
Things to do.
1. Rest
2. Christmas party on Monday.
3. After the 1st of the year we will need to start addressing oil changes in the dump trucks.
4. Welding all the hand tamps, vibe plates, and rakes that broke this year.
5. Going through all the brakes on each of the trucks and trailers.
6. Maintenance the sealcoat bulk tank.
7. Maintenance all the sealcoat trailers and flatbeds.
8. Purchase new shovels and rakes before end of the year to reduce tax burden.
9. Order new safety vest for the next season.
10. Find traffic paint...lol.
11. Make sure our suppliers are ready to go for next year.
12. Change all the wet batteries to dry cell batteries.
13. Install new patching gates in new dump truck.
14. Check all the tires and purchase what is needed.
15. Check windshields for cracks.
16. Inspect all the lights on all the trucks, trailers, equipment.
17. Sell surplus equipment at Ritchie Brothers.
18. Re-staff office, estimators, and production personnel from all the retiring, moving on employees.
19. Refocus on how to deploy our profit for the future to provide when we can no longer hustle.
20. Take a trip to Mardi Gras
21. Take a trip to Egypt
22. Take a trip to Jordan
23. Take a trip to Sacramento
24. Take a trip to Tennessee
25. Rest some more.
26. Get ready to do it all over again in 2022.
