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Snow removal companies facing the unthinkable

The lack of snow has not been a warming trend for everyone

By Billy Baker

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 08, 2012

Last winter, snow removal companies were stretched very thin. There just wasn’t enough equipment or man-hours to keep up with the snow that kept falling and falling. So many spent the off-season loading up on gear. Big gear. Expensive gear. They were ready for anything. Anything except the unthinkable in New England: a winter with almost no snow. “It’s kind of a ridiculous thing to even think of planning for,’’ said one plow driver. “But it can happen. It did happen.’’

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