Car Snow Removal Tools
Clearing one car is a five-minute job. Clearing a lot before an 8am open is a different problem: the right tool for each surface, enough of them that nobody waits, and a method that does not put anyone on top of a vehicle.
Clearing Rooftops Without Climbing
The heavy duty snow rake has a 48in finished wooden handle with a metal tip, long enough to pull snow off rooftops and hoods while standing beside the vehicle. That reach is the point. The alternative is someone standing on a running board or leaning across a hood, which is how dented panels and scratched paint happen on a lot in January.
Taller Vehicles
The large snow brush with ice scraper is 34-1/4in with a 9in head, sized for trucks, SUVs, and vans where a standard brush leaves the centre of the roof untouched. The combination head means one tool handles both snow and the ice underneath.
Ice
Snow brushes off; ice does not. The 42in deluxe telescopic snowbrush is a 2-in-1 with an ice chipping blade and a frost removal blade in a single head, and the telescoping handle extends for roof reach and retracts for storage. This is the tool for freezing rain and the hard layer that forms overnight after a thaw.
Quantity
The 22in economy snowbrush is compact with a 4in bear claw blade and priced so you can keep enough of them that every porter has one in hand rather than waiting for the good brush. On a lot with a hundred vehicles to clear, the constraint is how many people can work at once, not how good any single tool is.
Protecting Paint
Any brush pushed across a gritty surface can mark paint, on a dealership lot as much as anywhere. Brush loose snow off rather than pressing and dragging, clear the worst of the volume with the rake before a brush touches the panel, and keep scraper blades for glass rather than bodywork. On vehicles being prepared for delivery, finish with the California Car Duster or a proper wash rather than a brushed-off finish.
Related Service Supplies
See auto detailing supplies for washing and reconditioning after the thaw, safety and maintenance supplies for gloves and floor spill control, floor mats for the wet boots that follow snow into a vehicle, and all service department misc supplies.
