The lots out along Bowes Road sit wide and empty at three in the morning, which is exactly when they need clearing. Red rock property maintenance runs the plow and the spreader through those hours, cutting lanes across the asphalt and opening the walks before the first car pulls in. Elgin winters do their real damage in the thaw and refreeze, since a lot that drained by noon can be glass by six, so the treatment goes down with that in mind. A property that opens on time in a snowstorm looks like nothing happened at all, which is the highest compliment this work gets.