Plainville Pump & Excavating Inc.

About Plainville Pump & Excavating Inc.

Four in the morning in February, Route 106 empty and blue, and the plow lights are the only thing moving between here and the Wrentham line. Plainville Pump & Excavating Inc. handles the snow end of things: plowing driveways and lots, clearing walkways, and spreading salt and sand so the surface underneath is safe by the time the town wakes. There is granite ledge close under this ground and the frost gets into everything, so a good push takes the storm off cleanly and leaves room for whatever comes next. The best part of the work is invisible — somebody backs out at 6:40 without a second thought, gets where they're going, and never knows what the night looked like. Then the sky goes gray at the edges and the trucks head in.