When lake-effect bands come inland off Lake Michigan overnight, Grant can wake to six inches nobody planned for. Pit Crew answers that with plowing, shoveled walks and salt at the doors, working the dark hours so a driveway is open before the alarm goes off. In summer the pace changes but the habit does not — mowing on a set week, trimming, edging, and cleanups at both ends of the season. Quick, tidy turns are the point: in and out, everything squared, nothing left in the street. Around here the year swings hard, and the trucks simply change what they carry.