Three in the morning in Ypsilanti has a sound all its own — a diesel turning over in the cold, the scrape of a blade finding pavement two streets away. C & L Snow plowing Auto Mechanic Work belongs to that hour, running snow plowing, driveway and walk clearing, and salting through the long stretch between December and the last stubborn March squall. Trucks that work a Michigan winter get used hard, and there is real pleasure in machinery that starts when it is asked. Every route is a list of people who need to be somewhere by seven, and the list gets finished. By sunrise the drives are open, the salt is down, and the town goes about its day without thinking about it once.