Kraus Property Services

About Kraus Property Services

Blue Creek runs quiet through the country east of Shepherd, mostly frozen at the edges by January and just barely moving down the middle, and the small bridges crossing it mark the turns where Kraus Property Services' plow routes bend toward another string of farmhouses. Evening is when this crew clears driveways here, working after the day's irrigation and feeding chores are done and while there's still enough daylight left to see a hidden culvert or a mailbox post under a drift. The valley goes still fast once the sun drops behind the farthest tree line, temperatures falling quickly enough that a wet driveway at 5 p.m. can be an ice sheet by 7. Getting ahead of that freeze means plowing snow off to bare gravel or asphalt rather than leaving a packed layer to harden overnight. By full dark, headlights sweeping the last driveway on the route, Shepherd's scattered farms are set for whatever the temperature does next.