Mahoning Valley - With several inches to over a foot of snow throughout the valley, those plowing the driveways and streets are working extra hard to make sure people are able to leave their homes.

In fact, when driving through the snow covered roads, plows can be seen on nearly every street. Some companies are getting dozens of phone calls and texts a day from businesses and homeowners. 

Our 21 News crew took a ride with Tyler Dietz, the owner of Dietz Earthworks LLC to see how they clear the snow.

Dietz told 21 News he received over 100 calls just over the weekend, and has been at work all day.

“Today, we've probably had at least 30 to 40 calls. We have a lot of crews out all day doing multiple things, from condo associations to residential properties to commercials,” said Dietz.

Dante Dechelli, who's been working with Dietz for years, said it's been nonstop since the storm hit the valley. 

“We get people calling for driveways all day, while we're still doing these, trying to get them done,” said Dechelli. “No sleep. But I mean, as you see, we have to get the job done either way, and a lot to do right now, because we're not used to this kind of snowfall. Actually, [the snowfall is] the biggest one we've had.”

With the snow being inches deep, it’s taking hours of work from people with plows to clean the way. Dechelli said the company was also unable to pre-salt the driveways and parking lots because of the snowfall. 

Dietz said it's also a lot for the equipment to handle.

“Sometimes you fight a battle of the equipment breaking, you know, hard snow to push and even, like right now, where we get to a point where we're having trouble finding places to put snow,” said Dietz. “It has definitely been a battle. But, you know, thankfully, we've gotten cold temps to keep the snow nice and fluffy, so it doesn't put too much of a stress on the equipment, but it's definitely hard to keep open some of these businesses when you're getting put down with, you know, a good amount of snow at once.”

Others are using their day off to help other clear driveways by hand. Gage Nicholson and his friend had the day off of work because of the weather, and decided to make a post to Facebook offering to shovel driveways.

Since they posted, their phones have not stopped ringing.

“It's looking like we're gonna be out here until dark, so we're gonna be all day, all night, and then probably in the tomorrow, trying to help people out and get out of their driveways and whatnot,” said Nicholson. “Work got called off, so we're out here doing more work.”

Because of the amount of snow, some plowing and shoveling jobs are taking over an hour to complete.