There's more than one perspective here. As someone who unashamedly uses a service for driveway plowing:

Sure, we could buy a tractor or a plow for our truck. All of which would mean we sent our money out of state/paid a corporation/paid interest on a loan for years. We'd also then have to service, maintain, and safely operate said equipment, all of which is a bit of a learning curve.

Or...crazy idea...we could pay our neighbor, who provides a service for a living, and keep him and his money in state. Even if one time he got stuck in our driveway and had to come back with more equipment, or if one time he booked a vacation (probably months in advance) and gambled wrong about the big storms being over for the year.

We would expect notice that he was gonna be gone...but FFS people. OP isn't asking for a handout, they're trying to hire a professional.