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All In The Family - For Sonny Hale Backhoe Service, JonDel Construction And Hale & Sons
For years Sonny and Jon Hale worked with their dad Delano and brother Jeff at Hale & Sons, a residential plumbing contractor. But Sonny’s love of operating big equipment and Jon’s desire for more excitement and a more hands on experience, led them both to strike out on their own. Sonny operates Sonny Hale’s Backhoe Services, both a rental and contract excavating business. Jon operates JonDel Construction, an underground wet utilities installation company that also completes masonry, brick paver and concrete work. Sonny has been operating his company for about 15 years and Jon has been in business since 1989. |
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Mark's Bobcat & Services, Inc. - Appreciates Working With Long-term Clients
For the twenty years that Mark Wyckoff has been in business for himself, operating as Mark’s Bobcat & Services, Inc., the key to keeping busy has been hooking up with some great general contractors that use Mark’s services over and over again. He’s been fortunate to do quite a bit of repeat business over the years with West Coast Air, Jaynes Corporation and Healey Construction, all of which he says are “real good companies.” |
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Rock Climbing hobby - Leads To Establishment Of Quality
Ken Koster moved to Hawaii right out of high school. While there, he took up the hobby of rock climbing and was hooked. When he moved back to Santa Barbara in 1985, he began working in the nursery industry, getting his fix for climbing by climbing and trimming trees instead. As he worked, he began to become convinced of the importance of trees in taking care of the environment and started learning more about them, joining the International Society of Horticulture. |
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Laan's Recycling Resources - Clears Nearly Two-Thirds Of Citrus Grove For New Development In Temecula
John Laan has been in the tree trimming, removal, and stump grinding service for 30 years, 22 of which have been on his own as Laan's Tree Service. More recently he added Laan's Recycling Resources, which specializes in mobile clearing, grinding, recycling and/or removal of green waste for commercial and residential land development and improvement. |
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Wayne Eply Backhoe - Forty Years As Backhoe Operator Has Taught Wayne Eply Just About Everything
Wayne Epley has just about done it all in his nearly 40 years in the business as a backhoe owner/operator. He began work as a backhoe operator right out of high school, working for a company in San Gabriel that owned eight backhoes. When the company decided to move to South Carolina, Wayne bought one of the backhoes and started doing business as Wayne Epley Backhoe. |
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Mike McClaran - Builds Successful Business In Second Career As Loader/Backhoe Owner/Operator
Starting your own business as a second career may not be the easiest thing for some people to do, but for Mike McClaran, it has worked out for the best. When Mike started work as an owner/operator 20 years ago, doing business as McClaran Equipment, Inc., it wasn’t the typical start-up story. Mike had no background in construction, and at that time was working at TRW Inc., a global manufacturing and service company that provides high technology and engineering products and services to the aerospace and other industries. |
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OB Chambers - Puts 25 years Of Experience Into Every Job He Completes
OB Chambers is a true owner/operator who owns three excavators—manning the equipment himself—and has one laborer working with him on his projects. He’s spent 30 years in the construction industry, the last 25 as an owner/operator. |
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BMF Construction - Focuses On Underground Utility Installation, Grading And Excavation
For the past six years, Mike Flynn has been doing business as BMF (By Mike Flynn) Construction. But his experience with equipment began as a boy on his family ranch where he started operating a D8T Caterpillar track-type tractor for plowing and disking when he was 10 years old. |
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Hook Service Crane & Rigging Inc. - Never Seen A Job It Can't Do
His story is similar to many others in the construction industry today. When he was just a 5-year-old boy, Scott Hale would sit on his dad’s lap and, with his dad’s help, run the crane. |
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Landshark Grading, Inc. - Family And Friends Make Company A Resounding Success
Landshark Grading, Inc.’s owner/operator, Armando “Spanky” Cobarrubio credits his family, friends and business associates for the company’s success. “As a single parent, my children have taught their father more than I have taught them,” said Armando. “They have been the inspiration and force behind my starting the company.” |
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Asher Equipment Rental - Part Of The Team Bringing Down Buildings With Skill and Efficienc At L.A. Air Force Base
Asher Equipment Rental is part of the team bringing down a series of office and administration buildings at the former Air Force Base located in El Segundo near LAX. This is a major project for the owner/operator company. “A long job generally takes us a month,” said David Brown, owner/ operator of Asher Equipment Rental. |
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SJR Bobcat Service Excavation Co. - Takes Extreme Excavation To The Limit
Sean Riviera grew up in the construction business. His father, Joe, was a successful contractor who owned his own construction company. During the summers Sean would work for his father. It was Joe who taught Sean how to handle and operate heavy equipment. |
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Cartwright Pipeline Construction- Racing Toward Success
Darin Cartwright feels that his company stands out among the competition because of his slightly larger machines and the amount of in-house equipment available for each job. Read on to see what makes this owner/operator so successful. |
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MaxwellÕs Backhoe, Inc.- Timing Is Everything
There is a saying that ÒTiming is Everything.Ó Such is the case with MaxwellÕs Backhoe Inc., founded, operated and owned by Randy Maxwell. |
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EWC Tractor Service- Practice Makes Perfect
As is often the case, many individuals enter into construction as a result of small projects in a somewhat related field. A strong work ethic is often fashioned at a young age and Eric Mora, owner of EWC Tractor Service had his fair share of early construction. |
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Newkirk Backhoe Inc.- No Breaks For The Successful
The original Newkirk family business was brisk enough to enthrall two additional generations of Newkirk men and today, their corporation called, Newkirk Backhoe Inc., is a highly oiled rental service machine where the cell phones are never turned off. |
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Ron W. Kupka Backhoe Service- Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
Ron W. Kupka is no ordinary owner/operator, but an individual who likes to show off a little, is proud of his machinery and is doubly proud of the work he does. |
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Sludgebusters, Inc. - The Fine Art of Underground Construction
Not many individuals would consider digging trenches, holes and various other abysmal dirt-related cavities to be art, but Ed Kapelczak of Sludgebusters Inc. feels very strongly the opposite. |
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