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We’re currently running at full capacity. With two machines doing nothing but forestry mulching, our max revenue is $70,000 per month—and we’re there. We’re booked out through October and will be through the end of the season, which ends in November. Each machine can bring in around $35,000 per...

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Sam I Am1 year ago

If you had another machine, would you be able to hit the 35k/month?

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Alex B1 year ago

Good question. Yes, but another machine would require a lot more investment. Another truck, trailer, and more shop space. If I have 3, I can support 4 with a second truck and trailer.

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Hunter Weiss1 year ago

Do you market and sell this as brush fire prevention with pain points around risk of losing your home in wildfires? There’s a company in San Diego that has a very unique angle and they zip code target brush fire areas

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Jared B1 year ago

Had you done this kind of work before? Or how did you learn the trade before jumping in?

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Alex B1 year ago

We had never done anything remotely close to this. We just got the machine, bought a truck that can haul it from my by business partner’s brother for $8k, got our first job, and showed up. We had to have the Bobcat sales rep show us how to turn it on. We’ve gotten pretty damn good with it now.

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Price F1 year ago

Time to add a third machine?

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Alex B1 year ago

We could honestly run 10 pretty easily, but we’re still new, so it takes time to build up the cash to expand.

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Mobile Scanner1 year ago

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Chris Rempel1 year ago

What do your gross margins look like? Ballpark (Revenue minus equipment, supplies, wages/contractors, fuel etc)

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Alex B1 year ago

We hover around 40% profit margin. Biggest expense is equipment repair, service, and depreciation. We're new still, in our second year. Almost all of that is being reinvested into growth. We could easily keep 10 machines running every day in our market, but it takes time to build enough cash to reinvest into increased capacity.

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Acquisizioni1 year ago

What is forestry mulching? Who are your clients? What do you do with the mulch? How often do they need repairs? Need a license to operate? If booked so far out does that mean time to raise prices? How many real competitors in your market ?

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