05/25/2026
A few years ago, about a year before I started my business, I made my mind up I was gonna try this on my own. I had heard that saying, “put your vision on paper and your feet will follow,” so I wrote everything down on a piece of paper and hung it on the refrigerator. Starting the LLC, getting the rig truck, building machines, contracts, tools, everything. The list just kept going.
That same year was probably the hardest year I ever had. I took loss after loss. Fell behind on bills. Things didn’t work out like I thought they would. I got to the point where I couldn’t even check one thing off that paper. Finally I pulled it off the refrigerator because I got tired of looking at it.
Going into the new year I went back to work for a company I had worked for in the beginning, and it didn’t even involve welding. I was ready to take a whole different path and just give it up.
But something kept telling me to buy that welding truck. I had saved some money up, talked it over with my wife, got us both on the same page, and we went and bought it. I did one job for somebody, then his friend called me, then another one called me, and it just kept rolling like a domino effect. From there I just kept digging in and figuring it out as I went.
Now I’ve got multiple machines, a rig truck, contracts under my belt, and steady work coming in. I’m grateful for where I’m at because I remember starting with nothing but a little welder generator on a trailer.
You hear stories like this all the time, and it makes me wonder where I’ll be a few years from now. But for now I’m just thankful and focused on keeping everything rolling.
