Hello everybody, what a joy and blessing it is to be a part of this group and witness so many testimonies of lives being changed by growing great businesses. Thank you to Austin and all the time and effort he has poured into us all. The fruits show. I started building a website for fire mitigation January 27th of 2025. After a year of humming and hawing and beating back the what if's I found Ownr Ops. In the spring of 2026, I finally launched the website, found insurance, and built a google business profile. My first booked job was May 7th. Since May of 2026 I have quoted $170,917 of residential/homeowner work and 1 corporate quote of $575,000. Of the residential/homeowner work I have closed $67,297 for a 57% close rate. The corporate quote never reached back out after many attempts lol. I do run Facebook ads but much of my work has been through my website and google profile. Half of the jobs have been fire mitigation by hand, and I have had some mulcher work as well. I currently rent all of my equipment I use other than my truck, trailers, and chainsaws. It's been a blast and I have been able to complete this all while still working my W2. Thank you, Austin, for showing that an average joe can do this and be successful while providing amazing work to customers. Now for equipment questions. I am currently building a quote for a customer on 120 acres 40 of which we will complete in phase 1. Lots of dead and down timber and small aspen groves to be removed. We will be working on anywhere from a 10-30% slope. I really do not want to be running a compact skid loader on 20+% slope so am looking into renting an FAE PT175 to run the slopes. Does anybody have experience running one of these larger machines that you can tie off to trees on slope? The other option would be to run a tracked chipper and excavator to pull out all the down timber and chip on site above or below the slope, does anybody have experience purchasing one of these tracked chipper and their capability on slope? My final thought would be to potentially purchase an older skidder to pull out the downed timber using chokers and grapple the timber it can drive to. This all feels a little over my ability but the only way to learn and grow is to figure it out and money is made in the problem solving. Thanks in advance for any input!

@Chris Leeck asked about apps here’s the simple stack I’d use if I had to start over tomorrow. 1. The Brain: Claude (AI) Claude is what I’m building all my AI agents with. It’s running a huge chunk of my business right now. - Writes and codes - Pulls data from Jobber + GoHighLevel - Builds reports and dashboards - Runs daily / weekly checklists - Helps run our marketing team You can get started for ~20–30 bucks a month, and there’s a beefier plan (the one I use) that can handle code, spreadsheets, and more. If you want a deeper breakdown of how I’ve wired Claude into Bear Claw + OWNR OPS, comment CLAUDE below and drop your questions. I’ll build this week’s live stream around it. 2. The Must-Have App: Jobber Jobber is what we use for: - Quoting - Scheduling - Invoicing - Time tracking (we sync timesheets into Gusto for payroll) I’ve used it since day one at Bear Claw. It’s the app I recommend if you’re not “techy” and your crew isn’t either. - Way simpler than trying to run everything in GoHighLevel - Way easier to train field guys on - Handles the ops side so you can focus on selling and doing the work If you want to grab it using my link you can get a free trial & discount code here: go.getjobber.com/ownrops At the time I recorded this, Jobber was running a 40% off promo (depending on when you view it, it could be already back down to 20% — I don't have any say when they run/change these promos fyi) Check that link for whatever their current deal is and take advantage if it’s live. 3. The Rest Of The Stack (Nice-To-Haves) - GoHighLevel / OWNR OPS snapshot – Marketing, leads, and automation. - OnX – Mapping and acreage estimation. - Zapier – Glue between everything (FB → text to your phone, Jobber ↔ GoHighLevel, etc.). - Gusto – Payroll + benefits (syncs with Jobber timesheets). - Google Workspace – Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, quick video edits, plus Google’s AI (Gemini)

Since steering head on into my business late February here are some of my numbers so far. Leads - 5 Qoutes - 3 totaling $56K Converted jobs- 2 with 50% down These have come from my website and next door app. I have videos ready to launch facebook ads but I can't get my card to be verified yet so I am still working on that. Hoping the leads flow in once facebook ads start running and I can figure out which ads are working best. Still working my W2 amidst this. One step closer to my monthly target, thanks for all the help from Austin and inspiration from you all.

I am a starter with $0 3 month average. In 90 days I will enjoy a monthly target of 15k. Doing this to grow a business for my family.

If you own a land clearing / forestry mulching business and you’re under $20k/month, start here. In July, 12 operators we work with booked $585,000 of work using this playbook. This group shows you how to run the same system. Do this in order: 1. Watch the Start Here video Then come back to this post. 2. Introduce yourself in the comments Copy/paste and fill in: Name City / State Machines Current monthly revenue 12‑month target Biggest bottleneck (pricing, leads, closing, schedule, or crew) 3. Do the Pricing Blueprint Workshop Go to Classroom → Start Here → Pricing Blueprint Workshop Watch “Stop Losing Money On Jobs” Fill out the worksheet under the video Then comment your numbers: “Crew day rate: $, Minimum job: $” 4. Watch 2–3 case studies Still in Classroom, open Case Studies Watch 2–3 that look most like you 5. Start the Kickstarter Mini Training Go to Classroom → Kickstarter Mini Training Work through the modules in order If you already own a real machine and want the exact playbook guys like JT used to hit $172,500 in July, Colby used to hit his first $200k month, and Hayden used to hit $85k first month after getting his machine, then: Book Your OPS Game Plan Call here and we'll map out a plan for your market