| After graduating high school I realized that | | | | branches, trimming hedges, and edging lawns |
| college wasn't for me. I wasn't interested | | | | we're covered in grass, leaves, dirt and |
| in writing papers, attending lectures and | | | | sweat. Even though we expect our truck to |
| burning the midnight oil at the library. For | | | | get dirty, nothing's worse then having to |
| me, there was just one interest - running my | | | | spend everyday driving around in your own |
| own business. So that's exactly what I did. | | | | filth. Our interior was disgusting; |
| | | | constantly get caked with mud and grass. |
| It all started with a truck. I bought a used | | | | With the new floor mats, we could just pull |
| red and white 1992 Ford F150 off some old man | | | | out the mess, hose them down and be good to |
| that lived down the street from me. He cut | | | | go. |
| me a good deal because he wasn't able to get | | | | |
| in and out of it anymore. It wasn't the best | | | | A few years have passed since those days of |
| looking girl at the party - had dings all | | | | driving around in a beat up f150. We ended |
| over it, some rust spots and a bent bumper - | | | | up buying two new trucks. We each have a |
| but it got the job done. What really sold me | | | | 2007 F250 with trailers for our gear. We |
| on it was the big bed. From lawnmowers to | | | | have also hired more workers to accommodate |
| rakes, the back of this truck held pretty | | | | all the business we get. Our crew now |
| much everything I needed. That was until my | | | | consists of 10 workers and we have expanded |
| business started to take off. | | | | our services to include snow plowing during |
| | | | the winter months. |
| Word started getting around that I did a good | | | | |
| job so my I started getting a lot more | | | | But guess what? We still have our ladder |
| business. The problem now was that I needed | | | | racks on the back and sturdy floor mats in |
| to expand. That's one thing my grandpa | | | | the cab. Even though we keep expanding, we |
| always told me. "You gotta keep growing. If | | | | will always use these "bread and butter" |
| you don't, you're dead in the water." So I | | | | items. You'll be surprised how helpful these |
| took pops advice and hired a partner. He | | | | items can be. Like this one time, Jerry |
| didn't have a truck but he was ready to work | | | | sliced his hand wide open on one of the chain |
| hard and owned lot of equipment. That huge | | | | saws. Blood was pouring out of him like the |
| f150 bed didn't seem so big anymore. What | | | | Colorado River rapids. I quickly wrapped a |
| was once an empty metal storage area suddenly | | | | towel around his hand, shoved him in the |
| seemed a lot smaller. | | | | truck, and sped to the hospital. When we |
| | | | finally got there, the floor in front of him |
| We knew we had to do something about our | | | | was covered in blood. Luckily, most of the |
| overflowing tools so we invested in a ladder | | | | liquid was contained in the floor liner. I |
| rack, which worked out great. It could hold | | | | was able to dump the blood out of my truck |
| all of our ladders, long tree saws and any | | | | without staining the interior and you can |
| other oversized equipment we needed. We also | | | | barely see it now. These staples have saved |
| invested in a nice set of Husky floor liners. | | | | our butts many times, just thought I'd let |
| After spending 4 hours outside cutting | | | | you guys know. |