Today we’d like to introduce you to Mason Mullins.
Hi Mason, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I started running equipment young, maybe 7 or 8 years old. We have a family ranch in between Hondo and Bandera, we a descent amount of equipment out there. I remember being on a big front end loader while my dad was blading windrows and I’d be scooping them up for him and dumping it on a dam we were rebuilding. I couldn’t sit down because my legs couldn’t reach the pedals, so I had to stand. Fast forward 10 years I started working for a septic company and I was always on bigger pieces properties. I was able to prove myself on a piece of equipment to the land owners and so I started asking them if they needed stuff done you know maybe some roads here some clear here stock tank there you know things of that nature. I must’ve been 19 years old and I bought my first skid loader. It was only a $20,000 machine but I still had to finance it. Obviously that was broke. My dad helped me out with a trailer a little bit so I had everything I needed really just to get started and so what I did I worked you know a full-time job and after work I’d get off work about 58 5 PM then after I’ll go and work at these jobs until dark you know 2 to 3 hours Then every weekend I’ve worked that machine Saturday Sunday and then every day after work I never I didn’t have a life that way, but I was making really good money and I’ll get my name out there and so it kinda is one thing went to another people started calling me. I had a guy named Trenton hoarder That he was kind of my token into quitting my daily job and going out on my own. he was a developer that had these big jobs. I was just I mean ideal I would you know clear lot lines on these. You know a couple hundred acre place and and I would I would contract a defensing out you know so I make money on that and do all the driveway is clear and you know name it if that was real good for the first couple years I mean, I made a lot of money. I did very well for myself and then he got to stop by and lands and everything dried up with that, but now now things have gotten a little slow again and we’re making it slowly but surely, but he’s out of the picture now so
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It has not been a smooth road. It’s been a very bumpy road and it very unsure Road. First year and a half two years of business were actually outstanding. I think I had it just this is all my invoices. I think I well over well over half 1 million my first year of being self-employed and I must’ve been 24 then my second and third year came, and I kinda used up a lot of my contacts and I mean you know where to you know for so long until you gotta run out of your contacts right so I maybe invoiced for maybe like 40 50,000 that next year had to sell my Dozer which I almost had paid for yeah I was just got real real behind on payments and I was just barely scraping by barely
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
Specialize in land services so I do clearing a build roads I built stock tanks. Thanks for that nature. I’m really known for my road to do. I do really good roads. I build the long ones and build good ones, and they last they don’t they don’t wash. I’ve been on road built. I haven’t washed a bit in five years so that’s something that stands out to people. Another thing that stands out is my clear and whatever I clear it just dress it up real nice in need and I mean, I won’t stop until it’s exactly the way I want it. I’m very particular about my finish work and I figured my name is printed on it. The thing that I most proud of for one was hitting my five year mark that was that was a pretty big pretty big deal that was that was a tough five years. I’ll have to say I’m proud of proud of my equipment. I’m very proud of my work. I take a lot of pride in my work. The thing that gives me my highs are seeing people‘s reaction whenever I have a I finish a job because I’ve never once in my life had anybody not like what I did and nobody made me go back in and do a better job that’s never been the case for me. I’ve always it’s always been Top-notch the best I can do always no matter it was for. I’d say that that says me apart for sure. I’m never late. I’m always on time. I do what I say. I’m gonna do and I generally blow it out or knock it out of the park you know like I do more than more than what they expect, my finished product is always always seems to be I thought
What do you like best about our city? What do you like least?
The place it’s got a little busy for me. I kind of prefer to stay on the outskirts down and not not inside the middle of the town, but that’s just me and well obviously for what kind of work I have that I do the things that I like the most is for the most part I guess pretty friendly you know there’s a lot of convenient things lots of good food and the things that I don’t like well I really don’t like being in the city at all so I mean those that I don’t like all the people. I’m more of a I just like my space that way.
Pricing:
- Clearing $135 per hr with skid steer
- Clearing $175 per hour with a dozer
- Every 200ft of rd $1,000
- 830-328-3684
Contact Info:
- Website: 830-328-3684
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