If you run a land clearing / forestry mulching business, you probably feel this: - Leads and jobs scattered across texts, Facebook, Jobber, your notebook - Guessing at pricing and hoping you didn’t underbid - No reliable way to see, “What’s booked and what’s actually hitting my bank in the next 30 days?” That’s exactly what drove me crazy in the early years running Bear Claw... Since then, we’ve been duct‑taping GoHighLevel, Jobber, and a bunch of spreadsheets together. It works, but it’s way harder than it should be. So this year I finally said: screw it, I’m building the software system I wish existed. What I’m building (and why you should care) Over the last few months, we’ve been building OPS ENGINE: The operating system I use to run a 7‑figure fire mitigation / land‑clearing business… turned into software you can plug into your business. -Profitable Pricing -Fast FB Lead Capture -Automatic Text/Email Follow Ups -CRM Sales Pipeline -Speed To Lead Tracking -Quoting, Scheduling, Invoicing -Payment Capture -Dashboard (with metrics that actually matter) OPS ENGINE is built for one purpose: Take a “guy with a machine” and turn him into the owner of a real, scalable land‑clearing business by saving time, automating repetitive tasks, and tracking the most important metrics. If you follow along, you’ll see exactly how we: - Price jobs using crew‑day math so you stop working for free - Capture every lead from FB Ads, website call, form submission into one clean pipeline - Automate follow‑up so bids don’t ghost and jobs don’t slip through the cracks - See jobs + expected cash 30 days ahead so you stop riding the feast‑or‑famine rollercoaster Last year I used these same systems to help a guy go from $0 to ~$150k/month in 6 months. I’m not sharing theory; this system was designed on what already works. What you get now (before it ever launches) OPS ENGINE is not public yet. Bear Claw will run on it first. Then OPS ACCELERATOR members

Here's a list of things to do if you're waiting for the snow to melt like I am! - Contact any customers from last year that might need work this year, get them in the pipeline - Make sure your equipment maintenance is up to date - Order shirts or other merch your crew is going to need this year - Reorganize and clean up the tools in your truck/trailer/machine - Check the tire pressure on all your tires and top them up - Make sure you've got what ever spare parts will get you up and running faster in the field (For me this is a few specific hydraulic hoses that take a lot of abuse) - Update the profiles on your various socials, post whatever content you can muster to get the algorithms warmed up - Check all your insurance policies, make sure you've got appropriate coverage and check around to see if you can get better pricing That's all I've got for now. What other ideas can you guys come up with?

Like a lot of you I'm a one man band here so that means marketing, phones, maintenance, etc on top of actually operating the machine. I really don't want to be driving all over the place at random moments to meet people for estimate appointments so I just do a whole bunch of appointments 1 day a week or 1 day every other week. I'll accumulate up to 10 qualified leads and then plan out 1 day where I drive around to all of them. It's totally common for that route to be 130+ miles. Planning out this trek used to be a huge headache until I found Spoke. It's a mobile app designed for delivery drivers, plug in the list of your addresses and any time constraints for each and it will map out a route for you and give you arrival times. I then take those arrival times and give the customer a specific time that I'll arrive. I plan a max of 30 minutes for each meeting which is a setting in the app. If a customer can only meet after or before a certain time you can plug that in and it will work around it. It will also accommodate a lunch break if you want. Also the base version is free and I don't find that I need any of the features that come with the paid version :)

one of my friend's older brother was operating a forestry mulcher on his ranch in Texas apparently the machine caught fire and nearly killed him I don't know many details other than it's a miracle he made it to the hospital.... wanted to share in this group for two reasons: 1. It's a good reminder to respect these machines and take proper safety measures every time you operate. We also have a responsibility as leaders to make sure to have proper safety measures in place for our crews. good reminder to take the necessary time each day to keep your machines free & clear of debris and allow them proper time to cool down 2. Please keep Jordan in your thoughts and prayers as he is in critical condition things like this put life in perspective... a good reminder to not take anything for granted as any day could be our last hug your wife & kids extra tonight and much appreciation ahead of time for anyone who takes time to say a prayer for Jordan's recovery 🙏

Hey all, I'm needing some guidance on how to do "Market Research" for a service. I have a personal skid loader for projects around my place. I am wanting to start doing some side work but I'm not sure where the need is at? We have several excavation and smaller owner/ ops in the area. I live in a rural/ ag led area where everyone has a tractor and bucket. I'm wanting to get specific. Nearest rental is over 30 minutes away one way so I'd like to invest in the attachments as needed so I can start promoting the service. Any help would be greatly appreciated.