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On one of the other Ownr Ops pages I was reading they recommend seeing how many other companies offer forestry mulching / fire mitigation, as a service, with 50 miles of your location. How many of you did this and what did you find? I'm trying to figure out if my area is oversaturated. Thanks in advance.
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My area is "oversaturated". I have probably 7 different guys that are doing it within a 20 mile radius of me. However.... none of them are advertising on fb like I'm doing (like we're taught here in this group). That's why i pulled the trigger on this thing. I tested the market before I bought, and I'm having fun just trying to keep up with all the work.
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@Matt McGowan South Alabama
My 1st 3 full weeks of business running Facebook ads
I'm writing to you guys about this win, because I think some of you need to hear it. You need to hear that this business is real and you can do it if you follow the plan that @Austin Gray laid out so perfectly for us. Follow it and do exactly what he says. You just need to act. Cowboy up, and start buckin. Disclaimer: I have a full-time management job in aviation, so any of this new business idea stuff has to be weekends and afternoons. So keep that in mind while you read this. 5 weeks ago, I had nothing but a plan. No machine, no mulcher, no money. Nothing. I knew i had a small bonus from work coming, so I'd use that as ad money and operating capital. But I started with nothing. But I knew I could do this. I came across OwnrOps on YouTube and started soaking everything up. And I mean I watched it all. Luckily I didn't join any fb groups first, because I probably wouldn't have taken the leap. Most of that crowd is made up of losers and dream busters anyway. I watched all of Austin's starter info and got more excited and pumped the deeper I dove. I finally messaged Austin and asked him if he thought running ads without a machine and booking jobs was a good idea to test my market and my resolve. Well... the first 3 days of running ads, I booked 3 jobs from 4 leads. I was HOOKED. It was thrilling. Here I am... no machine and I'm scheduling jobs. Crazy, right!?! 😆 I needed to see if I could prove my business case to myself, and if it was worth me going and buying a machine. I thought, well... if I can book 3 jobs in 3 days from 4 leads, I'm good to go! So I did. I got financed (easier than financing a 30k car, which was scary) and bought a machine that costs more than my first house. Nuts, right?! It was going great for the first 5 days, then boom! I got stalled by fb- I started running ads 5 weeks ago, but Facebook shut me down for 2 weeks due to card verification problems. So truly my ads have only been spending for 3 solid weeks. Since they started spending, almost everyday I've been quoting jobs after my 9-5. Sometimes 3 and 4 in an afternoon.
My 1st 3 full weeks of business running Facebook ads
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@David Whitcraft Video ads only. I've never done a still ad. I asked a friend to borrow some footage until I had my own, then quickly reshot it with my equipment. My secret sauce is using the simple format that Austin laid out in all the material. Stick to it and don't deviate
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@Matt McGowan the first thing I did, was build a website with squarespace. It's not great, just ok. But it's there. I drove the ads to a Facebook form. If they filled it out, I got all the info via text using Napier. I use jobber for all of my business side paperwork. Their AI stuff can help with that, or draft one up using chat gpt. @Austin Gray is developing an AI tool that may be useful for that. We'll see tomorrow morning on the live stream. Maybe log in and ask him that question.
AI
Wondering how to use AI in your land clearing business? here’s what @Jacob Neffendorf and I have been working on behind the scenes... This Friday morning we’re doing a live session to show you ClearPath – the first AI advisor built specifically for land‑clearing and mulching owners. Between the two of us, we’ve: - Built 7 figure businesses in this niche - Worked directly with 400+ land‑clearing / mulching companies - Had 15,000+ calls/training videos, quotes, and conversations in this niche - Run millions in ad spend and built the systems to scale operators throughout the U.S. ClearPath is trained on that data plus the exact systems we use every day. You’ll be able to sit down, type in your question, and get an answer that actually makes sense for our world. Examples: - “How should I price my jobs?” - “What should I text a homeowner who ghosted me after a site visit?” - “I’m booked out 5 weeks… should I raise prices or add another crew?” - “My phone slowed down this week. What’s the fastest way to fill the pipeline again?” What’s happening on Friday's Livestream Date: Friday, April 24Time: 7:00 a.m. Mountain / 8:00 a.m. Central Where: https://youtube.com/@theownerop On the live, we’ll: - Show you how the AI tool actually works - Ask ClearPath AI real questions from you so it can answer in real time - Open up 100 Founding Seats for the first guys who want in (with a Fast Action Bonus) If you’ve ever wished you could text someone who’s seen hundreds of land‑clearing businesses and just ask “what should I do here?”… that’s what this is If you want the live link and first shot at a Founding 100 seat... post "AI" in the comments below Talk soon, Austin OWNR OPS P.S. Jacob from Rise (the guy running all the land‑clearing ads you see) and I trained this AI together so you get both sides: operations + marketing in one brain.
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@Jeff Shelton it's super exciting, huh?! I still can't believe I own a machine and I'm actually doing this successfully. I'm literally living this dream. @Austin Gray is a blessing to hard- working American men, that are risk takers and mulch makers.
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Zero Skid Steer Experience
Hi everybody. My name is Bryan and I am starting a Land clearing business with my brother. I am more the admin side and he is operating side but I need experience operating when we scale or my brother can’t operate. My brother won’t be fully retired from the military until Nov 2027 so he is only available part time. I don’t want to wait launching the company because of how fast this niche business is growing. Is they’re a better option other than renting a machine and mulcher head to get some hours in?
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@Bryan Ohlsen when you do that free work that William advised (good advice), make sure you get a 5 star Google review out of it. You definitely need to learn how to operate, but it's not hard. You'll have it down pat in an hour and you'll love it. The trick is, knowing what to avoid and keeping yourself from breaking the machine. That takes time. I blew a hyd line, wrapped a chain- link fence, and an old piece of outdoor carpet around my drum within the first 30 hours of run time.
Small residential jobs.
Do you guys price these out and still use your regular skidsteer. Since im still in the renting equipment phase, should I buy a smaller mulcher for these types of jobs? Or skip them entirely. Thanks. 🙏
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How small are you talking? I don't book anything i can't do with the mulcher I already have. Know your day and half day rate. I don't move equipment for less than my minimum. I'm earning great money on these smaller jobs tho. So if you charge enough, it can be very much worth it.
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Josh Reaper
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Owner Reaper Field and Forest

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Joined Feb 17, 2026
Spanish Fort, Alabama
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