Equipment World Digital Magazine
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To get to the trucks to where the drilling pads are built, Doss chains them to a dozer and drags them up the steep inclines. November 2014 | EquipmentWorld.com 50 contractor of the year | continued erpillar salesman and began what turned into a series of discussions about the equipment he would need to reach his goals. Dwaine says that this partnership was one of the keys to helping him take his company to the next level. "I could not have done it, I could not have come this far,had it not been for Cat and my Cat salesper- son," he says. What Doss needed and Cat provided, was a deep-dive analysis of the type of equipment required to go after this market and how to deploy a much larger and more expensive fl eet in a way that would be profi table. He also needed to learn how to structure his business to be able to work and succeed in this high-speed, high stakes busi- ness. To meet the demands of the drilling companies, Doss needed a big fl eet and the ability to attack jobs with the speed and effi ciency demanded of investors who sink millions of dollars into each and every one of these deep wells and fracking operations. Today Doss Enterprises works almost exclusively for the energy and drilling companies, building contain- ment ponds, drill- ing pads, access roads, and com- pressor pads. No excuses Shale gas, frack- ing wells … this is the big leagues. Excuses or machine downtime won't cut it. The when the drilling rigs arrive, they come barreling in on dozens of oversize 18-wheelers. These trucks are often dragged to the top of mountains using big dozers because trucks and truck engines don't have the trac- tion or torque to pull such heavy loads up steep grades. And when the rigs get to the top of the moun- tain, the drilling pads, the acres of generators and, the big containment ponds better be ready. "I've known Dwaine for seven or eight years now," says Shawn Ben- nett, Antero Resources, "and every company I've worked for I've asked Dwaine to come in and help. He's one of those contractors you can put on a site and you don't have to wor- ry about him. He always takes care of his equipment. It's always in good working order. There are never any issues with anything breaking down. There isn't anything I've asked Dwaine to do that he hasn't done in a satisfying manner. He's top notch on safety, he's honest, he has a qual- ity product and he's on time – the most important things." "He's the kind of guy you can sit down with and talk and whatever Dwaine tells you, you can take to the bank," says Bob Johns, World Wide Equipment. "Dwaine always does what he tells you he's going to do and the customers love him Dwaine's brother in law (left) Rodney Somerville, is the company's chief operating offi cer and second in com- mand. His wife Claudia Doss is the offi ce manager.