Equipment World Digital Magazine
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June 2015 | EquipmentWorld.com 90 to college, earning a business degree. After working for another company for more than a year, Wylie came back to J. Pettiecord. "It was the best decision," he says. "Jeff and I compliment each other, and we see things from different perspectives, which is good." Adds Pettiecord: "He's been a fantastic asset to the company." Clients are raving fans of this leadership team. "Pettiecord is one of the most professional, easy to deal with, and outstanding firms we've ever worked with," says Darren Fife with engineering firm Barker Lemar. "They stand out for their level of detail, expertise and quality of work." "Jeff is the most ethical contractor I know," says client Tom Norcross with Jim Hawk Trailers. "We spent $1.8 million tearing down our office and rebuilding it. Jeff did the demo and dirt work and I had him do it without a bid. I knew he'd treat me right. When the bill came in, it was just what I expected." Seven-bay shop J. Pettiecord's slate of heavy work requires massive amounts of equip- ment. The company has a seven- bay shop and seven technicians. "We keep our mechanics busy year around," Pettiecord says, adding that "you can throw anything at" mechanics Todd Johnson and Dave Phillips. "They are just phenomenal." J. Pettiecord's fleet includes three horizontal grinders, 25 excavators, six dozers, five wheel loaders, 12 dump trucks, 40 tractors and nine side dumps. "We buy a mixture of used and new machines," Pettiecord says, adding that since so many of the area's equipment dealers are also heavy haul clients, making use of their eight low boys to move equip- ment, they "spread the love" when it comes to equipment buys. And Pettiecord and Wylie like to see what's new, especially at Con- Expo. "I'm a big equipment nerd, and all day, every day I'm at that show," Wylie says. The company sent four people to the 2014 show. "It's worth every penny; we come back with so many ideas." Encouraging promise "Our guys are guaranteed 40 hours of work year around," Pettiecord says. And family is first. "We feel a great responsibility that they all contractor of the year | continued A Cat 973C crawler loader makes short work of a land clearing job led by Brian Pettiecord, J. Pettiecord vice president.