About Us

I grew up in the logging industry deep in the mountains of North Idaho, where hard work and heavy equipment are part of everyday life. Before I ever reached high school, I was already helping repair skidders, loaders, yarders, log trucks, and the kind of machinery that doesn’t give you the option of calling it quits. If it broke, I learned how to fix it. Those early years built the foundation of who I am: mechanically skilled, steady under pressure, and committed to doing the job right the first time.

During my high school years, I worked as a ranch hand across Montana. Most days I contributed as the ranch mechanic—repairing tractors, balers, hydraulic systems, fencing equipment, and anything else that needed attention out in the field. Working long days in rough country taught me resourcefulness, adaptability, and how to keep operations running when supplies, time, and daylight are limited.

After leaving home, I served professionally as a Firefighter/EMT and later as the Department’s Chief Mechanic. In that role, I maintained emergency vehicles and critical life-saving equipment where reliability wasn’t optional. That experience sharpened my discipline, attention to detail, and sense of responsibility.

I then spent nine years in the United States Marine Corps infantry, serving with collateral duties as the Chief Boat Mechanic for an infantry boat company attached to the 31st MEU. Operating in saltwater, jungle humidity, and deployment environments demanded precision, accountability, and mission-ready reliability. When something needed to run, it ran—failure was not an option.

After the Marine Corps, I attended machining school and earned certification as a machinist along with formal training as a gunsmith. Machining taught precision and measurement; gunsmithing taught craftsmanship, patience, and respect for details that matter.

I continued expanding my skillset by attending formal Heavy Equipment Operator school.

From dozers and excavators to skid steers and backhoes, I gained professional operating experience that carried into post-service work in construction, earthwork, and site-prep. Running equipment in the real world gave me firsthand knowledge of how machines are stressed, how they fail, and how they should be maintained to maximize up-time and lifespan.

For the last decade, I’ve worked in high-speed manufacturing environments as a Maintenance Foreman—leading teams, troubleshooting complex mechanical and electrical failures, building maintenance programs, and keeping industrial machinery running under demanding production schedules. This leadership experience shaped my standards: clarity, accountability, and no-excuse reliability. Today, all these experiences—logging roots, Montana ranch work, firefighting, military service, machining, heavy equipment operation, and industrial maintenance—come together to form the backbone of RangeBoss Repair.