At Kick It Junk Removal & Hauling, a lot of what makes our business work happens long before we ever pull into a customer’s driveway.
Sometimes that means maintaining equipment. Sometimes it means modifying something so it can do a job better. And sometimes it means looking at a beat-up old trailer and seeing what it could become with a little skill, a lot of work, and probably quite a few hours with a welder.
That’s exactly what happened with our newest flatbed trailer.
It Definitely Didn’t Look Like This When We Bought It
When we first picked up this trailer, she was rough.
One entire side needed major repair. The wood had to be replaced. It needed new tires, brake work, reinforcement, welding, cleaning, paint — basically the works.
But that’s one of the benefits of having more than 20 years of ironworking experience in the family.
My husband, Paul, didn’t just see a worn-out trailer. He saw a piece of equipment that could be rebuilt and customized specifically for the kind of work we do at Kick It.
So that’s what he did.
Rebuilt, Reinforced and Ready to Work
Instead of doing the bare minimum to get the trailer roadworthy, Paul went through it and made it ours.
He completely rebuilt and reinforced the damaged side, replaced the wood, installed new tires, worked on the brakes, added new connection points for our skid steer, cleaned everything up, and gave the trailer a fresh coat of paint.
The before-and-after difference is pretty incredible.
But some of our favorite upgrades aren’t necessarily the ones you can immediately see.
When the Tool You Need Doesn’t Exist… Build It
One of the challenges we have around our property is moving trailers without having to hook a truck up every single time.
So Paul built a solution.
Using his welding and fabrication skills, he created a custom attachment for our skid steer that allows us to add a trailer hitch and connect to equipment with a standard receiver setup.
Now we can use the skid steer to move trailers around the property, reposition them, and even lift them when needed.
It’s one of those tools you probably aren’t going to find sitting on a shelf somewhere because it was built specifically around the way we work.
And that is pretty normal around here.
If there’s a way to make something stronger, safer, faster or more useful, Paul is probably going to figure out how to build it.
Watch the Transformation
This video shows part of the process as Paul uses the skid steer and his custom attachment to bring the trailer into the driveway, lift it up, pressure wash it and begin getting everything prepped for paint.
What you don’t always see in a finished junk removal job is all of this work happening behind the scenes.
And to us, that matters.
Why This Matters to Our Customers
At first glance, rebuilding a trailer might not seem like it has much to do with junk removal.
But it actually has everything to do with it.
The better equipped we are, the more capable we are of taking on larger and more complicated projects. That can mean property cleanouts, commercial cleanouts, estate and hoarder cleanouts, construction debris, light demolition, oversized items and jobs that require more than a couple of guys and a pickup truck.
We’re constantly looking for ways to improve the equipment we already have and expand what we’re capable of doing without unnecessarily increasing overhead.
For our customers, that ultimately means a company that comes prepared to solve problems.
Bringing Our Existing Skills Into the Business
One of the things we love about building Kick It is that neither of us started from scratch when we entered the junk removal industry.
We brought decades of skills with us.
Paul has spent more than 20 years as an ironworker, so welding, fabrication, structural repair and figuring out how to make something work are second nature to him.
Those skills now show up in our business every day — whether he’s rebuilding equipment, modifying a trailer, fabricating an attachment or figuring out how to safely tackle an unusual removal or demolition project.
That experience allows us to do things differently.
And sometimes, it means creating the solution ourselves instead of waiting for someone else to sell us one.
There’s Another Reason This Stuff Matters to Us
Our kids are growing up around this business.
They see Mom and Dad working. They see equipment break. They see something look terrible when we bring it home — and then they get to watch what happens when someone puts the time and skill into making it useful again.
They’re learning that you don’t always need the newest thing.
Sometimes you fix what you have.
Sometimes you build what you need.
Sometimes you take something that looks like it’s finished and give it another life.
And we hope they’re also learning that skills matter, hard work matters, and knowing how to solve problems will serve you no matter what you decide to do with your life.
Just Another Day Behind the Scenes at Kick It
The finished trailer looks completely different from the one we brought home.
But for us, the best part isn’t really the paint job or the new wood.
It’s knowing that we took something that needed a lot of work, used skills we already had, improved it for the needs of our business, and put another piece of equipment into service that will help us take better care of our customers.
That’s a pretty good picture of how we’re building Kick It in general.
One job, one piece of equipment, and one problem solved at a time.
Kick It Junk Removal & Hauling proudly serves Forney, Rockwall, Kaufman County, Dallas County and surrounding communities with junk removal, property cleanouts, commercial cleanouts, estate and hoarder cleanouts, light demolition and more.
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