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Skid Steer Nation

Ryan Deemer

Booking Overview

This is an interview-focused contractor and small-business show featuring excavation, land-clearing, landscaping, and related service-business owners who share practical lessons on sales, hiring, systems, profitability, and work-life design. Credible pitches include owner-operators, construction entrepreneurs, and specialists with proven results in scaling crews, improving operations, or building businesses that run without the owner; booking difficulty is likely low.

Metrics

Episodes: 135

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 25.6k subscribers

Instagram: 17.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

sales@skidsteernation.com

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Host

Ryan Deemer - Host focused on helping excavation and land-service business owners improve growth, operations, and business ownership through practical lessons from contractors and service-business operators. He ...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Owners and operators of excavation, land-clearing, landscaping, construction, civil, utility, or other field-service businesses with firsthand experience in growth, hiring, systems, profitability, or delegation.
Required Achievements:  
Built or operated a profitable service business, Expanded from owner-operator work to crews or multiple service lines, Developed systems that improve hiring, delegation, or operational independence, Demonstrated practical expertise in construction, excavation, landscaping, or related trades

Recent Guest Discussions

Jesse McGrath - Customer Selection, Referral-based Growth, Job Estimating, Profitability, Recovery, Hiring, And Building A Business Around Family Priorities.

Mitchell Roberts - Standard Operating Procedures, Hiring For Character, Employee Development, Delegation, And Creating A Business That Can Operate Without The Owner.

Jerod Condit - Building A Business Before Retirement, Crew Development, Leadership, Delegation, Hiring, And Improving Systems Rather Than Pursuing Revenue Alone.

JR Laborie - Profitability, Service Selection, Equipment Overhead, Emergency Utility Work, Subcontractor Partnerships, And Reducing Business Complexity.

Matt Study - Delegation, Systems, Burnout Prevention, Work-life Design, Employee Trust, And Building A Construction Company That Supports The Owner's Life.

Recent Topics

Business, Entrepreneurship, Construction, Excavation, Leadership

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Skid Steer Nation
:

Jesse McGrath: The Business Was Never the End Goal

September 09, 2026

Ten years ago, Jesse McGrath had a backpack, a pair of cowboy boots, and nowhere to live. Today, he owns Compass Cleanup & Excavation—but building a bigger company was never the finish line.Jesse built the business to get something back that money can’t replace: time with his kids, his wife, and his dad. Along the way, that meant learning some expensive lessons, including a cleanup job that cost him roughly $30,000, figuring out which customers actually fit his company, and realizing that...

Mitchell Roberts: From a Domino’s Parking Lot to a Business That Runs Without Him

September 02, 2026

Mitchell Roberts was sitting in a Domino’s parking lot, broke and wondering how he’d make his truck payment. A few years later, his lawn and landscape company did $160,000 in a single month. But the number Mitchell cares about now isn’t revenue. It’s how long the business can run without him.Mitchell started mowing lawns when he was nine and kept the business alive while working on power lines. When his only mowing employee quit in 2021, he had to decide whether to keep one foot in each world...

Jerod Condit: Building the Business Before He Needed It

August 26, 2026

Jerod Condit didn’t wait until retirement to figure out what came next.He started seven years early.Now he’s preparing to leave the military with a land clearing business that already runs jobs without him.After more than 22 years in the military, Jerod is closing in on retirement. But Ironwood Land Solution wasn’t something he threw together at the last minute. He spent years building it on weekends, leave days, and whatever time he could find around his military career and family.What start...

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