Hello everyone. First post here. I’ve been following along for a few months and have learned a lot from this group. I started a land clearing company about 4.5 months ago. I’ve kept my head down, invested heavily in marketing, focused on customer service, and by my 5-month mark I’ll have closed a little over $300k in work. It’s gone better than I prayed for and feel extremely blessed with the opportunity. Right now it’s still just me. I’ve moved away from small mulching jobs and am taking on larger land clearing projects that involve grubbing, hauling, and subcontracting a horizontal grinder. I’m at the point where I’m trying to figure out the smartest way to scale. My biggest challenge is that the company I sub to grind is also one of the largest land clearing/logging companies in my area. They have multiple high-horsepower mulchers, stump grinders, excavators with grapple saws and shears, a CBI 6800 grinder, skidders, and are adding a feller buncher. They also have a dirt work division helping fund their growth. I’m not looking to become them overnight, but I do want to continue growing into larger commercial land clearing projects. For those of you who have successfully scaled, how did you compete against companies with significantly more equipment and capital? Did you stay focused on a niche, gradually build your fleet, partner with others, or take a different approach? If you were in my position today, what would you do over the next 3–5 years?