The owner of this long-established manufacturer is ready to retire. This is not a simple job-shop but the production of a sophisticated device that includes hardware and electronics. They manufacture a family of branded proprietary add on power-tilt-angle blades that can be used for a variety of tasks including grading, trimming. sloping and ditching. The average unit sales order is $14,000 for a single board and up to 30,000 for a bulldozer with dual blades. End users include contractors that grade land for home construction sites and state and local fire departments that utilize bulldozers to maintain fire breaks to prevent the spread of a future fire, managing controlled burns and to fight existing wildfires in hilly terrain. Some boards are used as snowplows. The Company has limited competition in the United States. Their products are rugged bolt-on components that are welded from high tensile strength carbon steel. The Company’s revenues increased by 21% in 2024.

The Company’s products are sold primarily to bulldozer distributors and end-users in the six western states with a few sold to states across the US. The Company’s slope board can be attached to all the major OEM bulldozer brands including John Deere, Caterpillar, Case and Komatsu, A large number of Cal-Fire bulldozers are fitted with the Company’s units to fight fires. The Company’s second largest customer offers the Company’s product in their catalog. This is an excellent opportunity for an entrepreneur with a strong manufacturing background or the Company could be a bolt on addition to an existing construction company or bulldozer operator.

Upside potential includes developing additional products and upgrading their website.

The Company shares their facility with a related service business that utilizes the majority of their 8,800-sf facility. The owner believes that the manufacture of their product could be comfortably housed in a 2,500-sf facility that included a small 500-sf office.

Because of the co-mingled P&L’s, the business would not qualify for an SBA loan.