Mainely Big Rigs wasn't built overnight. It wasn't dreamed up in a boardroom or backed by investors. It was built the old-fashioned way—one bridge, one truck, one breakdown, one late night, and one hard-earned lesson at a time.
Long before there was a service truck wearing the Mainely Big Rigs name, there was a young mechanic who simply enjoyed figuring out why things broke—and refused to leave until they were fixed the right way.
My career began with the Maine Department of Transportation, where I worked in bridge construction, infrastructure, commercial truck driving, heavy equipment operation, carpentry, masonry, and winter highway maintenance. From plowing I-95 in the middle of a Maine snowstorm to helping build and maintain the roads that keep this state moving, I learned early that excuses don't reopen highways and they don't keep trucks rolling. Results do.
From there I joined C.A. Newcomb & Sons, installing highway guardrail and commercial fencing on projects stretching from Madawaska, Maine, to Massachusetts. Every project demanded precision, safety, and the ability to solve problems in the field when there wasn't a dealership or machine shop waiting around the corner.
As my career progressed, I moved into heavy equipment maintenance and repair, working as both a field mechanic and shop mechanic for several respected construction companies throughout Maine. Concrete batch plants, crusher plants, conveyors, stackers, excavators, bulldozers, rollers, dump trucks, cement mixers, service trucks—you name it, chances are I've spent time underneath it, inside it, or figuring out why it decided to quit on a Friday afternoon.
Later I joined Bayside Transport in Clifton, where I expanded my experience with commercial trucks, trailers, fleet maintenance, and preventative maintenance programs. That experience naturally led me to H.O. Bouchard, one of Maine's largest privately owned trucking companies, maintaining tank trucks and trailers hauling propane, gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, sulfuric acid, clay slurry, and other bulk commodities.
Not long after I was hired, H.O. Bouchard opened its Southern Shop in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Out of the entire company, I was selected alongside one other technician to help build that operation from the ground up. For nearly two years my days started at 7:00 a.m. in Portsmouth and didn't end until around midnight after a second shift at York Woods Tree & Products in Eliot. Six days a week. Week after week.
Those years didn't just teach me how to weld aluminum, fabricate parts, or diagnose complicated mechanical failures. They taught me discipline. They taught me endurance. Most importantly, they taught me that if you're willing to outwork yesterday's version of yourself every single day, you'll eventually become the technician people trust with the jobs no one else wants.
After returning to Maine, I joined Cianbro as an equipment mechanic, truck mechanic, and crane assembly and disassembly technician, traveling throughout the East Coast supporting major industrial and construction projects. Working around some of the largest cranes and heaviest equipment in the country reinforced something I'd already learned: details matter. One overlooked bolt, one missed inspection, or one rushed repair can have consequences measured in far more than dollars.
Most recently, I worked at O'Connor's Heavy Duty in Augusta, one of Maine's premier heavy-duty truck dealerships. Working in a dealership environment sharpened my diagnostic process even further and reinforced the importance of repairing trucks systematically instead of simply replacing parts until the problem disappears.
Today, Mainely Big Rigs represents everything I've learned over the years. Every breakdown I've diagnosed. Every mistake I've learned from. Every mentor who pushed me to be better. Every customer who trusted me with equipment that keeps their business moving.
When you call Mainely Big Rigs, you're not hiring a salesperson or a call center. You're calling the person who's turning the wrenches, answering the phone, ordering the parts, standing behind the repairs, and treating your truck like it has to earn a living tomorrow morning.
One of the best pieces of advice I ever received came from an old boss who told me:
"Don't just put it back to factory. Build it better than factory."
That philosophy still guides every repair I make today.
Professional Qualifications
- Maine State Inspection Technician since 2019
- Commercial Driver's License (CDL) since 2015
- MSHA Certified
- TIA Certified Commercial Tire Technician
- Hendrickson Suspension Certified
