HISTORY
Smith & Sons was started in 1997 by Dan Smith.
Click on the below dates to see some milestones in Smith & Sons history.
1987
From a young age, borrowing his father’s old Belarus tractor, Dan Smith developed a passion for hard work.
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1997
While still in high school. Dan started Smith Excavating with an old Case backhoe and a restored Mack truck named “Little Miss Mack”
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1998
After graduating from high school, Dan was installing septic systems and doing excavation full time. He soon added a new Cat 312 to further expand his capabilities.
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1999
Dan hires his first full-time employee and adds a Mack Tri Axle to his growing fleet.
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2001
Smith Excavating built their first facility in Pembroke Center which they proudly occupied for 18 years.
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2002
Smith Excavating expands to include Smith Septic Services. With the purchase of their first pump truck, the business grew to a 3 truck and 2 trailer operation.
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2002 – 2015
Smith grows from a 4 to 10 person operation, all while remaining a family-oriented business
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2015
The septic division of the company was sold. The newly named "Smith and Sons" occupied a portion of the Copeland Lumber site in Marshfield and began their landscape supply endeavor.
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2018
Dan purchased the Copeland Lumber site and developed the property into what you see today.
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TODAY
Smith & Sons continues to look forward, expanding into land clearing and forestry services, wood waste recycling, landscape supplies and Husqvarna power equipment.
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