While Baker Hydro-Excavating focuses on hydroexcavating in the oil, gas and utility industries, the company has found other ways to serve its customers.
The family-run company, based in Mountain View, Wyoming, operates 11 hydroexcavators and 13 support trucks and offers services such as oil rig cleaning, daylighting, culvert clean-outs, slot trenching and many others.
Just a year or two after starting operations in 2011, the company owners knew they had an opportunity to expand services even more into something that didn’t involve digging. That’s when they moved into power washing services.
“They complimented what we do,” says company co-owner Kenny Baker.
Baker and his brother Kevin found their way into the new service as they traveled to oilfield sites looking for work. The brothers pulled up to a site and talked to the manager who said there was no work for them.
As they began to pull away, the manager ran back out. “They had this building that was covered in film from oil compressors that four other contractors couldn’t remove, and he wanted to know if we could try,” Baker says. “I went up to it and did a test strip with a cleaning chemical we use, and it came right off.”
Since then, the service has grown considerably, and now the company considers it one of its specialties. The company uses power washers manufactured by Hydro Tek.
Baker says, “We use the tools to clean buildings in the oilfields, using environmentally safe cleaning agents along with the power washer to ensure the best job possible.”
To read more about how Baker Hydro-Excavating has built a successful hydroexcavation business with a diverse array of clientele check out the May/June issue of Dig Different ("Back To the Family") or read online, "Family Finds Success With Hydroexcavation Company."
