By Ian Hoover, Editor
BURROS BACKHOE SERVICE, LLC – MOBILE OPERAT ED EXCAVATOR AND BACKHOE SERVICE NOW OFFERS ON-AND-OFF-SITE EQUIPMENT MOVING SERVICES
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ark Burros started his construction career as a laborer right after he graduated high school in 2002. Since that time, he has paid his dues working for large and small contractors, eventually joining the Local 12 (International Union of Operating Engineers) in 2004 to become a heavy equipment operator. He started his Union equipment operator career at R.J. Noble Company, before being hired at Savala Equipment Rentals in 2012. With an eye toward personal advancement, Burros began to envision going out on his own as an independent owner-operator. Then in 2018, while at Quinn Company Cat in Riverside, Mark saw the machine that would convince him to take the plunge. It was a Cat 450 backhoe loader and as he puts it, “the backhoe just seemed to speak to me.” Burros filled out the necessary paperwork and in less than an hour, he was the proud owner of the shiny new Cat machine. Mark and Stephanie Burros started their new venture, aptly named Burros Backhoe Service, LLC (Burros), with small jobs that quickly led to more significant projects. Burros now performs most of its work for large Union contractors, Caltrans and other public works agencies. The company can provide any machine from backhoes and excavators to dozers and water trucks. Their specialty, however, is with the backhoes and excavators and they have built their reputation with those machines. Burros has four full-time exceptional operators equipped with just the right machine and attachments. C A LCO N T R AC TO R .CO M
