It’s hard to find good workers and the 100ECO can easily take the place of multiple workers. That's important for me because it means we can complete a job five times as fast. With concrete blocks, for example, it takes many guys to load and haul them. With the 100ECO, the machine makes it to where I only need one guy to handle that task, while the other 4 can work on other tasks.

Another big benefit is money savings," Robles said. "Now the company has the benefit of saving thousands of dollars in payroll expenses because we don't require the same size of workforce that we did in the past. That's pretty important to me due to labor shortages. During the first couple of hours of a job, a lot of energy is exerted, with guys loading up a wheelbarrow and hauling materials away.

By hour three & hour four, they’re starting to get fatigued a little bit and slowing down. It's hard work, & not something that most can do day in and day out. Now all they have to do is operate a machine. They don't get tired, & neither does the skid steer, which I credit for our increased employee retention. It's difficult to keep laborers when they are breaking their backs every day, but when the machine does the work, they're more inclined to stay.