hurricanes and tornadoes, so with the
equipment we have, that’s kind of the
avenue we wanted to take,” Shannon
said. “And at that time, the market
was down on houses.”
The equipment that helped Shannon make the transition to his latest
venture was his custom-made semitruck, courtesy of his own two hands.
“We saw a need on the disaster
side [in Arkansas] — that’s when we
started building these trucks,” Shannon said. “The bed by itself is 14,000
pounds. The cranes sitting on the
back [weigh] 8,000.”
Asked where he learned to work
with metal and cars, Shannon said,
“Just trial and error and not wanting to pay anybody else to do it. ...
You’ve got to dismantle that whole
truck. You’ve got to rebuild the frame
all the way from the motor to the
back. It’s a major undertaking.”
Concerning disaster relief, Shannon has worked hurricanes Katrina,
Ike and Sandy, as well as several ice
storms in Kentucky and Arkansas.
Shannon said his goal for Diamond L Enterprises is to continue to
build a sustainable business “that will
create not only a viable income for
us, but a future to leave Hunter so he
can support his family and whatever
other employees work for us. Not
trying to get rich, just trying to make a
good living.”
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