Chad Porteck is 39 years old and has always been around some form of the trades his whole life. He started in the heavy earthmoving world as a laborer and worked his way up to a finish blade hand. Then he became a foreman and supervisor. After the economy crash of 2009 Chad moved to Nebraska and farmed for ten years before starting his own excavation company in 2020. He has worked in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nebraska, and Kansas moving dirt or installing underground utilities.