Stuever Dirtworks, LLC

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Stuever Dirtworks, LLC

Wed, 02/24/2021 - 03:57
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At only fourteen years old, Evan Stuever has been an active young man. Currently his company, Stuever Dirtworks, LLC is working on the construction site of the Hammbone’s RV Park. Evan is a PO-HI Freshman and currently is going to school and working at his business.

Mr. Steve Hamm stated as to why he chose Stuever Dirtworks, LLC to do the ground work for the Hammbone’s RV Park: “As Misti and I began to plan for the construction of Hammbone’s RV Park, taking bids from several contractors, we heard of a teenager named Evan Stuever that had his own dirt work business.It sounded very intriguing that someone so young could pos sibly do all the groundwork that we needed to have done for the RV Park.We began to investigate and ask around if anyone had used this young man before and if they were satisfied with the work he had done for them.What we discovered was that this young man was very skilled in dirt construction. Upon hearing good reports, we talked to his father, Dr. Stuever, about how he came to learn such a skill set at this early age. He explained to us that they have been very involved in some construction and maintenance of the motocross track.” Evan had been trained by veteran track builder, Tracy Freeman, to run various pieces of heavy equipment. Evan picked up very quickly on these skills, became very good at it, and began his own dirt work company.

Steve continued, “I was so impressed by this, and all the good reports from others we had talked to that had used him before, I wanted to give him the opportunity to help us build Hammbone’s RV Park. After giving Evan the scope of work, we had a planning session together and upon hearing him talk about how he planned to accomplish what we needed to have done, I knew we had made the right decision going with Stuever Dirtworks.”

In 2011 Bill Stuever, Evan’s dad, became the motocross track race chairman for the Jack Blevins Motocross Park in Ponca City. Evan was 5 years old at the time.

Evan’s first exposure to dirt work was at age 10. His dad was mowing at the track and Evan wanted to run the recently purchased dozer. Dr. Stuever let Evan get on the used dozer and instructed him to clean out a sediment pond. Dave Peariso, who occasionally worked at the track, noticed what Evan had done at the pond area and thought he had been fired. Dave knew Evan had a gift for working with the equipment and began to mentor him. Dave helped Evan learn how to use a laser transit for ground leveling and getting the desired grade. Evan wore the dozer out in about 18 months.

Harold Martin, owner of MPG Creative Group, first met 10 year old Evan in 2016, Martin’s first year as promoter with Ponca City AMBUCS Motoplayground Race. Martin knew Dr. Stuever as the race chairman but he did not know about Evan. “Boy Do I Have a Lot to Say about Evan Stuever,” stated Harold. Martin continued on with his story about meeting Evan. “Evan Stuever’s name kept coming up about 9 different times during the day. Evan was driving the water truck, he was so young, he could hardly see over the steering wheel!”

In October 2018, Evan got a skid steer and was commissioned by Martin to build a pit bike track. The track was well received and still talked about today. Martin continued, “Evan’s work ethic is insanely great, he is a genius when it comes to what he is passionate about. Evan is so precise and good at the job he does. Evan’s calling in life is evacuation, dirt work and grading ground. The Stuever family are genuine quality people. Bill puts so much time, energy and devotion in the AMBUC organization. I really can’t say enough about Evan and his family. The Ponca City event is held to the highest standard, riders come from all over the U.S., Canada and Europe.”

During an AMA race in April 2018, rain flooded the track. The promoter had rented pumps to get the water off the track. Tracy Freeman, from Kansas, was in charge of the track and knew rain was an issue. Freeman brought his own dozer for working the track and instructed Evan to jump on his dozer and begin fixing the rain damage. Several people took notice of Evan’s efforts and his dirt work career began thereafter.

Dr. Melina Allen and her husband, Aaron McKinley, purchased land on Pecan Rd. to build a home. There was a pond on the property, which Evan enlarged to use the dirt for their home pad. Land tracks were sold to others resulting in another home pad needing to be built. After negotiating for the needed dirt for the next home pad, the pond was enlarged for more dirt. When working on the pond, Evan borrowed a Case loader to move the dirt to the home pad location. It was time saving and Evan’s desire to own the loader came true. A deal was made and Evan purchased it. As Evan’s business grew, so did the need for more pieces of equipment.

In 2020, one of his First Lutheran School teachers, Jessica Steichen, was building a home on Pecan. She and her husband, Scott, hired Evan to build the driveway entrance, the home and shop pad. Evan put out his business sign and then he was hired to build more home construction pads in the area. Dennis Beets, owner of American Roofing, hired Evan to build the approach to gain access to his property off Highway 77 and South Avenue, south of Dixie Dog. With the high visibility of his sign at the road, and a small ad in the classified ad section of the Ponca City newspaper, Evan got several more jobs.

Evan was able to get larger jobs by connecting with people and their knowledge and equipment. Partnering with general contractors such as Justin Holloway’s HRI Roofing and Post Frame, Evan has built dirt pads for Justin’s construction business. Evan has partnered with a trucking company, McPherson Enterpris es, to have material moved at any time. Businesses who do similar work, such as Eddie Whitfield of Dig It Construction, share information of jobs that they have for their expertise, material and equipment.

Evan has been busy this past week with snow removal and he has several jobs lined up for spring. In addition to more home and shop pads, he has fence line clearing, dirt work for a new roping arena, and preparing the 101 Arena for the Oklahoma Youth Ranch Rodeo Association series to start in March.

Contact information: stueverdirtworks@gmail.com