My mother recently employed Joe for his tractor services. He was the only person to take our job, and did so knowing we were long distance and couldn't appear in person. He relocated several hundred pound limestone statues from the residence we'd just sold to our other residence four miles away. We were closing on our house and if they weren't removed within one day the owner would've been legally entitled to them, and we suspected they would do just that. Joe worked very fast to remove the statues, and did so without any hiccups. I would utilize his services again. read more

They don't have a license to work in Florida and no liability insurance. When they quote a job, they provide no statement of work or an agreement of what job will be completed. Be careful of Jena - she brings a lot of personal drama with her...repeatedly complaining about how she wants to leave Joe and move out, money problems, etc. Jena has a very negative attitude and gossips a lot!!! We paid them close to $13K and still the job is nowhere near completed. We pre-paid Joe in cash for pavers to be crushed and spread. We paid cash for Joe to level and pack dirt that he had moved. Again, never happened. One simple job given over 6 months ago (and reminded on nearly a weekly basis) was to move a pile of clay to the round pen. Again, never happened. Joe is a "Chatty Kathy" and loves to hang around and drink on the job. He came over countless times to drink and sleep in his truck to get away from Jena's drama and her kids. We treated them very well while they were working here. We always paid the quoted amount (usually in cash as Joe claimed not to take checks), paid several cash bonuses, gave some payments in advance because they couldn't pay their bills, provided Joe and Jena with beer and gatorade after work days, and took them out for dinner and paid (at least 6-8 times). There were quite a few strange events that happened while Joe and Jena were working here. One day, we woke up at 4am because the horses were running around the house paddock. Someone had unlatched a very secure gate. Jena claimed that it was one of her enemies (she said the Battens) and said they also put screws in her tractor tires. Another example of Jena bringing her drama to work and putting our horses lives in danger! One day after they had been working for us for about 5 months, I complained that Joe had still not completed a lot of the work that was pre-paid. Joe started yelling at me and said he is done and just moved his equipment off the property. He owes us thousands for work that has been pre-paid and never completed. Joe and Jena were hurling insults and cussing at us and our neighbors, threatening revenge while they removed their equipment late that night. Joe and Jena are the most unprofessional people I have ever seen. Joe disclosed to me that night that the reason his work ethic went down the toilet was because my wife would not give him free cows and free horses. read more