Present and future
generations are represented in this picture. From
Left Nathan Fritz (Sales & Operations
GM), Jeff Parsell, (Owner & President) Jon
Helmuth (Head Millwright) , and Rusty Hudson (Crane Division GM)
A company that started
with a Father and Son has stood through the ups and downs serving mainly
the agricultural business in Michigan’s Thumb and beyond for nearly 30
years. Carl Parsell, along with his son Jeff as you may remember, once
owned the Boron Gas Station located where the Municipal Building parking
lot is currently. For a change of pace Carl tapped into his knowledge
from working at the Co-operative Elevator in Pigeon for over 20 years
and decided that he and Jeff along with his son-in-law Gareth Helmuth
would purchase the Greenleaf Elevator, which they operated for about 4
years. Seeing the need for repair men in the grain elevator business,
d/s Services as we know it today was
started. They used their
relationships with other elevators and their
experience in elevator operation as a way to get started in the repair,
installation, and service business. About
70% of today’s business is focused on Grain Handling, Grain Storage, and
Grain Drying to both the Farmer and
the Commercial Grain Facilities. Bringing some
diversity into the business was personnel elevators. Personnel
Elevators located in Grain Facilities, some
city waste water treatment plants, and various other areas, gave the
company steady year-round work. Jeff became certified in the inspection
and new installation of these elevators. These elevators are basically
a simplified version of an elevator in a hotel with 1-2 man capacity.
Today d/s Services covers the entire state in the inspection
and new installations of these Manlifts, as we refer to them. The next
area
of business was crane rental. In
seeing the need for cranes within their own line of work, crane rental
became a natural fit. Back in the early -
mid 90’s the company purchased its first crane, a 14 Ton Boom Truck.
Today after a few upgrades along the way, the company now owns two
machines, A Grove 40 Ton Truck Crane and a GMK 55 Ton All Terrain Crane.
Currently, d/s Services Inc. is expanding and developing in other areas
such as a walk in business, specializing in steel sales,
bearings, and General Purpose Baldor Motors, paint, etc. Today, we
employee 12 Full time employees, along with some
seasonal & part time help. So with a little diversity in the company,
and a strong agricultural forecast, we
continue to strive forward today at our present location just south of
town at 3999 Cemetery road.
Pictures: (Top Left) MAC-Marlette,
(Middle Right) Shoemaker Farms-Brown City, (Bottom Left) Milligan
Farms-Cass City
A company that started
with a Father and Son has stood through the ups and downs serving mainly
the agricultural business in Michigan’s Thumb and beyond for nearly 30
years. Carl Parsell, along with his son Jeff as you may remember, once
owned the Boron Gas Station located where the Municipal Building parking
lot is currently. For a change of pace Carl tapped into his knowledge
from working at the Co-operative Elevator in Pigeon for over 20 years
and decided that he and Jeff along with his son-in-law Gareth Helmuth
would purchase the Greenleaf Elevator, which they operated for about 4
years. Seeing the need for repair men in the grain elevator business,
d/s Services as we know it today was
started. They used their
relationships with other elevators and their
experience in elevator operation as a way to get started in the repair,
installation, and service business. About
70% of today’s business is focused on Grain Handling, Grain Storage, and
Grain Drying to both the Farmer and
the Commercial Grain Facilities. Bringing some
diversity into the business was personnel elevators. Personnel
Elevators located in Grain Facilities, some
city waste water treatment plants, and various other areas, gave the
company steady year-round work. Jeff became certified in the inspection
and new installation of these elevators. These elevators are basically
a simplified version of an elevator in a hotel with 1-2 man capacity.
Today d/s Services covers the entire state in the inspection
and new installations of these Manlifts, as we refer to them. The next
a
rea
of business was crane rental. In
seeing the need for cranes within their own line of work, crane rental
became a natural fit. Back in the early -
mid 90’s the company purchased its first crane, a 14 Ton Boom Truck.
Today after a few upgrades along the way, the company now owns two
machines, A Grove 40 Ton Truck Crane and a GMK 55 Ton All Terrain Crane.
Currently, d/s Services Inc. is expanding and developing in other areas
such as a walk in business, specializing in steel sales,
bearings, and General Purpose Baldor Motors, paint, etc. Today, we
employee 12 Full time employees, along with some
seasonal & part time help. So with a little diversity in the company,
and a strong agricultural forecast, we
continue to strive forward today at our present location just south of
town at 3999 Cemetery road.