THE TRIM TRACTOR
WE SAVE YOU TIME AND MONEY
My Mission
Hi, I'm Travis, and I love growing weed. But I don't love the direction the industry has taken here in Montana. The price of bud on the wholesale market has been falling, but every year it costs more and more to grow a crop. Margins are shrinking for small producers, and I've been watching them get muscled out of the market by big companies that can afford to mechanize and work an economy of scale.
So I launched this trimming business to help level the playing field. I purchased the same high-end trimmer that the big dogs are using to trim 80+ pounds a day, the Mobius M108S, and I'm making it available to smaller producers across the state. I haul my trimmer, conveyor belts, and a big three-phase generator to client facilities and offer a plug-and-play processing service. With this set-up we can get hundreds of pounds of top shelf flower ready for testing and retail in a week's worth of time.
This service is changing the game for my customers. With my help, harvests that used to take months to trim are processed in days. Flower quality is competitive with hand-trimmed bud, and it costs a fraction of the price to trim. For the fall of 2025 I'm offering a harvest season promo and trimming flower for $25/lb to give small growers a hand when they need it the most.
Why Partner With Us?
Save Time
With an average trimming speed of 10 pounds per hour, our service can save you months of processing. Now you can test and sell your whole crop within a week of bucking it, giving you access to larger wholesale markets and immediate cashflow.
Save Money
The cost of hand trimming can vary from $70/lb up to $150/lb. This fall we're running a promotional sale and trimming herb for $25/lb, which means you can save anywhere from $45/lb to $125/lb on production costs. If we help you trim 100 lbs, that's $4,500 to $12,500 back in your pocket.
Test and Sell Fresh Herb
Let's face it, cannabis is a perishable product. I've helped pull down way too many harvests that sat in the warehouse for months. By the time they made it through the trim room bottleneck, they smelled like hay and tested many percentage points lower than they did when they were fresh. When you partner with us, we can get your entire harvest trimmed the same week you buck it. That means you can get it tested at peak potency, and get it to market smelling and looking the way it should.
Statewide Service
No matter how far you are from our home in Missoula, we're happy to bring our service to you. We supply generator power for our Mobius so that you don't have to call an electrician and wire in the 30 amps of 3-phase power that this machine draws. We simply require a water hook-up for our hot pressure washer and a 110V outlet for our conveyor belts. For clients outside of Missoula, we have a modest service charge of $0.30/mile, roundtrip (for example, the average service charge for a job in Bozeman is $123).
Keys to a Successful Run
Moisture Content
10 - 11% moisture content is the sweet spot for trim quality and resin head retention. Above 12% will yield a looser trim, while drier flowers (especially below 8%) dump more kief and break apart in the tumbler, yielding lower flower to trim ratios. I highly recommend using a moisture meter while drying and curing your flower, and timing the trimming session as close to bucking as possible.
Sorting and Grading
We get our best results with the Mobius with a little extra prep work during bucking. All fan leaves should be removed (along with any material other than bud), flowers should be bucked down to their final size for retail, and A-grade and B-grade buds should be bucked into separate product streams.
QC Team
Clients are responsible for QC on the outfeed conveyor, mostly to clean up crow's feet. Typically a team of 4 solid trimmers will keep pace with the machine, polishing up 10 lbs per hour. Through-put can vary based on moisture content, bud structure, and the degree of pre-sorting. If you think you'll need extra help on the QC line, lets talk.
Batch Size
The Mobius is a through-put trimmer that's designed to process large volumes of flower. While we can run smaller batches, our best results are obtained when trimming 10+ pounds per strain (measured in post-trim weight). I strongly encourage hitting the 10-lb mark with batches, and have clients that have started mono-cropping their grows a little more to hit that target. For them, the time and money saved is well worth the change.
Testimonial
"Tractor Trav is a business saver! I’ve been working with Travis and his Mobius trim machine for a few months now and I am incredibly impressed by the results. The Mobius produces near hand-trim quality bud at an affordable rate. The best part of his service for me though is the time savings: we processed a 40 light room (88 lbs) in about a day and a half. Previously, when I was hand trimming, that same room would take my team nearly 2 months. The Mobius is incredibly gentle for a trim machine. My test results have not decreased after making the switch. Trav is saving me a ton of money on payroll and getting my product to market faster than I ever could have imagined."
Jeff at Meadowlark Gardens
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Get In Touch
Questions about the trimming service? Want to schedule a run? Give me a call or shoot me an email. I can't wait to chat with you about saving your business time and money.
Travis Vaughn
Owner/Operator
(406) 529-6506
