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, a three-phase generator, and a mechanical bud sorter to client facilities where I 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. The trim quality is competitive with hand trimming while costing just a fraction of the price. I charge between $25 and $35 per pound for this service, depending on the quantity of flower we trim.
Why Partner With Us?
Save Time
The Mobius has an average throughput of 10 to 20 pounds per hour of finished flower. Clients should expect a little QC after we run their flower through the machine, mostly in picking off crow's feet. After a good run with the machine, a decent trimmer should average 10+ pounds per day in QC work.
Save Money
My clients report savings of $50 to $100 per pound in their processing costs when using this service. If you have a 100-pound harvest, that's $5,000 to $10,000 of pure profit back in your pocket.
I invoice clients based on the weight of trimmed flower, not the biomass we start with. The cost is on a sliding scale, with discounts for larger batches.
0-50 lbs: $35/lb
50-100 lbs: $30/lb
100+ lbs: $25/lb
Bud sorting is available for an additional $5/lb.
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. Lock in your COAs when your bud is at peak potency, and get it out to market smelling and looking its best.
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 $0.50/mile, roundtrip (for example, the average service charge for a job in Bozeman is $202).
Keys to a Successful Run
Moisture Content
The right moisture content can make or break a good run with the Mobius. We're looking for spongy buds that have a little give when you squeeze them and dry sugar leaves that snap off when you run a finger over them. If you use a moisture meter in your drying room, the sweet spot is between 7 and 10%.
Sorting and Grading
After we send buds through the Mobius, customers have the option of running them through our mechanical bud sorter. This gentle machine will separate buds by size, saving a big step in separating J and B grade buds from the A grade.
QC Team
Clients are responsible for any QC that needs to be performed after trimming. If the moisture content is close to bulls-eye, there isn't much left to clean up beyond crow's feet and the occasional sugar leaf. You should expect a reasonably good trimmer on your QC team to clean up 10+ pounds a day after we zip it through the Mobius and bud sorter.
Batch Size
The Mobius is a through-put trimmer that's designed to process large volumes of flower. The smallest batch size that we can process is roughly 2 pounds of finished flower. Larger batches allow us to dial in a trim tightness with greater accuracy and really make this machine sing.
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
