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Northern Vt., N.H. Get the ‘Real’ Deal From Desrochers Family of Companies By Jay Adams CEG CORRESPONDENT
Real is an appropriate and uplifting first name for a contractor and excavator who keeps his promises, does his work well and has earned a stellar reputation for heavy iron and crane work in northern Vermont and New Hampshire. In 2014, Real Desrochers and his wife Denise will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Desrochers Excavating Inc. and its family of companies, Desrochers Crane Service Inc., Desrochers Bulk Service Inc. and Desrochers Barn Supply & Equipment Inc. With headquarters in Derby, Vt., Desrochers specializes in heavy moving and lifting. The company was founded in 1974 when the man that Real Desrochers was working for was going out of business. “He offered dad one of two things: a boat or a 6-ton Scott Midland crane,” said Robert Desrochers, the oldest son of Real and Denise, who along with brothers Rene and Randy help run the company. “Dad, being the person he is, took the crane. Later on, he bought a small excavation company from Robert Taplin,” said Robert. “Mr. Taplin stuck by my Dad until his death, giving him advice and being someone who Dad could bounce ideas off of who would not go running around spreading it all over town.” Real Desrochers first learned the trade In 2014, Real Desrochers and his wife Denise will celebrate the 40th from Taplin with his brother Joe and anniversary of Desrochers Excavating Inc. and its family of companies, Desrochers Crane Service Inc., Desrochers Bulk Service Inc. and Denise’s brother Mark. “Luckily, my father made some good Desrochers Barn Supply & Equipment Inc. choices in the beginning, as far as employThree Sons, Three Cranes ees. These first guys stuck by my dad for years,” said Robert. Robert, Rene and Randy joined the company in the 1980s “They were the type of guys who took pride in what they did — whatever it was — cellar holes, preparing grades for slabs along with three, new, larger cranes, with lifting capacities of or landscaping. From what I can remember, the bread and 15, 23 and 30-tons (13.6, 23.6, 27.2 t). The Desrochers have butter, at first were residential: Sewer systems, water lines added a steady line of new equipment with up to five workand driveways. My uncles Mark and Joe ran the small ing cranes of various capacities to handle a wide variety of see DESrOCHErS page 4 crane.”