For Mike Brackin, the lumber business has been in his blood his entire life. Brackin’s great grandfather, Sanford Furrow started Payless Cashways in Iowa during the depression. “While growing up, I always wanted to be at the lumber yard,” says Brackin, the president of HomCo Lumber & Hardware in Flagstaff, Ariz. “I’d make a dollar here and there doing odd jobs but I loved climbing all over the units of plywood and particle board in the warehouse.” Brackin’s father, Don Brackin, left Payless Cashways in 1975 to start his own yard.
Originally bannered as “OddsN-Ends,” the business allowed the younger Brackin to get his first real start working at a lumber yard at age 16. “This is the only job I’ve ever had besides delivering newspapers,” he says. “I took over the day-to-day operations in 1985 and haven’t looked back since.” The company rebannered, eventually becoming HomCo Lumber & Hardware in 2013.
Situated in a college town and tourist destination with a population of about 75,000 and an elevation of 7,000 feet above sea level, HomCo delivers building materials and supplies all over northern Arizona. That can mean trips that take the company’s trucks as much as 100 miles away or better, including the Grand Canyon (about one hour away) and the Navajo Indian Reservation. HomeCo’s customer base is 75% builder and remodelers and 25% retail DIY with the builder business being the larger segment of the company’s pro sales. “Although the builder business is larger, we work hard to exceed the expectations of both classes of customer,” Brackin says.
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“This industry and town of Flagstaff has been very good to me and my family as well as the 110 people that rely on this company for their livelihood.” —Mike Brackin, President HomCo Lumber & Hardware