Young Business Owner is a Cut Above with Bobcat Mowers

At the age of 11, Cody Kuebler decided it was time to start a business. The hardworking and ambitious youth from Grimes, Iowa, asked his parents for a lesson on mowing the lawn. Once he got the hang of the family’s 21-inch push mower, he started knocking on doors to find customers. A summer job mowing neighbors’ yards is a familiar way for a motivated young man to get his start. But what Cody turned it into — aided by Bobcat® equipment and talented employees — is a remarkable example of his entrepreneurialism.  

“It just never ended,” Cody says with a laugh, thinking about his childhood summer job. He now owns CLK Lawn Care and Landscaping, a business with 18 employees and a fleet of Bobcat machines, including five compact track loaders, two mini track loaders, and most recently, two stand-on zero-turn mowers. It is an impressive lineup for a 22-year-old business owner.