Tyler Murch

On-site Ranch Manager at an 85 acre historic high-end ranch where owner's family lived full-time. Responsible for all aspects of property, equipment, and animal care.

• Equipment: John Deere Tractor, snow plow, truck, ATV's, snowmobile, excavator, machine implements.
• Performed repairs and preventative maintenance on equipment and property.
• Plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and vehicle maintenance.
• Care for three horses, assist owners on trail rides, schedule ferrier and veterinarian.
• Planting and managing horse pasture.
• Landscape with attention to aesthetic value.
• Intensive tree felling and chainsaw work.
• Irrigation and water rights.
• Plow snow daily for family that lives on-site.
• Trail building and maintenance.
• Building and maintaining fence.

On-site Ranch Manager on a 3,300 acre high-end recreational, hunting, and cattle grazing ranch owned by absentee owners.

• Equipment: Caterpillar compact track loader, skid steer, backhoe, bulldozer, excavator, agricultural tractor, side by sides, truck, trailers,chainsaw, agricultural and forestry machine implements.
• Irrigate - ditch / flood, pivot, big gun.
• Water rights usage to maximum degree.
• Hired new ranch hands seasonally.
• Budgeted equipment purchases and regular repairs.
• Cultivate 500 acres of alfalfa and hay.
• Guide hunting trips.
• Purchase food and cook for owners.
• Mend fences to keep cattle in or out.
• Security and trespassing control.
• Fire risk mitigation and forest management.
• Firewood production.
• Rotate cattle grazing.
• Source contractors, equipment, and materials.
• Winterize buildings and equipment.
• Extensive land clearing - turning sage and pine desert into irrigated pasture.
• Interface with Bureau of Land Management, Colorado game warden, county water commission, and adjoining land owners.
• Herded livestock using dogs and ranch ATVs.
• Maintained ranch records and documentation.

25 acre inholding with a 75,000 acre Forest Service lease. Lived on-site on this remote ranch accessible only by boat and plane.

• Provide high end service and hospitality for guests.
• Irrigation system repairs.
• Pack mule and horse strings of up to twelve animals and lead on full day rides.
• Cooking for large groups.
• Assist clients and guides on hunts.
• Build rustic furniture for guest housing.
• Built dry stacked rock retaining walls.
• Mended fences in disrepair.