From junior college baseball to scratch golf pro to 20 years in the waterworks trenches, Traver Hunter’s path into the industry is anything but ordinary.

Based in Lewistown, Montana — “the snow hole,” as locals call it — Traver covers a territory where everything is two and a half hours away and cell service is optional. He shares how persistence (not polish) landed him his first big opportunity, what makes rural markets unique, and why relationships still carry weight in Big Sky Country.

We talk growth in Bozeman, shipping realities in wide-open states, crawling 36-inch pipe under 20 feet of soil, and why you don’t come in hot to Montana.

It’s a conversation about loyalty, change, infrastructure, and the kind of handshake culture that still exists — if you know how to navigate it.