About MoCo
MoCo Engineering and Fabrication Inc. was established in 1995 because of the growing need for greater customer support in the lumber industry. Erik Humble and Chuck Moles, the company founders and principals, started the company with the goal to create a business based on customer service. With this goal in mind, MoCo has since grown to be the industry leader in the lumber handling industry, specializing in lumber stackers and related equipment.
MoCo has assembled a very talented staff that is devoted to producing and supporting high quality equipment. Nine individuals at our facility were formerly employed by Lunden Industries, designing and manufacturing similar lumber handling equipment. MoCo's knowledgeable staff is continuously working to better our product line and therefore increase the profitability for our customers. Supplying superior equipment and service to our customers has significantly grown our company in popularity and size. We will not be complacent; we continuously strive to satisfy our customers, making them our most valued sales force!
MoCo completely designs, fabricates, and tests all of our equipment in-house. We do not rely on outside sources to build things such as our control systems or hydraulics.
This allows us to have complete control over quality and performance of our equipment. It also allows us to easily cater any system to the individual needs of the customer.
Specializing primarily in stacker systems and related items enables us to have a greater knowledge base of these systems than some of our competitors who attempt to supply many varying products. We want to be known as the people you go to when you are looking for the best lumber handling systems.
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Employee Bios
Chuck Moles
Co-Owner
Bio:One of the founders of MoCo Engineering, Chuck has been involved in manufacturing, servicing, and designing lumber handling equipment since 1984.He was with USNR from 1984 to 1995, and MoCo from 1995 to present.Born and raised in North Idaho, Chuck moved to Spokane in 1984.His family at home includes his wife, Patty, and four children- Lindsey, Trevor, Joey, and Madison.He spends a majority of his free time hunting, shooting competitive archery, and designing archery products.
Erik Humble
Co-Owner
Bio:A graduate of Eastern Washington University, Erik holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and Technology. Upon graduation, Erik worked as an Engineer for the Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group as a facilities and equipment engineer. Erik then moved back to the Spokane area and took a position with Lunden Industries, a division of USNR, in the engineering department. In 1995 he and his business partner, Chuck, formed MoCo Engineering & Fabrication in his back yard shop.Erik and Chuck have enjoyed building a successful business from the ground up. MoCo has since grown to have customers throughout North America, and is now operating from a 70,000 sq ft facility in the Spokane Valley and employs approximately 30 full-time employees.Erik resides in the Spokane area with his wonderful wife, Jennifer and he has two beautiful children, Lucas (9) and Sidney (7). Erik and his family enjoy snowmobiling in the winter months and boating and fishing in the summer.
Clayton Martin
Engineering Manager
Bio:Born in Montana, moved at a young age to Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, 30 miles east of Spokane.Clayton Martin brings to the operation 30 years plus of different levels of mechanical design abilities. Clayton has worked with engineering firms that design Co-Generation facilities, Pneumatic Conveying Systems, and various facilities of manufacturing.For the past 15 years has been managing engineering groups. Clayton attended Coeur D'Alene High School before graduating from North Idaho College with Associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Clayton currently resides in Coeur D'Alene with wife, Karin, and their two children: Mikaela and Samantha.In his free time, Clayton enjoys Remote Control Vehicles, Woodworking, Camping, Listening to Music, Creating Videos, Motorcycling and various other subjects.
Loren Wernecke
Electrical & Hydraulic ManagerBio:A native of North Idaho, Loren moved to Spokane in 1986 and has worked continuously in the Industrial wood products industry since 1989. Previously, Loren was employed by USNR (Lunden division) for ten years as an Electrician, PLC programmer, Hydraulics Technician, and Field Service Startup man. Loren spent one year as a sawmill electrician before joining MoCo in 2000. He is responsible for the design and implementation of software programming, electrical and hydraulic controls for MoCo equipment as well as existing equipment that ties into our system, in addition to customer service. He enjoys the challenges of designing and implementing new technology into our equipment to keep MoCo on the cutting edge of the fast paced, high tech wood products industry.
Ben Streets
Ben grew up in a small town in western Montana where he scratched out a living doing farm work, processing feed for livestock, operating a boiler for the feed mill, and operating the boiler at the sawmill on the weekends. In 1990 he moved to Spokane where he went to work for Lunden Industries building lumber stackers. It was here that he met Chuck Moles and Erik Humble, the current owners of MoCo. Ben worked as a lead man for Lunden for 10 years and then in Oct. of 2000 he started at MoCo as the shop foreman. When not working, you may find Ben helping his wife Nancy with their horses or going to archery shoots with their two children Neal and Heather. Ben also enjoys hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, dirt biking, camping, and scuba diving.
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