In 1949 Doyle completed his military service and he went to Charlie with a notice of an auction of surplus equipment and supplies at the Buckingham Air Base. They entered a bid of $35.00 which was accepted. With the profit of the sale of the surplus equipment, they began a personal and professional relationship that remained intact all their lives.
Tom Doyle and Charlie Flint began buying buildings which they dismantled and then sold the lumber for profit. Their first moving job was a small tarpaper house measuring only 14′ x 18′. They jacked the building up on drums using long pry poles. They couldn’t get their truck under the building, so they dug a hole and backed the truck under it.
As business grew, they added trailers, trucks, jeeps, jacks, timbers and a truck crane. The increasing business forced Flint and Doyle to find a place to store their equipment. They purchased a 6-acre lot on Anderson Avenue … now Martin Luther King Blvd. in Fort Myers.
Over the decades the sons too began working in the business, which they have inherited and expanded to be the largest structural moving company in Florida. Their expertise has brought them around the world as leading consultants in the structural moving business today. More recently, the grandsons of Charlie Flint have taken over the business and are continuing the legacy.
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