Built In The Bayou
Built in the Bayou is a podcast about faith, family, and what it really takes to run a small business in today's world. Join the Skyjacker family as they sit down with employees, industry legends, and special guests to share real stories, hard lessons, and the moments that made them.
Episodes
6 episodes
Episode 6 | Ambassador Meetup
This week on Built in the Bayou, we’re stepping away from the shop and heading to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, for the Great Smoky Mountain Jeep Invasion!For the first time ever, the Skyjacker team brought together a group of ambass...
Episode 5 | What We Don't Usually Talk About
This week Evan and Malerie open up about what their day-to-day roles really look like, how the company has grown into giving the next generation more ownership, and how trust gets built over time with longtime employees. And in the back half, M...
Episode 4 | Off The Grid with Colt Builds It
First-ever off-grid episode! We traded the home studio for tiny homes in Leadville, CO during summer camp week — and brought on off-road legend Colt Builds It to talk shop.From his first disastrous engine swap to flipping Cherokees to fu...
Episode 3 | Behind the Buy
This week on Built in the Bayou, we sit down with Michael Graves, Skyjacker's Purchasing and Production Manager, to pull back the curtain on a job most people never think about — but that touches nearly everything the company makes. From sourci...
Episode 2 | Wooden Lift Blocks & Building It Right
Our Design Engineer Josh Cooper steps out from behind the scenes this week. He's been in the off-road game a long time! From his dad's body shop, welding at a steel fab shop, running his own shop through the 2008 crash, engineering at Super Lif...
Episode 1 | What 50 Years Doesn't Tell You
In our very first episode, we're pulling back the curtain on what it really takes to build a brand that lasts. Skyjacker's Evan and Malerie sit down with Jeff Worley, Skyjacker's controller of 25 years, to talk about the people, the culture, an...