About Ben Chambers
Owner, Chambers Services, LLC
Ben Chambers grew up around two family businesses in the logging and timber industry, one of which was his father’s equipment manufacturing company. From an early age, he learned that taking care of customers meant more than just showing up during normal business hours.
Even as a young boy in grade school, Ben remembers the family telephone ringing late at night with a logger needing help. When that call came, his dad would get him out of bed, and the two would head out to wherever the logger was working to get his equipment back up and running. It didn’t matter what time it was or how long it took. The workday wasn’t over until the job was done.
That experience stuck with Ben and helped shape the way he approaches business today. It’s the same mentality he has carried into Chambers Services: If we can help you, we’ll be there when you need us, no matter the time.
Before building Chambers Services into what it is today, Ben served six years in the Mississippi Army National Guard, including a deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. He has also served in law enforcement and continues to serve his community as a reserve police officer and Assistant Chief of the Ackerman Volunteer Fire Department.
Chambers Services actually got its start while Ben was working full-time as a police officer. Although it was a full-time position, his schedule only required him to be on duty two to four days a week, leaving him time to pursue other interests.
Ben had always wanted a mini excavator, and with the help of a good friend and mentor, he was able to purchase his first machine. At the time, he figured he was on his way to becoming the next dirt contractor.
But as is often the case, things didn’t go exactly as planned.
One job led to another, opportunities came along, and what started with a mini excavator gradually grew into Chambers Services as it operates today, providing specialized municipal and industrial water and wastewater services.
While the type of work has changed over the years, the philosophy behind it hasn’t. Ben still believes in answering the phone, showing up when people need help, and staying until the job is done.
It’s the way he was raised, and it’s the way Chambers Services does business.
