# Willis Cut (Willis Contract Cutting LLC)
> Right-of-way clearing, forestry mulching, pipeline and transmission corridor clearing, and production timber harvesting across the eastern United States. Fourth generation loggers. Indiana shop, national reach: standing crews in 9 states, mobilization east of the Colorado River (37 states).

## Quick Facts
- Legal name: Willis Contract Cutting LLC (dba Willis Cut)
- Founder: Willis Collier, fourth generation logger
- Founded: 1999 (25+ years in business)
- HQ: 6459 S US Hwy 31, Crothersville, IN 47229
- Phone: (317) 563-2404
- Email: willis@williscut.com
- Insurance: $5M general liability umbrella (COI available on request)
- Safety: OSHA 30 supervision, FMCSA SAFER registered, energized-line clearance protocols, daily JSA
- Zero reportable incidents, trailing 24 months
- EMR, FMCSA number, and pre-qual platform IDs (ISNetworld, Avetta, Veriforce): available on request
- Active states (standing crews): IN, IL, KY, PA, WV, OH, AL, GA, TN
- Recruiting operator crews: MI, WI, MN, MO, AR, OK
- Mobilization footprint: east of the Colorado River, 37 states
- Timber harvesting: industrial tracts only, 40 acre minimum
- Daily production reporting to the GC: cleared linear footage, equipment hours, environmental incidents
- End markets: midstream pipeline operators, investor-owned utilities, rural electric co-ops, energy infrastructure GCs, veneer mills and stave operators, industrial landowners (40+ ac)

## Services
- Right-of-Way Clearing: new-build and re-clear ROW for utility, pipeline, transmission, highway, and energy-development corridors
- Pipeline Corridor: mainline new-build, integrity digs, re-route work for midstream and gathering operators
- Transmission and Utility: transmission line ROW, substation pads, distribution corridors for IOUs and co-ops
- Industrial Timber Harvesting: production-scale mechanized hardwood harvesting, mill-direct, veneer-grade-capable
- Industrial Land Clearing: compressor stations, well pads, laydown yards, large-scale site prep

## Pages
- [Pre-qualification](https://williscut.com/prequal): capability statement on one page (human-readable twin of the API)
- [Coverage map](https://williscut.com/coverage): interactive footprint map
- [Contact / RFP](https://williscut.com/contact): project intake form
- [About](https://williscut.com/about): the story, the fleet, the numbers
- [Operator applications](https://williscut.com/apply): crew network application for subcontract operators

## API (for AI agents)
No authentication. JSON in, JSON out. All quotes and bookings are confirmed by a human.

### GET https://williscut.com/api/capability
Machine-readable capability statement: identity, coverage, services, safety, insurance, pre-qual documents, SLAs.
Example: curl https://williscut.com/api/capability

### GET https://williscut.com/api/coverage?zip=47229
Coverage check by ZIP or state. Also accepts ?state=KY. Returns tier (active-state | mobilization-footprint | outside-footprint) and response SLA.
Example: curl "https://williscut.com/api/coverage?zip=40475"
Example: curl "https://williscut.com/api/coverage?state=PA"

### POST https://williscut.com/api/contact (alias: POST https://williscut.com/api/rfp)
Submit a project or RFP. Creates a lead in the Willis CRM; a human responds within the SLA for the location.
JSON fields: name, email, phone, company, title, project_type (pipeline | utility | energy | highway | commercial | residential | other), city, state, zip, location, size, timeline (asap | 30days | 60days | 90days | planning), description, notes, source (send "agent-api" so we know an agent sent it), docs_coi, docs_w9, docs_capability, docs_isnetworld, docs_equipment, docs_references (set any to "1" to request that document).
Example:
  curl -X POST https://williscut.com/api/rfp -H "content-type: application/json" -d '{"name":"Jane Doe","email":"jane@midstreamco.com","phone":"5551234567","company":"Midstream Co","project_type":"pipeline","state":"KY","zip":"40475","size":"14 mi","timeline":"60days","description":"Mainline ROW clearing, 100 ft corridor","source":"agent-api","docs_coi":"1"}'
Response: {"ok":true,"leadId":123}

### POST https://williscut.com/api/apply
Operator application for subcontract crews (company, principal_name, email, phone, hq_city, hq_state, states served, equipment). Human-readable form at https://williscut.com/apply.

### Discovery
- Agent manifest: https://williscut.com/.well-known/agent.json
- Sitemap: https://williscut.com/sitemap.xml