Like father, like son; new engine repair business

SILSBEE — A new outdoor maintenance business, J&J Outdoor Power — Small Engine Repair is now in Silsbee. The engine repair, planning to run from owner Jacob Agnew’s home, is a father and son business that plans to serve Silsbee and Southeast Texas. “I’ve been helping people out for the last 10 to 15 years, just family and friends,” he said. “Recently, my wife told me that I should start doing it as a side business.” Ever since he was little, Agnew liked taking things apart and seeing how they worked. But when he was high school, he took courses on small engine and lawnmower repair and afterwards, raced go-karts and really learned how to work them, he said. “After that was when I really started learning more of the craft and working on it for family and for my own personal projects. Now it’s turned into this,” he shared. Agnew said he brought his ten-year-old son, Judd into the business to help him learn more about the craft. “I think it’s good for kids to learn. He sits in the garage with me while I work on stuff and he’s always asking questions and wanting to learn just like I did when I was a kid,” he said. “I’m hoping one day he can take it over.” Agnew said the business has been going well since it initially took off last week. “I’ve had a couple of lawnmowers, a couple of weed eaters and a couple of generators come in already and we’ve been open for a little while,” he said. “I’ve had a lot of people message and call me, so it’s been good. I’ve got a lot of responses on Facebook as well. I hope everyone will give me a chance to prove myself and help out the community while I do it.” To make an appointment or reach out to Jacob Agnew, visit J&J Outdoor Power on Facebook.