Billy Lomax, Founder of Dig Dig: From Trucking to the Sandbox
Billy Lomax, founder of Dig Dig for Kids, spent most of his career following in his dad’s footsteps in the trucking business. He eventually retired as the manager of USF Holland – Indianapolis, a huge terminal with plenty of trucks, employees, emails, and corporate bureaucracy.
Throughout his career, Billy had a slightly obsessive habit of looking for better ways to do things. He liked solving problems, rethinking how things worked, and fixing small details that other people might have been perfectly willing to leave alone.
After retirement, it seemed natural to build something of his own. As a matter of fact, he first tried flipping houses as a hobby. However, that only lasted until he realized two important things: it is a lot of work, and his blue-collar skill level had some quality-control issues.
The Colorado Trip That Started It
Then, after a trip to Colorado to see his grandson, Billy started shaping a different idea. He set his sights on building the world’s largest indoor sandbox for kids. Eventually, that idea became Dig Dig for Kids, an indoor construction-themed sandbox where kiddos can build, explore, and play with trucks.
As a result, geology and toys somehow became part of his expertise.
Life Beyond Dig Dig
Today, Billy Lomax, founder of Dig Dig for Kids, still spends plenty of time thinking about sandboxes, toy trucks, and small-business projects. Even so, Dig Dig is not the only thing he talks about. He rides his bike, does the grocery shopping, works on projects around home and the store, and notices odd little things that other people may walk right past. Meanwhile, he keeps one eye on Justin while Justin runs the Fishers location.
Why Follow Billy Lomax, Founder of Dig Dig?
Outside the sandbox, @BillyLomaxLife is where Billy shares the rest of it—everyday life, quiet humor, bike rides, business lessons, workshop projects, and generally whatever else seems worth sharing. Some posts are particularly useful. Others are simply observations that probably did not require a video.
Together, they offer a look at life after trucking, the work behind a family-owned business, and the projects that happen between trips to the grocery store.
