Metamora is Metamora Hunt country: rolling moraine hills, estate properties behind board fence, hedgerows between hay fields, and ten- to eighty-acre parcels along Hurd, Pratt, Barber and Dryden roads, with the Metamora-Hadley Recreation Area and Lake Minnewanna just across the Hadley line to the west. It is about fifty minutes from Royal Oak up M-24, and it is the kind of ground the machine was bought for.

Pasture that stops being grazed goes to autumn olive, hawthorn and multiflora rose from the fence line inward, hedgerows fill with box elder and grapevine until they are forty feet wide, and the riding trails and shooting lanes through the woods close up with cherry saplings. We reclaim the pasture, grind the hedgerows back to the line, reopen the trails and lanes, and leave a chip layer instead of a burn pile on ground that is mostly turf and fence.

Where we work in Metamora Township: the Village of Metamora, Thornville, Farmers Creek and the M-24, Dryden, Hurd, Pratt, Metamora and Barber road corridors.

Common Jobs in Metamora Township

  • Pasture and paddock reclamation from autumn olive and rose, scheduled around turnout, with fence lines opened for new board.
  • Hedgerow and fence line clearing between hay fields, ground back to the survey line.
  • Riding trails and access trails through the wooded back acres, overhead trimmed for a rider.
  • Hunting lanes, stand approaches and food plots on the larger parcels, cleared before the season.
  • Hillside and creek-bank brush along Farmers Creek and the ravines, walked and planned on site.
The crossroads in the Village of Metamora.
The crossroads in the Village of Metamora.
Hay field and hedgerow, Southeast Michigan. Hedgerows are where the woods start taking the field back.
Hay field and hedgerow, Southeast Michigan. Hedgerows are where the woods start taking the field back.

Questions We Hear in Metamora

Can you work on an active horse farm?

Yes. Most Metamora jobs are on working farms. We coordinate with the barn on turnout, keep the machine out of any paddock with horses in it, and leave nothing behind that could end up in a hoof. The chip layer can be grazed once the grass comes through.

How do you handle the hills?

Every slope is walked and planned on site so the machine works from stable ground, and the chip layer stays on the hill and holds it. Our hillside clearing guide explains the approach.

Overgrown Ground in Metamora?

Send the address and a few photos through the quote form, or call. You will get one project price for the whole job, travel included.

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