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Land Clearing & Forestry Mulching in Macomb County, Michigan
From the orchard and farm townships around Romeo and Armada to the new-build lots of Washington and Macomb Township.
North of M-59, Macomb County turns rural fast. Romeo and Bruce Township sit on the last of the hills, with orchards, cider mills and horse farms; Washington Township is subdivisions on one side and Stony Creek Metropark on the other; and Ray, Armada, Richmond and Lenox are flat clay-loam farm country cut into forty-acre fields by ditches and hedgerows. South of Hall Road the work is different: subdivision outlots, retention pond banks, HOA common ground and vacant commercial parcels in Shelby, Macomb Township, Chesterfield and Sterling Heights.
The overgrowth here lives in the lines. Hedgerows between fields fill in with box elder, mulberry, honeysuckle and wild grape until they are forty feet wide. Old orchard rows go to brush once the trees stop being pruned. Phragmites takes over ditch banks and pond edges, Callery pear and buckthorn colonize any vacant lot, and the wet clay in the low spots grows willow and dogwood thickets that a mower cannot touch.
We clear Macomb County with a high-flow tracked skid steer and a FECON mulching head, and a brush hog for open ground, thirty-five to fifty-five minutes from our base in Royal Oak. Hedgerows, orchard rows and lot brush are ground into a chip layer in place, which is the difference between a two-day job with no burn pile and a week of chainsaws, stacking and hauling. One project price covers it; start with the quote form.
What We Clear in Macomb County
The jobs that come up again and again in this county.
Hedgerows and fence lines between fields
Ray, Armada, Richmond and Lenox fields separated by rows of box elder and honeysuckle. We grind the row back to the survey line so the ground can be farmed or fenced to the edge. See fence line clearing. How we do it →
Old orchard blocks
Romeo, Washington and Armada have decades of apple and peach rows that stopped being tended. We grind the block out, with any keeper trees flagged first, and return it to field. How we do it →
New-build lot clearing
Washington Township, Bruce, Macomb Township and Ray are still building on former farm ground. Building envelope, drive line and septic area cleared, keeper trees flagged and left. See site preparation.
Subdivision outlots and HOA common ground
Retention pond banks, buffer strips and outlots that have gone to buckthorn and Callery pear. We open them up, leave a mulch layer that can be mowed, and price the whole community as one job. See commercial land clearing. How we do it →
Horse pasture and paddocks
Ray Township and Bruce Township boarding farms: pasture reclaimed from brush, paddock fence lines cleared, and the work scheduled around turnout. How we do it →
Vacant lots and commercial parcels
Overgrown commercial ground along Van Dyke, Gratiot and 23 Mile, cleared and left clean for listing, leasing or building. How we do it →
The Ground We Work in Macomb County
What the land looks like here, before and while we work it.
Townships and Communities We Serve in Macomb County
Each township page covers the local ground, the common jobs and the roads we work.
Also serving: Bruce Township, Macomb Township, Shelby Township, Chesterfield Township, Lenox Township, New Haven, New Baltimore, Harrison Township, Clinton Township, Sterling Heights, Utica, Mount Clemens, Fraser, Roseville, St. Clair Shores, Warren, Center Line, Eastpointe. If your town is not listed, we still cover it; send photos and an address.
Why Macomb County Property Owners Call Gibson
Everything is mulched in place
Brush, saplings and stumps are ground into a chip layer where they stood. Nothing to stack, burn or haul, and the chips hold the soil on slopes and banks.
One flat project price
Walk the property with us or send photos. You get a price for the whole job before we start, with travel and terrain already in it.
Owner-operated, based in Royal Oak
You talk to the person who runs the machine. We know which roads are gravel, which lots stay wet, and what grows back where.
Licensed, insured and OSHA-trained
We show up insured and trained, and we leave the site clean, walkable and ready for what you planned next.
Questions We Hear in Macomb County
Do you work on subdivision common areas and HOA property?
Yes. South of M-59 that is the typical job. Outlots, retention pond banks and buffer strips are cleared to a mulch layer the landscaper can mow, and the whole community is priced as one project so the board has a single number.
Can you clear an old orchard?
Yes. Walk it with us to mark any trees you want kept, and the rest of the block is ground to a chip layer so the ground can be disked or mowed the following season.
How do you handle clay ground that stays wet?
By timing it. The flat townships hold water in spring, so hedgerows and low ground are scheduled for frozen months or the dry stretch of late summer. The machine runs on wide tracks, and on frozen clay it leaves almost no mark.
Do you clear commercial lots in Macomb County?
Yes. Vacant commercial parcels, outlots and industrial sites from Sterling Heights to Richmond. We clear and leave the site clean and walkable, with no debris pile waiting for a hauler; see commercial land clearing.
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Ready to Take Back Your Macomb County Property?
Send a few photos and the address, or book a walk-through. We are 35 to 55 minutes from Royal Oak and you will get one price for the whole job.