Fence row clearing
Open a 6–10 foot path along existing or planned fence. Brush, saplings, fallen wood, and the mess that hides the wire.
Skid steer farm services
Fence rows cleared.
Fields opened back up.
Gradwell Ventures handles the brush, briars, and junk that steal acres and eat fence. We show up, walk the ground, and leave a path you can work.
- Fence row clearing
- Brush hogging
- Farm cleanup
What we take on
Work a tractor brush hog cannot finish clean.
Tight rows, old wire, saplings around posts, junk piles, wet corners. A skid steer with the right attachment gets in, cuts, piles, and moves on.
Brush hogging & mowing
Overgrown pasture, CRP edges, ditches, pond banks, and lot lines. Knock it down so you can graze, plant, or see the ground again.
Farm cleanup
Brush piles, old posts, scrap, storm debris, and the corners that have been “next year” for too long.
Pasture & lot reclaim
Take back ground that grew shut. Light lot clearing so new fence, food plots, or cattle can go back in.
Backhoe work
Trenching, drainage, post holes, and small digs with a backhoe attachment on the Kubota SVL95-2.
How a job runs
Walk it. Price it. Clear it.
- You send photos or we come look. Density, wire, rock, and access change the price more than acres do.
- You get a clear number. Hourly, half-day, or a flat bid once we know the row. Minimum trip applies.
- We do the work and leave it usable. Cut, pile, or haul — whatever we agreed in writing before the machine starts.
We do not guess from a blurry phone picture on thick, junk-filled rows. A free on-site look protects both of us.
Starting ranges
Honest pricing. No coffee-shop rates that starve the machine.
Final price depends on density, access, distance, and whether material stays piled or leaves the farm. These are starting points, not a bid.
Hourly machine work$140–$200 / hr
Half day / full day$600–$800 / $1,200–$1,800
Open pasture mowing$25–$60 / acre
Fence row, light to thick$2–$8 / ft or day rate
Minimum trip$350–$600
Where we work
Marshall County, Iowa — and about an hour out.
Home base is Marshalltown. Gold ring on the map is about 60 miles / one hour. All of Polk County is included even if a west-side farm sits near the edge. Farther than that, text a pin drop.
Drag the map. Gold circle is the one-hour radius. Marker is Marshalltown.
Home county
Marshall County: Marshalltown, State Center, Melbourne, Rhodes, Gilman, Laurel, Le Grand, and the farms in between.
Inside an hour
Story (Ames, Nevada), Jasper (Newton), Tama, Hardin (Eldora, Iowa Falls), Grundy, Poweshiek (Grinnell), and Polk (Des Moines, Ankeny, Altoona, West Des Moines, and the rest of the county).
Edge jobs
Boone, south Black Hawk, west Linn, or Mahaska: ask. A big enough job covers the extra miles. A tiny one may not.
Mobilization
Jobs past the first 30 minutes from Marshalltown can pick up a trip charge. We will say so before we book.
Book the look
Tell us what the row looks like.
Call or text. Send a pin drop, a few photos, and what you want left when we pull out — piled, burned if legal, or hauled.
- Phone (608) 408-9576
- Email jwgradwell@gmail.com
- Area Marshall County, Iowa and farms within about an hour of Marshalltown: Story, Jasper, Tama, Hardin, Grundy, Poweshiek, and Polk. Farther out, ask.