MMG employees use an E50 excavator and a compact track loader to remove a stubborn tree stump on the site of a landscaping project.
BOBCAT EQUIPMENT WILL DOOnly
A SMALL ARMY OF TOUGH AND VERSATILE BOBCAT TOOL CARRIERS AND ATTACHMENTS HAS HELPED A GEORGIA LANDSCAPING COMPANY THRIVE IN AN INDUSTRY THAT WAS HIT HARD DURING THE GREAT RECESSION. BOBCAT IS THE ONE AND ONLY BRAND OF COMPACT EQUIPMENT FOR JEREMY MYERS.
What drives a person to arrive at the offi ce at 4:30 a.m.? For one up-and-coming professional it is a passion for landscaping, being his own boss and operating Bobcat®
compact equipment and attachments.
Jeremy Myers is just 30 years old, yet he’s the owner of MMG (Metro Maintenance Group) in Lilburn, Ga., just outside of the Atlanta metropolitan area. He also owns fi ve Bobcat machines plus more than a half-dozen Bobcat attachments, and has nine full-time employees. “One of the biggest secrets to our success has been having great people to work with and having great equipment,” Myers says.
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Myers gets an early start each day to prepare his three crews for their commercial and residential site preparation projects.
“I get in early to do a lot of bookkeeping and planning,” he says. Although he’s the owner, he’s also a project manager and is heavily involved in the day-to-day activities of his business and clients. He’s not afraid to get his hands dirty. “I change the oil in my machines and I’ll use a shovel if need be. What I really enjoy is being in a machine and planting trees, sometimes doing things that my employees don’t want to do … the challenging parts.”
Myers has established his company as a reliable and competent provider of landscape installation projects, partnering with landscape architects on high-end landscaping projects. They hire Myers
and his crews to carry out sophisticated landscape renovations or installations, some for as much as $500,000.
“We do light demolition, install underground drainage and plant really large trees, to name a few of our services,” Myers says. “We’re a trusted source for landscape architects and designers. Whatever they come up with, however crazy it is, we fi gure out a way to do it.”
An equipment “addiction”
As a young man in his 20s, Myers realized how much he enjoyed being around and operating equipment. “I previously sold equipment for a little while, but I learned that what I really like doing is buying equipment,” he says. “So I had to start this business and feed my addiction.”
Myers’ addiction to equipment and a solid relationship with the local dealer