About Us
Thomas Dirtworks is a third generation excavating company, located in Decatur, Michigan. We provide all types of excavating services throughout southwest Michigan. We listen to each customer to gain an understanding of their situation and provide solutions. Our intention is to make certain that each job and material will accomplish the desired outcome. We work within each budget, never compromising quality, and always achieving lasting results.
Past to Present
Back in the 1950’s and 1960’s, Bernarde Thomas and Betsy the Crane were the go to duo for farmers and county drain commissions that needed their ditches cleaned out and irrigation ponds, as well as individual or homestead ponds, dug. He also dug all the channels on Lake of the Woods in Decatur.
As a young boy, Wade Thomas would spend his summers learning all aspects of the family excavating business alongside his father, Mick Thomas and his grandfather, Bernarde Thomas. Maybe it was his
Grandpa’s old B Model Mack, or the Cat D6 Bulldozer that did it, but Wade never lost the excitement for excavating. He continued to work for the company during the summers while he attended Western Michigan University, and came on full time after earning his business degree.
In 2021, Mick sold the business to Wade and his wife, Lindsay. The name was changed to Thomas Dirtworks. And the next chapter is still being written!
