Land clearing questions, answered

Nothing. I will come out, walk your land with you, and see how it all sits before I give you a firm price. You will have that number in hand before any work starts.

There is no honest per-acre number. What is standing on the acre, what happens to the debris, the slope, the access, and what you want it to look like after all move the price more than the acreage does. I walk it and give you a firm number.

By the job. You get one firm number after I walk the land, and that is the number. Hourly puts the risk on you if the ground fights back. I would rather carry that myself.

If you are building on the spot, clear it fully, stumps and all. If you want the land open, usable, and looking kept, forestry mulching does the job for less money. Walking the property together settles it pretty quick.

Depends on the job. Mulching leaves chips on the ground, so there is nothing to haul. On a full clear we pile the debris and handle it however we agree on before work starts. You will know the plan, and the cost of it, up front.

Tracked machines are easier on ground than people expect, and I plan the route in before we start. If the ground is soaked, I would rather push the date than rut up the part of your land you were not paying me to touch.

Yes. Cutting the path, building the base, setting the culvert where the drive crosses the ditch, and topping it with gravel are all the same job to me. A driveway is often the first thing new land needs, and it is one of the most common things I get called for.

I dig farm ponds. Whether one holds water comes down to the soil and where it sits, so I look at both before I tell you yes. Nobody wants to pay for a hole that turns into a mud puddle.

It depends on your county and what the work is tied to. Clearing brush on private land is usually simple. Work near a creek, in a floodplain, or tied to a house or driveway can bring the county in. I will tell you what I have seen on jobs like yours, and a call to your county codes office settles it.

It depends on what is on the acres, not how many there are. I give you a window when I quote it, and weather is the one thing that moves it. You will always know where the job stands.

Start with what you want the land to do, then get a way in. Most people need a driveway or a path first, then the clearing, then the pad or the pasture. Walk it with me and we lay out the order together. The quote costs nothing.

Both. From house pads to commercial lots to farm ponds, if the job means moving dirt and bringing your land to life, it is the kind of work we love to do.