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Pierce Land Clearing provides land clearing, forestry mulching, and brush removal services across Brownwood, TX and Brown County. Our crews thin mesquite and overgrown ranch ground selectively, keeping your oaks and bringing the land around Pecan Bayou back to work. One local crew, transparent day rate pricing, and a real number for your project before the first tree comes down.
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Land clearing in Brownwood, Texas is ranch work with a selective streak. Brown County owners rarely want bare dirt. They want the mesquite and whitebrush gone, the six inch and under junk trees mulched, the deadfall cleaned up, and the mature oaks and pecans left standing over open grass. That is exactly the work our machines are built for, from high horsepower dedicated mulchers that cover ranch acreage by the day to skid steer mulchers for lake lots and homesites.
Around Brownwood, Early, Bangs, and the Lake Brownwood communities we handle mesquite removal and pasture reclamation, selective thinning for hunting and grazing land, cedar cleanup in the breaks, fence line and right of way clearing, and pad and tank site prep. Mulching in place means no burn piles and no haul off, just a protective layer that feeds the grass as it breaks down.
Pricing is simple. Skid steer mulchers run $3,000 per day with transport included. High horsepower dedicated mulchers run $4,000 per day plus transport, and on ranch scale work they are almost always the better value per acre. Send photos or onX pins and we will quote most Brown County places the same day. Call 512-400-2693 and a project manager will answer, seven days a week.
A full service land clearing company serving Brownwood, Early, Bangs, Lake Brownwood, and ranches across Brown County.
Brush and small trees ground into soil-protecting mulch in one pass. No burning, no hauling.
Cut the fire load, free the water table, and open sightlines on cedar-choked ground.
Reclaim overgrown lots, pastures, and fence lines from mesquite and scrub.
Selective take-downs and stump grinding for clean, open ground.
Grubbing, grading, and pad prep that hands your builder permit-ready dirt.
Rock outcrops and caliche crushed and milled on site into base material for ranch roads, pads, and tank dams.
Clean corridors for new fencing, utilities, and access roads.
Residential and commercial lots cleared, leveled, and ready.
Stock tanks and ponds dug, shaped, and finished right.
From half acre homesites to utility scale projects, the equipment and crew scale to the job.
Utility corridors, pasture reclamation, invasive cedar and mesquite removal, and prep for whatever you are planning next.
Lot clearing, grubbing, and pad prep that keeps your build schedule on track.
Mesquite and cedar removal, pasture and grazing recovery, fence lines, senderos, stock tanks, and ranch roads.
Multi lot and large acreage clearing with ground left ready for survey, permitting, and infrastructure.
Utility scale site clearing, vegetation removal, and access roads for solar projects across Central Texas.
Transmission lines, pipelines, and fence and utility row corridors cleared to spec and on schedule.
Parks, drainage easements, fire mitigation, and public land maintenance. Easy to work with on bids and compliance.
Senderos, food plots, feeder and blind access, and trail systems that make your property huntable again.
A lot of land clearing companies rent whatever the equipment yard has that week. We own purpose-built forestry machines and match them to your terrain. Not sure which machine your property needs? Try our cost calculator for an instant answer.
Our high horsepower dedicated mulchers run 300+ HP and chew through heavy cedar and mesquite at a pace no skid steer can match. That is how big tracts get cleared in days instead of weeks. We bring these machines when your material runs bigger than 8 inches in diameter and the property has access for an 11 foot wide machine.
For material up to 8 inches in diameter, our skid steer mulchers fill the gap. Subdivision lots, tree preservation, tight fence lines, and finish work around structures, they get in where the big machines cannot. Low ground pressure protects your topsoil, and they clear selectively around the oaks you want to keep.
The hero photo and the cleared shots on this page are from a Brownwood job with simple instructions: mulch everything six inches and under, take the tops and deadfall, and do not touch the big trees. That is selective thinning, and it is the highest value work we do in Brown County. The place keeps its oaks and its shade, gains its grass back, and hunts better the first season after.
Most recent Brown County project: July 2026
Send photos and property details for a fast quote, or meet us on-site and we will walk it with you. Either way you get a firm number, free.
Our crew and machines do the work, selectively and cleanly. The mulch stays right where it falls, protecting the soil and feeding the grass. No burn piles, and no haul off needed.
You get open ground, clean sightlines, and land you can actually use again. If your project calls for full site prep, we handle that too.
Every ranch is different, so price comes down to a few things: how many acres, how thick the mesquite and brush are, whether we are thinning selectively or clearing full, and access. Transport to Brown County is built into the quote up front, so the number you get is the number you pay.
Most companies make you chase a number. Here is ours. The machine we bring depends on the size of your material and the access on your property.
Plus transport to your site
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Day rates help you budget. When you send photos or have us walk the property, you get a firm total for the whole job, free either way. For a deeper breakdown, read our guide on what it costs to clear land in Texas.
I cannot say enough good things about my experience working with Pierce Land Clearing. We have a large piece of very heavily wooded and overgrown property and their equipment was able to clear a clean, wide road and open several acres.
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Worked with me to get my pond exactly how I wanted it. Taylor communicated well and was willing to cut me a fair deal when things were not exactly as expected. Jonathon is an ace with the dozer. The man can move dirt like icing on a cake.
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My experience was the best hands down. I liked the direct upfront pricing and how it was stated clearly what would be done. The operator Jonathan went above and beyond to take care of our property and listened to what was important to us.
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Out in Brown County, clearing brush on your own ranch needs no permit, and agricultural land work is exempt from most regulation in Texas. Inside Brownwood city limits the usual considerations are floodplain along Pecan Bayou and utility easements, and lake lots at Lake Brownwood can have Brown County Water Improvement District rules near the waterline. We flag anything that needs attention when we quote the job.
Estimates usually happen within a few days of your call. Most residential jobs run one to three days on site, and larger acreage moves at several acres a day with the dedicated mulchers. One local quirk: the Blackland clay east of I-35 gets greasy after rain, so we watch the weather and schedule around it rather than tearing up your ground. You get a start window with your quote and a heads up before we roll in.
Skid steer mulchers run $3,000 per day with transport included, for material up to 8 inches in diameter. High horsepower dedicated mulchers run $4,000 per day plus transport, for heavy brush and big acreage. Brown County jobs tend to be ranch scale, where the big machines earn their keep per acre. Send photos and acreage and we will give you a real number, usually the same day.
It is the job in these photos: we mulch everything six inches and under plus the tops and deadfall, and leave the mature oaks and pecans standing. The land opens up for grass, stock, and hunting visibility, but it still looks like Texas instead of a parking lot. On most Brown County ranches it is the best value clearing there is.
Mesquite resprouts from the root, so how we clear it matters. Mulching is the fast, economical option and sets it back years. Grubbing the root crown slows regrowth much more, and we will tell you straight which one fits your ground, your goals, and your budget.
Yes. Lake lots are usually tighter access, which is skid steer work: brush out, views open, shade trees kept, and the mulch left as a clean ground layer. If your place is on a steep bank we will look at photos and tell you honestly what the machines can reach.
With mulching, nothing needs to leave your property. Everything grinds into a mulch layer that protects the soil, holds moisture, and feeds the grass as it breaks down. There are no brush piles to burn and no haul off trucks to pay for, which is a big part of why mulching costs less than traditional clearing.
We do. Our crews run the whole state from our Austin yard, and the Heart of Texas country from Brady up through Brownwood is a regular circuit for us. Transport is part of the quote up front, and photo quoting means you can have a number before we ever make the drive.
On open mesquite country a dedicated mulcher covers 2 to 3 acres a day, sometimes more when the brush is light. Heavy thickets and creek bottoms run slower. Skid steers average half to three quarters of an acre a day, which is why ranch scale work in Brown County almost always gets the big machines.
Yes. Photos, an aerial screenshot, or onX pins with the areas marked will get you a real quote on most Brown County places. Mark what goes and what stays and we will price it, and for bigger or more complicated ranches we are glad to come walk it with you.
15 Acres of Solid CedarHico: thick cedar taken down to open ground.See the full project →
40 Acres, Full ClearBastrop County: cedar and yaupon off, pasture back in production.See the full project →
12 Acres, SelectiveGeorgetown: cedar out, every oak preserved.See the full project →
Hilltop HomesiteHorseshoe Bay: one acre opened for a build with a view.See the full project →
127 Acres for the LCRAElgin: a full clear on a public utility timeline, wrapped in 37 days.See the full project →
125 Acres ReclaimedElgin: overgrown pasture put back to work.See the full project →
38 Acre Commercial SiteBrownsville: cleared for development in six days.See the full project →
9 Acre Pasture ReclamationDale: brush out and grass coming back, two days on site.See the full project →
6 Acres Mulched CleanMorgan: downed trees and brush ground in place.See the full project →
3 Acre HomesiteLexington: cedar removed, pad ready for the builder.See the full project →
Cedar and Fence LinesLometa: three acres cleared with clean fence lines to match.See the full project →
Selective Homesite ClearCleburne: shade trees kept, everything else gone in a day.See the full project →From Brownwood we cover Brown County and the country around it: Early, Bangs, May, Blanket, Zephyr, and the Lake Brownwood shoreline communities. We also serve Brady, Goldthwaite, and Llano. Somewhere else in Central Texas? Browse every area we serve or just call.
Quick quotes, competent operators, and top of the line equipment. Dedicated project managers who actually answer the phone, and a family business that actually cares about making customers happy.