PIERCE
LAND
CLEARING
Pierce Land Clearing provides land clearing, forestry mulching, and underbrush removal services across Caldwell, TX and Burleson County. Our crews open up post oak woods, mulch out the yaupon, and reclaim pastures from Caldwell to Somerville. One call gets you honest day rates, a real timeline, and a local crew that leaves your good trees standing.
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Land clearing in Caldwell, Texas is a running fight with yaupon, and we fight it with the right iron. Burleson County post oak savannah closes up fast once the understory takes hold, and reclaiming it means machines that can grind solid thicket all day without tearing up the sandy ground underneath. Our high horsepower dedicated mulchers cover acreage at 2 to 3 acres a day, and skid steer mulchers handle homesites and tight corners.
Around Caldwell, Somerville, Snook, and Deanville we handle yaupon and understory clearing, pasture reclamation, fence line corridors, hunting land improvement near Somerville Lake, and lot prep for new builds. Mulching in place protects the post oak root zones, feeds the grass as it breaks down, and means no burn piles or haul trucks on your place.
Pricing is straightforward. Skid steer mulchers run $3,000 per day with transport included. High horsepower dedicated mulchers run $4,000 per day plus transport. Photos or onX pins get most Burleson County quotes done the same day, whether you are in Caldwell, Somerville, Snook, Chriesman, or Lyons. Call 512-400-2693 and a project manager will answer, seven days a week.
A full service land clearing company serving Caldwell, Somerville, Snook, Deanville, and all of Burleson 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.
Old slabs, rubble, and rock crushed and milled on site into base material for drives and pads.
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 photos on this page are from recent mulching work in the post oak country around Somerville, minutes from Caldwell: solid yaupon going in, open walkable woods coming out, and the machines that did it. It is the same growth we clear across Burleson County every season.
Most recent Burleson 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 property is different, so price comes down to a few things: how many acres, how thick the yaupon is, what stays, and access. Transport to Burleson 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.
We would highly recommend Pierce Land Clearing. Their professionalism and quick response to questions started with our initial communication with Preston. Dustin was the operator that did the work. The job was completed quickly and we were amazed by the final outcome.
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They did an excellent job and were highly effective and the price was an incredible value. I am so thankful for them and will use them for all of my forestry needs.
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One word: FANTASTIC!! Thank you Pierce Land Clearing and special thanks to Dustin. We are so pleased!!
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Clearing brush on your own rural land in Burleson County needs no permit, and agricultural work is exempt from most regulation in Texas. Inside Caldwell city limits, floodplain rules along Davidson Creek are the main consideration, and around Somerville Lake the Corps of Engineers has a say near the shoreline. 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 growth and bigger acreage. Burleson County tracts tend to be 10 to 100 acres of post oak and yaupon, where the big machines earn their keep. Send photos and acreage for a real number, usually the same day.
That is the classic Burleson County job. Yaupon fills in under the post oaks until the woods are solid, and we mulch it out from underneath without hurting the trees. The result is open, park-like woods you can walk, hunt, and graze.
All the time. Caldwell sits right on our route between Austin and the Brazos Valley, so machines pass through constantly. That makes scheduling easier and transport cheaper than you might expect.
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.
Yes. A lot of Caldwell country is old family pasture that brushed up over a decade or two. Mulching takes it back to grass in days, and the mulch layer feeds the soil as it breaks down instead of leaving scraped dirt.
Always the goal. Flag the trees you want and our operators work around them. Selective clearing costs a little more than a full clear but it is what keeps a Burleson County place looking like Texas.
In typical post oak and yaupon growth a dedicated mulcher covers 2 to 3 acres a day. Skid steers run about half to three quarters of an acre. We will give you a day count with the quote so the budget is clear up front.
Yes. Photos, an aerial screenshot, or onX pins with the areas marked will get most Caldwell quotes done the same day. Tell us what goes and what stays and we will price it without you waiting on a site visit.
125 Acres ReclaimedElgin: overgrown pasture put back to work.See the full project →
5 Acres, Trails ReopenedLlano: impassable trails cleared and widened, cedar out.See the full project →
8 Acres, Homesite PrepSan Marcos: pad and driveway graded, cedar mulched for the views.See the full project →
4.2 Acres, SelectiveSan Antonio: heritage trees protected between a highway and new homesites.See the full project →
12 Acres Grubbed in San AntonioSan Antonio: 12 acres grubbed and reclaimed as usable pasture.See the full project →
18 Acres, SelectiveEvant: 18 acres thinned selectively, hardwoods left standing.See the full project →
Hunting Lane ClearingMelvin: hunting lanes cut and a new right of way opened.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 →
38 Acre Commercial SiteBrownsville: cleared for development in six days.See the full project →
15 Acres of Solid CedarHico: thick cedar taken down to open ground.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 Caldwell we cover Burleson County and the country around it: Somerville, Snook, Deanville, Chriesman, and Lyons. Close by we also serve Bryan, College Station, Brenham, Giddings, and Elgin. 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.