PIERCE
LAND
CLEARING
Pierce Land Clearing works Caney City and the south end of Cedar Creek Lake in Henderson County. This is the quieter side of the lake, more acreage and pasture than shoreline lots, and the work is usually taking back ground that yaupon and sweetgum have closed in over a decade of nobody touching it.
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Land clearing in Caney City, Texas is south Cedar Creek Lake work: more acreage and old pasture than shoreline lots, on East Texas sand that grows back fast.
Around Caney City, Eustace, Payne Springs and Malakoff we handle pasture reclamation, yaupon and underbrush removal, sweetgum and elm off field edges, fence line clearing, homesite and barn pad clearing, driveway corridors, and grinding piles that have been waiting on a burn day. Priced by the machine day with transport stated up front.
A full service land clearing company serving Caney City, Athens, Gun Barrel City, Tool, and Cedar Creek Lake.
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.
Crushed base and caliche spread for pasture roads, drives and pads across the south end of Cedar Creek Lake.
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, plot clearing, feeder and blind access, and trail systems that make your property huntable again.
We own our machines rather than renting whatever the yard has that week. Not sure which one your ground needs? Try our cost calculator.
Material over 8 inches, heavy cedar and mesquite. Needs room for an 11 foot machine. How we choose.
Material up to 8 inches. Low ground pressure, tight access, and selective work around the trees you want kept.
The photographs on this page are from clearing work on Texas ground of the same kind. For documented jobs with acreage, machines and day counts, see 9 acres of pasture reclaimed at Dale in two days and 4 acres of selective clearing at Elgin.
Documented nearby: 9 acres of pasture reclaimed at Dale in two days
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 place is different, so the number comes down to acreage, how thick the yaupon, sweetgum and understory brush has gotten, what you want left standing, and how the machines get through your gates. Transport to Henderson County is built into the quote up front, so the number you are given 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
Transport included
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 am so glad I found them to help me clear our land. We were tired of paying thousands of dollars to rent wood chippers, tractors, shredders, and chain saws, and still not being done with the project.
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Never easy to write a big check, but well worth it. After two days they completely transformed a ten acre holly-choked mess into an open and inviting forest. Taylor bid the job and recommended the larger dozer-sized forestry mulcher.
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Highly recommend! The team at Pierce Land Clearing is very professional and offered fair pricing, brought top notch machinery, and provided excellent customer service.
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On rural Henderson County land you own, clearing generally needs no permit and agricultural work is exempt from most regulation in Texas. Caney City is incorporated and has its own ordinances, some subdivisions carry deed restrictions, and work near the water line falls under the Tarrant Regional Water District which controls Cedar Creek Lake. If your place carries an agricultural exemption, a call to the county appraisal district before you change how the ground is used is worth the time.
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: sand over clay in the bottoms stays soft long after the ridges have dried, so we work the high ground first when the weather turns. You get a start window with your quote and a heads up before we roll in.
Priced by the machine day. A high horsepower mulcher is $4,000 per day plus transport and is usually the right machine on acreage down this end of the lake, a skid steer mulcher is $3,000 per day with transport included for tighter work, and dozer or excavator work is $3,000 per day plus transport. One day minimum on every machine.
Yes, and on the south end of the lake it is a lot of what we do. Yaupon, sweetgum and greenbriar come off, the ground goes back to grass, and on ground that was pasture in living memory the seed bank is usually still there so it comes back without help once sun reaches the soil.
Not in Henderson County. Our tractor work, discing and seeding, is Central Texas only. Here we clear and leave you open ground with a mulch layer on it, which is good condition for seed, and the planting is yours or your seed contractor.
Some of it. Yaupon returns readily from the base and sweetgum will send up shoots, which is ordinary for East Texas sand rather than a failure of the clearing. Budget a maintenance pass in year two or three; it is far cheaper than a second full clear.
On rural Henderson County land you own, generally no, and agricultural work is exempt from most regulation in Texas. Caney City is incorporated with its own ordinances, some subdivisions carry deed restrictions, and work near the water line falls under the Tarrant Regional Water District.
Yes, and it is worth doing before you fence rather than after. A line cut through standing brush costs more and comes out crooked, and a new fence in the way turns a one pass job into a careful one.
Yes, along with Payne Springs, Gun Barrel City, Tool and the rest of the Cedar Creek shoreline. Transport is a written line reflecting the distance.
It is mulched in place and left on the ground as cover, which on sand helps hold the soil through a hard rain. Nothing hauled off, nothing burned, no disposal fees.
Every job we publish carries the acreage, the machines, the days on site and what it actually cost. 41 projects documented across Texas so far.
See all our documented projectsFrom Caney City we cover Cedar Creek Lake: Athens, Gun Barrel City, Tool and Seven Points. We also work Eustace and Trinidad. See East Texas land clearing or every area we serve.
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.