SERVING CHICO & WISE COUNTY

Chico Land Clearing & Brush Removal

Pierce Land Clearing works Chico and the small acreage country of western Wise County. Post oak sand, mesquite in the pasture and cedar filling the fence lines, on places bought for a house and a few head. Honest day rates and a real machine.

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The Land Around Chico

Land clearing in Chico, Texas is Wise County small acreage work. Post oak on the sand, mesquite in the pasture, cedar in the fence lines.

Around Chico, Bridgeport, Alvord and Decatur we handle homesite and barn pad clearing, driveway corridors, pasture reclamation, mesquite and cedar removal, fence line clearing, and pile grinding. Priced by the machine day, transport shown on the quote.

Brushy pasture before clearing near Columbus TX
Brushy pasture before clearing near Columbus TX
Cleared pasture after brush mulching near Columbus TX
Cleared pasture after brush mulching near Columbus TX

10,000+

Acres cleared across Central Texas

2,000+

Properties cleared since 2018

60

Texas counties served

8

Years In Service

Forestry Mulching & Land Clearing Services in Chico, TX

A full service land clearing company serving Chico, Bridgeport, Alvord, Decatur, Boyd, and Wise County.

Forestry Mulching

Brush and small trees ground into soil-protecting mulch in one pass. No burning, no hauling.

Cedar & Ashe Juniper Removal

Cut the fire load, free the water table, and open sightlines on cedar-choked ground.

Brush & Underbrush Clearing

Reclaim overgrown lots, pastures, and fence lines from mesquite and scrub.

Tree & Stump Removal

Selective take-downs and stump grinding for clean, open ground.

Construction Site Prep

Grubbing, grading, and pad prep that hands your builder permit-ready dirt.

Rock Milling

Caliche and crushed base brought in and spread for ranch roads, barn pads and driveways across Wise County.

Fence Line & ROW Clearing

Clean corridors for new fencing, utilities, and access roads.

Lot Clearing

Residential and commercial lots cleared, leveled, and ready.

Pond & Tank Construction

Stock tanks and ponds dug, shaped, and finished right.

Who We Clear Land For

From half acre homesites to utility scale projects, the equipment and crew scale to the job.

Homeowners & Landowners

Utility corridors, pasture reclamation, invasive cedar and mesquite removal, and prep for whatever you are planning next.

Home Builders

Lot clearing, grubbing, and pad prep that keeps your build schedule on track.

Ranchers

Mesquite and cedar removal, pasture and grazing recovery, fence lines, senderos, stock tanks, and ranch roads.

Developers

Multi lot and large acreage clearing with ground left ready for survey, permitting, and infrastructure.

Solar Contractors

Utility scale site clearing, vegetation removal, and access roads for solar projects across Central Texas.

Right of Way & Utility Contractors

Transmission lines, pipelines, and fence and utility row corridors cleared to spec and on schedule.

Municipalities

Parks, drainage easements, fire mitigation, and public land maintenance. Easy to work with on bids and compliance.

Hunters & Recreational Owners

Senderos, plot clearing, feeder and blind access, and trail systems that make your property huntable again.

The Right Machine for Every Acre

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.

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High Horsepower Dedicated Mulchers

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.

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Skid Steer Mulchers for Precision Work

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.

Mulching head grinding brush piles near Columbus TX

RECENT WORK NEARBY

Documented Land Clearing Work

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 3 acres selectively cleared at Cleburne and 800 acres cleared at Brownwood.

Documented job: 3 acres selectively cleared at Cleburne

How It Works

1

Get Your Number

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.

2

Clear & Mulch

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.

3

Enjoy Your Cleared Property

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.

What Land Clearing Costs in Chico

Every place is different, so the number comes down to acreage, how thick the post oak, mesquite and cedar has gotten, what you want left standing, and how the machines get through your gates. Transport to Wise County is built into the quote up front, so the number you are given is the number you pay.

Straight Day Rates, No Games

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.

High Horsepower Dedicated Mulcher

$4,000 / day

Plus transport to your site

Skid Steer Mulcher

$3,000 / day

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.

What Customers Say About Working With Us

Rated 5 out of 5

Highly recommend! The team at Pierce Land Clearing is very professional and offered fair pricing, brought top notch machinery, and provided excellent customer service.

Jeremy Parks

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Rated 5 out of 5

I can not say enough about this great family owned and operated company. My call was answered on a Sunday morning and they moved their machine in the very next day and began work, the week of Christmas.

Chris Bartsch

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Rated 5 out of 5

One word: FANTASTIC!! Thank you Pierce Land Clearing and special thanks to Dustin. We are so pleased!!

Dawn Buscho

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Permits in Chico

Rural Wise County clearing on your own land needs no permit, and agricultural work is exempt from most regulation in Texas. Inside Chico city limits, clearing tied to a build runs through the normal permitting process. If your place carries an agricultural exemption, keeping it is worth a call to the county appraisal district before you change how the ground is used.

How Long Does It Take?

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: post oak sand works wet a good deal better than clay does, so we lose fewer days to rain here than crews do east of the Trinity. You get a start window with your quote and a heads up before we roll in.

Chico Land Clearing FAQs

Priced by the machine day. A high horsepower mulcher is $4,000 per day plus transport, a skid steer mulcher is $3,000 per day with transport included, and dozer or excavator work is $3,000 per day plus transport. One day minimum on every machine. Most jobs around Chico are one or two days.

Usually with access and the building site, because everything else is easier once you can drive the place and know where the house goes. Then open the pasture you actually intend to graze. Clearing the whole twenty on day one is rarely the best use of the money and we will tell you so when we walk it.

Yes. Old push piles grind faster than standing timber because the material is already down, and it saves you a burn permit and a weather window. Nothing gets hauled off.

Yes, and that is a common ask around Chico. The honest part is that mesquite mulched at the top will be back, so pasture you mean to graze long term needs the crown out. Tell us how many head and how long you want it to stay clear and we will price the version that actually delivers that.

On rural Wise County land you own, generally no, and agricultural work is exempt from most regulation in Texas. Inside the Chico city limit, clearing tied to a build goes through normal permitting. Check before you clear inside the limit.

Cut cedar does not resprout from the stump the way mesquite does, so mulching it is a real fix rather than a delay. What returns is seedlings out of the seed bank and off neighbouring ground, which is a mowing question rather than a reclearing one. Keep after the small stuff and the job holds for years.

Less of a problem here than out on the blackland. Sandy ground around Chico drains fast and we can usually work within a day or two of rain. Creek bottoms and low ground are the exception and we will say so when we walk it.

Yes, along with the rest of Wise County. Transport is a written line on the quote reflecting the distance.

It is mulched in place and left as a layer on the soil, which holds ground through a hard rain and slows what tries to come back. No hauling, no burning, no disposal fees.

Real Projects, Linked and Documented

Every job we publish carries the acreage, the machines, the days on site and what it actually cost. 45 projects documented across Texas so far.

See all our documented projects

Serving Chico & Wise County

From Chico we cover Wise County: Bridgeport, Alvord, Decatur and Boyd. See every area we serve.

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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.