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Pierce Land Clearing provides land clearing, forestry mulching, and lot clearing services across Cleburne, TX and Johnson County. Our crews clear cedar, open homesites, and reclaim pastures, and the photos on this page are from our own Cleburne jobs with the shade trees kept and everything else gone. From a single overgrown lot to a full development tract, you deal with one crew, get honest day rates, and know your price before a machine ever unloads.
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Land clearing in Cleburne, Texas comes with receipts. Our crews have cleared cedar and prepped homesites in Cleburne itself, including a documented 3 acre selective clearing project where the shade trees stayed and everything else left in a day. That local ground truth matters, because Johnson County land is two different fights: mountain cedar taking the broken country toward Lake Pat Cleburne, and mesquite walking across the prairie pastures east of town.
Around Cleburne, Joshua, Godley, and Grandview we handle cedar removal and fire fuel reduction, homesite and acreage clearing for the builders following the DFW wave south, pasture reclamation, fence line corridors, and lake lot view work. Forestry mulching grinds everything in place, so there are no burn piles, no haul trucks, and no scraped dirt where your grass should be.
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 Johnson County quotes done the same day, whether you are in Cleburne, Joshua, Keene, Alvarado, Rio Vista, or out toward the state park. Call 512-400-2693 and a project manager will answer, seven days a week.
A full service land clearing company serving Cleburne, Joshua, Godley, Grandview, and all of Johnson 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.
Limestone and caliche crushed and milled on site into base material for drives, pads, and ranch roads.
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.
We do not just say we work in Cleburne, we documented it. Our 3 acre selective homesite clearing project in Cleburne shows the full job: shade trees flagged and kept, everything else mulched, and a build-ready site in a single day. The photos across this page are from our Johnson County cedar work.
Most recent Johnson County project: documented in Cleburne
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 cedar and brush are, what stays, and access. Transport to Johnson 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.
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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 truly appreciate the integrity of this company and very competitive pricing. Very timely, and communication and payment options were great! I highly recommend this company and we will use them again.
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This company gets customer service. They promptly contacted me, scheduled service within the week and promptly showed up each day of the project. The operator listened and provided fabulous service. Our 2 acre grading was done to our specs.
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Jonathan did an excellent job! I would absolutely recommend him and have him back anytime! The mulch was very fine and exceeded my expectations!
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Rural Johnson County clearing on your own land needs no permit, and agricultural work is exempt from most regulation in Texas. Inside Cleburne city limits, clearing tied to a build runs through the normal permitting process, and floodplain rules apply along the Nolan River and Buffalo Creek. 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 cedar and bigger acreage. Johnson County jobs run from homesite lots to full ranch work. Send photos and acreage for a real number, usually the same day.
Yes, and we can show you. The photos on this page are from our cedar clearing work in Cleburne, and we documented a full selective homesite project here too: shade trees kept, everything else gone in a day. The write up is linked in the projects section below.
That is the Johnson County job. Ashe juniper pushes up from the Hill Country into the county’s broken ground, crowds the oaks, and closes in pastures. We mulch it out cleanly, the oaks stay, and the grass comes back.
Constantly. The DFW growth wave has builders working from Cleburne to Godley and Joshua, and we prep homesites and acreage so they are ready to survey and grade: selective clearing that keeps the shade trees that make a lot worth more.
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. Lake lots and the broken cedar country toward Cleburne State Park are regular work: view clearing, fire fuel reduction, and selective mulching on rocky ground the machines handle without tearing it up.
In Johnson County cedar a dedicated mulcher covers 1.5 to 2.5 acres a day depending on density, and open mesquite pasture runs faster. Skid steers average half to three quarters of an acre. We give you a day count with the quote.
Yes. Photos, an aerial screenshot, or onX pins with the areas marked get most Cleburne quotes done the same day. Flag your keep trees and we will price the work without you waiting on a site visit.
Selective Homesite ClearCleburne: shade trees kept, everything else gone in a day.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 →
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 →
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 →From Cleburne we cover Johnson County and the country south of Fort Worth: Joshua, Godley, Grandview, Keene, Alvarado, and Rio Vista. Close by we also serve Granbury, Weatherford, Waxahachie, and Meridian. Somewhere else in north 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.