PIERCE
LAND
CLEARING
Pierce Land Clearing works DeCordova and the Lake Granbury country in Hood County. This is the western edge of the Cross Timbers running into limestone, live oak and cedar on rolling ground, and most of the tracts here are lake lots and small acreage where what stays matters as much as what goes.
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Land clearing around DeCordova, Texas is Hood County lake work. Live oak and post oak on the better soil, cedar taking everything else, and enough rolling ground and shallow limestone to matter to machine choice.
Around DeCordova, Granbury, Acton and Tolar we handle cedar removal, understory and brush clearing, selective thinning around the oaks, lot clearing for a build, driveway and access corridors, fence lines, and grinding piles that were stacked and never burned. Priced by the machine day, transport stated up front.
A full service land clearing company serving DeCordova, Granbury, Tolar, Weatherford, and HOOD COUNTY & LAKE GRANBURY.
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.
Caliche and crushed base spread for drives, lake lot access and pads across Hood County, and rock milled on site where the ledge is shallow.
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.
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 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 a 3 acre selective homesite clear at Cleburne and 18 acres thinned selectively at Evant.
Documented nearby: a 3 acre selective homesite clear at 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 place is different, so the number comes down to acreage, how thick the cedar, live oak understory and greenbriar has gotten, what you want left standing, and how the machines get through your gates. Transport to Hood 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.
Taylor is a great guy and definitely knows his stuff. His level of experience can help to avoid problems before they happen. Also one of the few companies that has access to a variety of machine sizes to be able to tackle nearly any job.
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From start to finish, the experience was absolutely amazing. The team arrived on time, worked with great attention to detail, and made sure everything was done perfectly. Their professionalism, honesty, and hard work really stood out. The quality of their work exceeded my expectations, and the finished results look incredible.
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Awesome work! Highly recommended!
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On rural Hood County land you own, clearing generally needs no permit and agricultural work is exempt from most regulation in Texas. Around Lake Granbury it is more complicated: DeCordova and several neighbouring communities have their own rules, some lots carry shoreline restrictions, and the Brazos River Authority governs work near the water line. Check before you clear near the shore, and ask us if you are unsure which rules apply to your lot.
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.
Priced by the machine day. A skid steer mulcher is $3,000 per day with transport included and is usually right on a lake lot, a high horsepower mulcher is $4,000 per day plus transport on bigger acreage, and dozer or excavator work is $3,000 per day plus transport. One day minimum on every machine.
Yes, and around Lake Granbury that is normally the whole job. The operator steers the machine around what stays, so the cedar and greenbriar come out from between the oaks and the oaks are untouched. Mark them or walk the ground with us first.
Not from the stump. Ashe juniper does not resprout once the stem is off below the lowest green limb, so that tree is finished. What comes back is seedlings from the seed already in the soil, which is a mowing problem in year three and far cheaper to stay on top of than to let close again.
Quite possibly. DeCordova and several neighbouring communities have their own rules, some lots carry shoreline restrictions, and work near the water line falls under the Brazos River Authority. Rural Hood County acreage you own is generally exempt. Ask before you cut near the shore.
Common here, and it changes the answer rather than stopping it. Where a shallow limestone ledge runs across a whole footprint, rock milling grinds it into usable base material on site, which is normally faster and cheaper than hammering or hauling it.
Usually. The skid steer mulcher fits between structures and neighbours where a big machine cannot turn. Send a photo of the access and gate and we will tell you honestly before you waste time.
Yes, plus Cresson, Pecan Plantation and the rest of Hood County. Transport is a written line on the quote reflecting the distance.
It is ground in place and left as a mulch layer on the ground. Nothing hauled off, nothing burned, no disposal fees and no truck route through a lake community.
Every job we publish carries the acreage, the machines, the days on site and what it actually cost. 53 projects documented across Texas so far.
See all our documented projectsFrom DeCordova we cover HOOD COUNTY & LAKE GRANBURY: Granbury, Tolar, Weatherford, Cleburne and Stephenville. See 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.