PIERCE
LAND
CLEARING
Pierce Land Clearing provides land clearing, forestry mulching, and rock milling services across Horseshoe Bay, TX and the Highland Lakes. Our crews clear cedar, open views, and make homesites build ready, and every photo on this page is from our own documented project in town. One local crew, transparent day rate pricing, and a real number for your project before the first tree comes down.
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Land clearing in Horseshoe Bay, Texas is precision work on expensive ground. The lots are steep, the rules are real, and the neighbors are close, which is exactly why mulching fits: the cedar grinds where it stands, the oaks and the views stay, and the lot finishes clean under a mulch layer with no burn piles and no debris trucks on the parkway. Our documented hilltop homesite project in Horseshoe Bay is on this page, photos and all.
Around Horseshoe Bay, Cottonwood Shores, Sunrise Beach, and Kingsland we handle lot clearing for new builds, view clearing, cedar removal and fire fuel reduction around existing homes, acreage clearing outside the communities, and fence line work on the ranches toward Llano. Haul off is generally not needed with mulching.
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 a lot survey get most Horseshoe Bay quotes done the same day, whether you are on the water, up on the ridge, or out toward the airport. Call 512-400-2693 and a project manager will answer, seven days a week.
A full service land clearing company serving Horseshoe Bay, Cottonwood Shores, Sunrise Beach, Kingsland, and the Highland Lakes.
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.
Granite and limestone crushed and milled on site into base material for drives, pads, and lot access.
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.
Every photo on this page is from our written up hilltop homesite clearing in Horseshoe Bay, first in the carousel below: one acre opened for a build with a view, from solid cedar to finished ground. When we quote a Horseshoe Bay lot, we are pricing work we have already done in this exact community.
Most recent Horseshoe Bay 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 lot is different, so price comes down to a few things: lot size, how thick the cedar is, slope and rock, what stays, and access. Transport to the Highland Lakes is quoted 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
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.
Had a 4 acre job with hundreds of trees and underbrush. Probably been 50 years since this property was touched. Called and scheduled Pierce Land Clearing and from start to finish was satisfied. Communication was great.
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Pierce Land Clearing surpassed our expectations. The work was accurate and mindful of the trees that we wanted to keep. Bobby was very professional, polite, and skillful. Would 100 percent recommend.
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The team with Pierce Land Clearing were great to work with. Taylor was prompt to respond, took the time to help me understand the process and options and got me scheduled for a date for service. Bobby our operator was incredibly nice.
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Horseshoe Bay properties sit under city and property owner association rules that touch clearing and construction, and the POA architectural process matters for build projects. Brush and cedar clearing that keeps the hardwoods generally moves through easily, and we work to the community standards: clean finishes, protected keep trees, and no burning. We flag exactly what applies when we quote 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: 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 larger acreage. Most Horseshoe Bay lots run a day or two of skid steer work. Send photos and you will usually have a real number the same day.
Yes, and every photo on this page proves it: they are all from our documented hilltop homesite project right here in Horseshoe Bay, one acre of cedar opened up for a build with a view. The full write up is first in the project carousel below.
That is the signature job here. We take the cedar between your place and the view, keep the oaks that frame it, and leave a clean mulch layer instead of a scar. Send a photo from your deck and we can usually quote it from that.
Horseshoe Bay properties come with architectural and property owner rules about clearing and construction, and we work to them: tidy finishes, no burn piles, no debris trucks, and the keep trees flagged and protected. We leave lots looking ready for the architect, not scraped.
With mulching, nothing needs to leave your property. Everything grinds into a mulch layer that protects the thin Hill Country soil and keeps the lot looking clean. There is no burning, which matters in a resort community, and haul off is generally not needed.
Steep and rocky is the Horseshoe Bay standard. Tracked machines handle the granite and limestone grades, and mulching heads work right over the rock without gouging. If a slope is genuinely beyond safe machine work we will say so after seeing photos.
We work the Highland Lakes constantly, from Marble Falls around to Kingsland and Llano. Most jobs get on the calendar within a couple of weeks, and single lots often slot in sooner.
Yes. Photos from the street or your deck, an aerial screenshot, or the lot survey will get most Horseshoe Bay quotes done the same day. Flag the oaks you love and we will price the work around them.
Hilltop HomesiteHorseshoe Bay: one acre opened for a build with a view.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 →
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 →
Selective Homesite ClearCleburne: shade trees kept, everything else gone in a day.See the full project →Around the lakes we cover Horseshoe Bay, Cottonwood Shores, Sunrise Beach, Kingsland, and Granite Shoals. Close by we also serve Marble Falls, Burnet, Llano, Spicewood, and Bertram. Somewhere else in the Hill Country? 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.