PIERCE
LAND
CLEARING
Developing a ranch is rarely one job. It is pasture back into production, a road you can get a trailer down in February, a tank that holds, fence lines you can actually see, and lanes through the back of the place. The money saving move is doing them on one mobilization rather than four.
Cedar, mesquite, yaupon and prickly pear off ground that used to carry cattle. Mulching where the stumps are finished, grubbing where the crown has to come out. See pasture reclamation.
Cut, crown, base rock and drainage, so the road holds a loaded trailer in February and not just in August. This is usually the first thing worth doing and the thing owners most often defer. See ranch road construction.
Dug, shaped and sited where the water actually is rather than where it would look best. Rock gets discovered during the dig and priced as soon as it can be known. See pond construction.
Clean fence lines you can build on and see along, plus senderos, trails and plot clearing on the recreational side. See fence line clearing and hunting land clearing.
Every separate visit pays to load, haul and unload the same machines. If you know the road, the tank and forty acres of pasture all need doing this year, doing them in one window is materially cheaper than three phone calls twelve months apart. It is also the main reason our ranch quotes come back lower than owners expect.
Road first, almost always, because everything after it depends on getting machines and materials to the work. Then clearing, then the tank, because a pond dig produces spoil that has somewhere useful to go once you know where the road and the pads are.
Clear before you fence, not after. Fence lines cut through standing brush cost more and come out crooked, and a new fence in the way turns a one pass job into a careful one. The same logic applies to anything you are about to build.
We clear, move dirt, build roads and dig ponds. In Central Texas we also disc and seed with a tractor. We do not spray, we do not build fence, and we do not do lime or cement stabilization. Knowing where a contractor stops is worth more than a longer list of claims.
Full write ups with acreage, machines and day counts.
I cannot tell you how pleased I am with the work these guys did on my place. I have some very steep slopes and a lot of oaks and cedars. They used great judgement, not turning it into a field, using heavy machinery at a very fair price.
Ivan Allen, Google review
I had about 5 acres that had gotten out of hand with mesquite and cactus. They spent 2 days on the property with a root puller dozer, even in a storm on the second day! I am absolutely pleased with the work.
Rebecca Weggen, Google review
Just had a fence line for a 50 acre tract cleared. Some ravines, trees, trash trees. It is amazing! Will with his magic machine cleared that path and much more. Stumps, dead trees, things that the pioneers could have only dreamed of.
Jeannie Thurmond, Google review
Pierce Land Clearing did a great job clearing mesquites and cedars from a field so we can plant. They got it done quickly and for a great price. Great folks.
Tani Vinson, Google review
Yes, and you should. Every separate mobilization pays to load, haul and unload the same machines. If the road, the tank and forty acres of pasture all need doing this year, quoting them together is materially cheaper than three visits. Send the whole list rather than the urgent piece.
Road first almost always, because everything after depends on getting machines and material to the work. Then clearing, then the pond, because a dig produces spoil that has somewhere useful to go once the road and pads are set. Clear before you fence, never after.
In machine days at published rates. 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. See published pricing.
In Central Texas, yes. We run a tractor as well as the clearing machines, so discing and seeding can be part of the same job, quoted per job rather than at a day rate. Outside Central Texas we clear and the planting is yours. We do not spray.
No. We clear fence lines so a fencing crew can build straight and see what they are doing, but the fence itself is somebody else. Clearing first is the right order, because a fence line cut through standing brush costs more and comes out crooked.
Yes. Sited where the water actually is rather than where it would look best from the house. Rock is discovered during the dig and priced as soon as it can be known rather than guessed at up front. See pond construction.
Some of it, depending on species. Cedar does not resprout from a cut stump but returns heavily from seed in the soil. Mesquite does resprout from the crown, which is why mesquite ground often wants grubbing rather than mulching. Budget a maintenance pass in year two or three rather than another full reclamation in six years.
Statewide for clearing and dirt work, with documented ranch jobs from Elgin and Dale out to Brady, Evant and Melvin. Tractor work such as discing and seeding is Central Texas only. Mobilization is a written line reflecting the distance.
Send the whole list, not just the urgent bit. Acreage, what is growing on it, where the road and the tank need to go. One mobilization covering four jobs is materially cheaper than four visits. Call 512-400-2693.
