5 Acre Trail Clearing and Selective Cedar Removal Project in Llano, Texas

Trails only stay trails if you can drive them. On this 5 acre Llano property, the landowner had a network of old trails that had grown completely shut: cedar and brush had taken them over until they were impassable. We brought in our Weiler M860A forestry mulcher, cleared and widened every trail, and then worked across the full property selectively removing cedar. Two days later the whole place is open, accessible, and set up to stay that way for years to come.

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Trail Clearing and Cedar Removal in Llano, TX - 5 Acre Ranch Access Project

Trail clearing rewards a mulcher over a dozer. A blade would have torn up the trail surface and left windrows of brush to deal with; the Weiler M860A instead ground the cedar and brush in place, turning the overgrowth into a mulch layer that protects the trail bed and slows the brush from coming back. We cleared each trail wide enough for a truck or UTV with comfortable margin, so seasonal growth does not close them up again after one spring.

With access restored, we turned to the rest of the 5 acres and selectively removed cedar across the property. Cedar steals water and light from everything around it; taking it out lets the oaks and native grasses take the ground back. The trails now connect open, healthy acreage instead of tunneling through brush.

Project Details:

Location: Llano, Texas

Location: Llano, Texas

Project Size: 5 Acres

Project Size: 5 Acres

Service Type: Trail Clearing and Selective Cedar Removal

Service Type: Trail Clearing and Selective Cedar Removal

Equipment Used: Weiler M860A Forestry Mulcher

Equipment Used: Weiler M860A Forestry Mulcher

Completion Time: 2 Days

Completion Time: 2 Days

Weiler M860A forestry mulcher clearing cedar from overgrown trails in Llano Texas

Llano is granite country, and land here punishes equipment that fights it. Mulching is the right approach: the machine works on top of the ground instead of digging into it, there are no burn piles waiting on a county burn ban to lift, and nothing gets hauled off the property. What was standing cedar in the morning is ground cover by the afternoon.

The full project ran $8,000 to $9,000 on our transparent day rate pricing, two days on site. If your place has trails you have lost to cedar and brush, this is one of the highest value clearing jobs there is: a couple of days of work buys back access to land you already own.

Llano, Texas 5 Acre Trail Clearing Project Photos

Cleared and widened ranch trail with oaks preserved on 5 acres in Llano Texas
Weiler M860A forestry mulcher clearing cedar from overgrown trails in Llano Texas

Why Clients Trust Pierce Land Clearing?

Real Reviews. Real Results.

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5 STAR REVIEW

Cleared lots of cedars for trails for us on our 14 acres. Cannot wait to have them come back with the machine for rock pulverizing on the rock trails.

H Heather Wilson
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5 STAR REVIEW

They did a fantastic job clearing fence lines, opening up pastures and breaking trail in dense overgrowth. Taylor does a great job recommending the proper equipment for the job and being transparent.

T Taylor Small
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5 STAR REVIEW

Super friendly and efficient! Got the job done in one day, clearing out all the dead cedar while leaving the pretty oaks. Excellent job, thank you!

M Michelle Aguayo

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2018

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Frequently Asked Questions

Trail clearing reopens and widens the paths that let you actually use your land: ranch roads, riding trails, access to back acreage and fence lines. On this Llano project the old trails had grown completely shut with cedar and brush. We mulch the overgrowth in place rather than blading it off, which keeps the trail surface intact and leaves a ground cover layer that slows regrowth.

Wide enough for how you use it, plus margin for regrowth. We clear trails to comfortable truck and UTV width so one season of growth does not close them again. Widening past the original path is most of the value: a trail cut too narrow is a trail you will be clearing again in two years.

This project, clearing and widening a full trail network plus selective cedar removal across 5 acres, ran $8,000 to $9,000 over two days on our transparent day rate pricing. Cost scales with trail length, how badly overgrown they are, and how much of the surrounding property gets the selective treatment. Send us photos and we will give you a real number.

Cedar crowds out oaks and native grasses, drinks a disproportionate share of the water, and closes off land a little more every year. Selective cedar removal keeps the trees you want and returns the water, light, and views to the rest of the property. On this project the difference between the overgrown side and the cleared side was night and day by the second afternoon.

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