PIERCE
LAND
CLEARING
Pierce Land Clearing provides land clearing, forestry mulching, and underbrush removal services across McDade, TX and the 290 corridor. Our crews clear yaupon, cedar, and post oak understory in the middle of the best documented stretch of ground on our map. 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 McDade, Texas comes with the shortest reference drive in our book: three written up projects, 127 acres and 125 acres at Elgin and 40 acres at Bastrop, all within fifteen minutes of town. The yaupon and cedar that choke the post oak savannah out here grind into mulch, the oaks stay, and the ground goes back to work.
Around McDade, Paige, and Butler we handle yaupon and cedar removal, pasture reclamation, homesite and driveway clearing, fence line clearing, hunting ground improvement, and brush pile grinding. Everything grinds in place into mulch, so there are no burn piles, and 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 onX pins get most McDade quotes done the same day, whether your place fronts 290 or sits down a sandy county road. Call 512-400-2693 and a project manager will answer, seven days a week.
A full service land clearing company serving McDade, Elgin, Paige, Butler, and the 290 corridor through Bastrop 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.
Rock 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, 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.
McDade sits in the middle of our project map: the 127 acre LCRA clear at Elgin leads the carousel below, with the 125 acre Elgin pasture reclamation and the 40 acre Bastrop full clear right behind it. Few companies can show a customer three written up projects within fifteen minutes of their gate. We can.
Most recent Bastrop County 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 place is different, so price comes down to a few things: acreage, how solid the yaupon and cedar are, what stays, and access. McDade is home range, 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.
They did exactly what we agreed on. Rare these days. Dustin showed up early and did a nice job. Great to work with.
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Taylor knows his business and was very respectful of our property. His 3 days of service advanced our land clearing plan beyond our expectation. We will have him back yearly to keep our brush management in check.
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Amazing company! I had the pleasure of dealing with a family run and operated company and it really shows. They went above and beyond. I am beyond pleased with the way my land now looks. I had tried a smaller company prior to them and it was a giant mistake.
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McDade is unincorporated Bastrop County, and there is no permit office between you and clearing your own land. The considerations that come up are floodplain along the creeks and the usual county road rules. 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: sandy loam over clay drains on top and holds underneath, so the high ground works sooner after rain than the bottoms do. 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 solid thickets and bigger acreage. Send photos or onX pins and you will usually have a number the same day.
Fifteen minutes in either direction. The 127 acre LCRA clear and the 125 acre pasture reclamation at Elgin are just up 290, the 40 acre full clear in Bastrop is just down 95, and the cedar photos on this page are from that same Bastrop County ground. McDade sits in the middle of the best referenced stretch on our whole map.
That is the McDade mix: yaupon walls under the post oaks with cedar filling the gaps. Mulching grinds the whole understory in one pass, the mulch slows the comeback, and the post oaks stay standing. It is the only approach that beats this country at acreage scale.
Yes, and our 125 acre reclamation at Elgin is the local proof. Brush ground in place, sandy soil protected under the mulch, and grass back in business the next growing season.
With mulching, nothing needs to leave your property. Everything grinds into a mulch layer that protects the soil and feeds the grass as it breaks down. Existing piles grind where they sit, and there is no burning and generally no haul off.
All the time. McDade’s quiet stretch of 290 is filling in with homesites and small acreage places, and we clear the pad, the driveway corridor, and the yard while keeping the oaks that make the place worth building on.
McDade is home range, fifteen minutes from our documented Elgin projects. Most jobs get on the calendar within a couple of weeks, and small lots often slot in sooner.
Yes. Photos, an aerial screenshot, or onX pins with the areas marked will get most McDade quotes done the same day. Flag the oaks you want to keep and we will price around them.
Every job we publish carries the acreage, the machines, the days on site and what it actually cost. 41 projects documented across Texas so far.
See all our documented projectsQuick 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.