PIERCE
LAND
CLEARING
Pierce Land Clearing provides land clearing, forestry mulching, and site prep across Melissa, TX and Collin County. We clear fence rows and tree lines off blackland tracts, prep building envelopes, and leave the hardwoods that make a lot worth owning.
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Land clearing in Melissa, Texas happens on ground that is changing hands fast. This is Blackland Prairie between McKinney and Anna, deep dark clay that farmed well for a century, and most of what needs clearing on it is edge growth rather than woods. Fence rows, creek edges and old tree lines where mesquite, hackberry, bois d arc and elm took over once the plow stopped coming past.
Around Melissa, Anna, McKinney and Weston we handle fence row and tree line clearing, building envelope and pad prep, pasture reclamation, driveway and access corridors, and selective clearing that keeps the pecans and hardwoods a lot is worth having. Forestry mulching grinds everything in place, so there is no burning next to a new subdivision and no haul off line item on the invoice.
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, a plat or onX pins get most Collin County quotes done the same day. Call 512-400-2693 and a project manager will answer, seven days a week.
A full service land clearing company serving Melissa, Anna, McKinney, Weston, and Collin 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.
Caliche and limestone crushed and milled on site into base material for drives, pads, and access 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.
The photos on this page are from our brush pile grinding and clearing work on open ground. For a full job written up start to finish, see our 125 acre pasture reclamation in Elgin and our 3 acre selective homesite clearing in Cleburne, which is the keep the shade trees version of a Melissa job.
Documented at scale: 125 acres of pasture reclaimed in Elgin
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 tract is different, so price comes down to acreage, how thick the fence rows and tree lines are, what stays, and access. Transport to Collin County is built into the quote 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.
Excellent work. Our property was complex as we wanted to save some trees, and the operator was amazing at maneuvering around them to clear the 7 acres we cleared.
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Good communication. Professional. Worked fast but did a thorough job. The big mulcher did a great job of clearing land, including several large trees, and left a nice clean look.
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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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Clearing your own land in unincorporated Collin County needs no permit, and agricultural work is exempt from most regulation in Texas. Inside Melissa city limits, clearing tied to a build runs through the city process, and a town growing at this rate has tree and drainage requirements worth reading first. Send us the plat and we will flag anything that matters before we quote.
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 here gets greasy after rain, so we watch the forecast 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. Send acreage and photos or a plat and we will get you a real number, usually the same day.
Yes. Tell us the date and what has to be visible by then and you get a day count you can hold us to. We self perform the work, so the schedule is ours to keep rather than a sub we are chasing.
Mesquite, hackberry, bois d arc and elm, almost always out of rows that were left alone when the ground stopped being farmed. It looks worse than it is and it clears quickly once a machine is on it.
Yes, and on a Melissa tract it is usually worth it. Mature pecans and hardwoods are what separate a lot that sells from one that sits. We flag the keepers, mulch out from under them, and leave the canopy alone.
Blackland clay takes all the organic matter you can give it. A mulch mat on the surface cuts the cracking and crusting this ground does in a dry August and feeds it as it breaks down. Hauling that material off is paying to make your dirt worse.
With mulching, nothing needs to leave your property. Everything grinds into a mulch layer that protects the soil, holds moisture, and feeds the grass as it breaks down. There are no brush piles to burn and no haul off trucks to pay for.
Open blackland moves quickly. Heavy tree lines and creek edges slow down considerably. Dedicated mulchers average 1.5 to 2.5 acres a day in thick material and skid steers half to three quarters. You get a day count with the quote.
Yes. Photos, an aerial screenshot, a plat, or onX pins with the areas marked get most Melissa quotes done the same day, without waiting on a site visit.
Every job we publish carries the acreage, the machines, the days on site and what it actually cost. 45 projects documented across Texas so far.
See all our documented projectsFrom Melissa we cover Collin County and the 121 and 75 corridors: Anna, McKinney, Weston, and Princeton. Close by we also serve Celina, Blue Ridge, and Farmersville. Somewhere else in north Texas? 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.