PIERCE
LAND
CLEARING
Pierce Land Clearing works Palmer and the I-45 corridor through Ellis County. This is blackland farm country with Dallas pushing south into it, and most of what we do here is cleaning out fence rows, taking mesquite and elm off field edges and creek bottoms, and grinding piles that have been waiting on a burn day. Honest day rates and a real machine.
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Land clearing in Palmer, Texas is blackland farm country work. Ellis County soil is some of the heaviest in the state, and the tracts around Palmer are old cotton and grain ground being broken into acreage as Dallas pushes south. That means fence rows grown through with elm and mesquite, creek bottoms full of hackberry and greenbriar, and barn lots that have quietly turned into thicket.
Around Palmer, Ferris, Ennis and Red Oak we handle fence row clearing, mesquite and elm removal, pasture and field edge reclamation, homesite and barn pad clearing, driveway corridors, and grinding the piles somebody stacked and never burned. Priced by the machine day, transport included in the quote.
A full service land clearing company serving Palmer, Ennis, Red Oak, Waxahachie, and Ellis 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 crushed base brought in and spread for field roads, barn pads and driveways across Ellis County.
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.
We own our machines rather than renting whatever the yard has that week. Not sure which one your ground needs? Try our cost calculator.
Material over 8 inches, heavy cedar and mesquite. Needs room for an 11 foot machine. How we choose.
Material up to 8 inches. Low ground pressure, tight access, and selective work around the trees you want kept.
The photographs on this page are from clearing work on Texas ground of the same kind. For documented jobs with acreage, machines and day counts, see 125 acres of pasture reclaimed at Elgin and 40 acres cleared in Bastrop County.
Documented nearby: 125 acres of pasture reclaimed at 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 place is different, so the number comes down to acreage, how thick the mesquite, elm and hackberry has gotten, what you want left standing, and how the machines get through your gates. Transport to Ellis County is built into the quote up front, so the number you are given 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.
I am so glad I found them to help me clear our land. We were tired of paying thousands of dollars to rent wood chippers, tractors, shredders, and chain saws, and still not being done with the project.
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These guys are fast and efficient. We used them on a project we thought was going to take them days and they got it done in a half day. We will definitely use them again, it was worth every penny.
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Incredibly efficient and experienced operators. Made extremely quick work of the project. I look forward to using them again in the future! Great work!
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Rural Ellis County clearing on your own land needs no permit, and agricultural work is exempt from most regulation in Texas. Inside Palmer city limits, clearing tied to a build runs through the normal permitting process. If your place carries an agricultural exemption, keeping it is worth a call to the county appraisal district before you change how the ground is used.
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.
Priced by the machine day. 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. Most fence row and field edge jobs around Palmer are one or two days.
Yes, and in Ellis County it is most of what we do. Elm, hackberry, mesquite and greenbriar grown through the wire, taken back to a clean line you can build on and see along. Clear before you fence rather than after, because a line cut through standing brush costs more and comes out crooked.
Yes. Old push piles grind faster than standing timber because the material is already down, and it saves you a burn permit and a weather window. Nothing gets hauled off.
From the crown, yes, if it is only mulched. Mesquite resprouts from below the soil line, so on ground you want back in production properly the crown has to come out, which is dozer or excavator work rather than a mulching head. We will tell you which your ground needs.
On rural Ellis County land you own, generally no, and agricultural work is exempt from most regulation in Texas. Inside the Palmer city limit, clearing tied to a build goes through normal permitting. Check before you clear inside the limit.
Blackland clay is the reason we ask. Working saturated ground tears ruts that outlast the job and does not clear any faster. If your place is soaked we will tell you to wait rather than take the deposit and make a mess.
Yes, along with Waxahachie, Midlothian, Bristol and the rest of Ellis County. Transport is a written line on the quote reflecting the distance.
It is mulched in place and left as a layer on the soil, which holds ground through a hard rain and slows what tries to come back. No hauling, no burning, no disposal fees.
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 Palmer we cover Ellis County: Ennis, Red Oak, Waxahachie, Midlothian and Corsicana. See every area we serve.
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.