PIERCE
LAND
CLEARING
Pierce Land Clearing works Payne Springs and the west side of Cedar Creek Lake. Mixed shoreline lots and small acreage on East Texas sand, where yaupon closes a place in faster than owners expect and most jobs run one or two machine days.
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Payne Springs is Cedar Creek Lake property, and lake lots clear differently than open acreage. The tracts are small, the neighbors are close, and most of what an owner wants is a view and a usable yard rather than bare dirt. Underneath the pine and hardwood the cover is yaupon, privet and greenbriar, and on this sandy soil it comes back on its own schedule whether the lot has been touched recently or not.
On the water side there is a real reason to be careful. Pulling stumps and roots on a slope above the lake is how a bank starts moving, so on that ground forestry mulching is usually the right call: the root mat stays in place holding the soil, and the mulch layer that is left behind slows runoff. Farther back from the water, where a pad or a drive has to be built, we can grub and shape.
A full service land clearing company serving Payne Springs, Tool, Gun Barrel City, Eustace, and Cedar Creek Lake.
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.
Crushed base and caliche spread for lot drives, pads and access on the west side of Cedar Creek Lake.
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 a 125 acre pasture reclamation in Elgin and a 9 acre pasture reclamation in Dale.
Documented job: a 125 acre pasture reclamation 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 place is different, so the number comes down to acreage, how thick the Yaupon and understory brush has gotten, what you want left standing, and how the machines get through your gates. Transport to Henderson 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.
Super nice guy and priced right. Fantastic communication and no surprises except for how great it looked when completed.
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Can't say enough about how pleased we are! We had Taylor a month or so ago and Bobby 2 days this week. Fantastic!!
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Very hard worker, great work and can handle just about anything that's thrown his way.
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On rural Henderson County land you own, clearing generally needs no permit and agricultural work is exempt from most regulation in Texas. Payne Springs is incorporated with its own ordinances, and work near the water line falls under the Tarrant Regional Water District.
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: sand over clay in the bottoms stays soft long after the ridges have dried, so we work the high ground first when the weather turns. You get a start window with your quote and a heads up before we roll in.
Priced by the machine day. A skid steer mulcher is $3,000 per day with transport included and is usually right on a lot, a high horsepower mulcher is $4,000 per day plus transport on acreage, and dozer or excavator work is $3,000 per day plus transport. One day minimum on every machine.
Yes, and in Henderson County it is most of what gets asked for. Yaupon mulches easily because the stems are small, so it is rarely the expensive part of a job. It does come back readily from the base, so plan a maintenance pass rather than expecting one clearing to hold for a decade.
Yes. An operator steers a mulcher, so the understory comes out and the canopy stays. On East Texas ground that is usually the whole point, because the trees are why the place is worth what it is.
Sandy acid soil and real rainfall. Yaupon and understory brush fill the space under a canopy far quicker than brush does in the Hill Country, and a place that looked open five years ago can be a wall now. Budget a maintenance pass in year two or three rather than a second full clear in ten.
Possibly. The incorporated lake cities have their own ordinances, many subdivisions carry deed restrictions, and work near the water line falls under the Tarrant Regional Water District which controls Cedar Creek Lake. Rural Henderson County acreage you own is generally exempt.
One day, and it holds on every machine we own. On a small lot the way to get value is to stack the work: the lot, the drive and the fence line in the same visit while the machine is already there.
Yes, and sand is the reason it matters. A cut shoulder sloughs and a drive ruts under a loaded truck far more readily than it would on clay, so access work here wants base rock rather than shaping alone.
It is ground in place and left as a mulch layer, which on sand also helps hold the soil through a hard rain. Nothing hauled off, nothing burned, no disposal fee.
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 projectsFrom Payne Springs we cover Cedar Creek Lake: Tool, Gun Barrel City, Eustace. See East Texas land clearing or 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.