SERVING ROUND MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN BLANCO COUNTY, TX

Round Mountain Land Clearing & Cedar Removal

Pierce Land Clearing provides land clearing, forestry mulching, and rock milling services across Round Mountain, TX and the 281 corridor. Our crews take cedar off the granite, bring ranches back to oak savannah, and open homesites in the middle of our busiest Hill Country loop. Whether it is selective clearing around your good trees or a full clear cut, you get one crew, one honest price, and no burn piles left behind.

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The Land Around Round Mountain

Land clearing in Round Mountain, Texas happens on ground we already know: we run rock milling jobs in this town today, our documented Horseshoe Bay homesite project is fifteen minutes northwest, and the 36 acre Spicewood clear sits just east. When the machines are already in the neighborhood, your job gets scheduled faster and priced tighter.

Around Round Mountain and Cypress Mill we handle cedar removal with oak preservation, pasture reclamation, homesite and driveway clearing along 281, view clearing over the granite country, fence line clearing, and defensible space around new builds. 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 Round Mountain quotes done the same day, whether your place fronts 281 or sits down a ranch road toward the river. Call 512-400-2693 and a project manager will answer, seven days a week.

Cedar covered ground before clearing near Round Mountain TX
Cedar closing in on good oak country
Cleared Hill Country acreage near Round Mountain TX
Hill Country acreage opened back up

10,000+

Acres cleared across Central Texas

2,000+

Properties cleared since 2018

60

Texas counties served

8

Years In Service

Forestry Mulching & Land Clearing Services in Round Mountain, TX

A full service land clearing company serving Round Mountain, Cypress Mill, and the 281 corridor through northern Blanco County.

Forestry Mulching

Brush and small trees ground into soil-protecting mulch in one pass. No burning, no hauling.

Cedar & Ashe Juniper Removal

Cut the fire load, free the water table, and open sightlines on cedar-choked ground.

Brush & Underbrush Clearing

Reclaim overgrown lots, pastures, and fence lines from mesquite and scrub.

Tree & Stump Removal

Selective take-downs and stump grinding for clean, open ground.

Construction Site Prep

Grubbing, grading, and pad prep that hands your builder permit-ready dirt.

Rock Milling

Granite and limestone crushed and milled on site into base material for drives, pads, and ranch roads, a service we already run in Round Mountain.

Fence Line & ROW Clearing

Clean corridors for new fencing, utilities, and access roads.

Lot Clearing

Residential and commercial lots cleared, leveled, and ready.

Pond & Tank Construction

Stock tanks and ponds dug, shaped, and finished right.

Who We Clear Land For

From half acre homesites to utility scale projects, the equipment and crew scale to the job.

Homeowners & Landowners

Utility corridors, pasture reclamation, invasive cedar and mesquite removal, and prep for whatever you are planning next.

Home Builders

Lot clearing, grubbing, and pad prep that keeps your build schedule on track.

Ranchers

Mesquite and cedar removal, pasture and grazing recovery, fence lines, senderos, stock tanks, and ranch roads.

Developers

Multi lot and large acreage clearing with ground left ready for survey, permitting, and infrastructure.

Solar Contractors

Utility scale site clearing, vegetation removal, and access roads for solar projects across Central Texas.

Right of Way & Utility Contractors

Transmission lines, pipelines, and fence and utility row corridors cleared to spec and on schedule.

Municipalities

Parks, drainage easements, fire mitigation, and public land maintenance. Easy to work with on bids and compliance.

Hunters & Recreational Owners

Senderos, plot clearing, feeder and blind access, and trail systems that make your property huntable again.

The Right Machine for Every Acre

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.

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High Horsepower Dedicated Mulchers

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.

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Skid Steer Mulchers for Precision Work

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.

Grinding a cedar pile on a Hill Country ranch near Round Mountain TX

RECENT WORK NEARBY

The Middle of Our Busiest Loop

The project carousel below leads with our written up hilltop homesite clear at Horseshoe Bay, fifteen minutes up the road, and the 36 acre Spicewood cedar clear sits just east. Round Mountain jobs slot straight into routes our machines already drive every week.

Most recent Blanco County area project: July 2026

How It Works

1

Get Your Number

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.

2

Clear & Mulch

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.

3

Enjoy Your Cleared Property

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.

What Land Clearing Costs in Round Mountain

Every place is different, so price comes down to a few things: acreage, how heavy the cedar is, rock and slope, what stays, and access. This corridor is home range, so the number you get is the number you pay.

Straight Day Rates, No Games

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.

High Horsepower Dedicated Mulcher

$4,000 / day

Plus transport to your site

Skid Steer Mulcher

$3,000 / day

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.

What Customers Say About Working With Us

Rated 5 out of 5

Jonathan did an excellent job! I would absolutely recommend him and have him back anytime! The mulch was very fine and exceeded my expectations!

Zach Stephens

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Rated 5 out of 5

The Pierce guys rocked our project out of the park! We had a commercial property that needed some grading and redesign of drainage for future development. They brought in a huge dozer and made light work of our needs.

Chris Neighbors

Google review

Rated 5 out of 5

What a great experience. This company was prompt, and right on budget. They made a pond and tank for me on my ranch. The owner and his team were very professional.

Glenn Gonzales

Google review

Permits in Round Mountain

Round Mountain is a tiny incorporated town surrounded by unincorporated Blanco County, and clearing your own land needs no permit on either side of the line. The considerations that come up are floodplain along the Pedernales tributaries and oak wilt best practices around the live oaks. We flag anything that needs attention when we quote the job.

How Long Does It Take?

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: rock, not mud, sets the pace here. Limestone sits close to grade, so we plan around what is under the topsoil more than around the forecast. You get a start window with your quote and a heads up before we roll in.

Round Mountain Land Clearing FAQs

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 heavy cedar and bigger acreage. Send photos or onX pins and you will usually have a number the same day.

Constantly. Round Mountain sits in the middle of our tightest loop: our documented hilltop homesite project at Horseshoe Bay is fifteen minutes northwest, the 36 acre Spicewood clear is just east, and the Marble Falls to Johnson City run goes past your gate weekly. We also already do rock milling work in Round Mountain, so the land clearing side is a natural fit.

That is the standard Blanco County job. Cedar comes out from under the canopy, live oaks stay untouched, and the finished ground reads as the oak savannah this country used to be. You flag what stays, we grind what goes.

Yes. Mature cedar drinks year round and intercepts rain before it reaches the soil. Clear the cedar off your draws and ridges and the seeps come back, the tanks hold longer, and the grass takes the ground again. On the Pedernales divide this is the highest return work a place can buy.

With mulching, nothing needs to leave your property. Everything grinds into a mulch layer that protects the thin soil and holds moisture. There are no burn piles waiting on a burn ban, and haul off is generally not needed.

Rocky is the Round Mountain default, granite and limestone both. Tracked machines handle the grades, mulching heads work right over the rock, and our rock milling service turns the loose stone into usable base when the plan calls for a drive or a pad.

Round Mountain is inside our Highland Lakes loop, so most jobs get on the calendar within a couple of weeks, and smaller jobs often slot in sooner between bigger projects nearby.

Yes. Photos, an aerial screenshot, or onX pins with the areas marked will get most Round Mountain quotes done the same day. Flag the oaks and views you care about and we will price around them.

Real Projects, Linked and Documented

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.

We build ponds and stock tanks on this ground as well. On Blanco County limestone, sealing the basin is the job rather than an extra, and we say so plainly on our Round Mountain pond construction page.

See all our documented projects

Serving Round Mountain & the 281 Corridor

From Round Mountain we cover Cypress Mill and the ranch country in every direction. Close by we also serve Marble Falls, Horseshoe Bay, Johnson City, Spicewood, and Blanco. Somewhere else in the Hill Country? Browse every area we serve or just call.

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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.