PIERCE
LAND
CLEARING
We clear cedar, brush and storm killed timber on acreage between Fredericksburg and Johnson City, along the Pedernales and back up the creeks that feed it. Gillespie County ground is limestone close to the surface with live oak and ashe juniper on top of it, and that combination sets how every job out here gets run.
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Land clearing in Stonewall, Texas is cedar work, storm work and brush work on thin soil over limestone. Pierce Land Clearing runs forestry mulching, cedar and ashe juniper removal, brush and underbrush clearing, pasture reclamation and tree and stump removal on acreage across Gillespie County, and since the 2023 ice storm a large part of that has been taking out dead live oak without damaging the trees that came through it.
We cover Stonewall and the country around it: Fredericksburg, Johnson City, Hye, Albert, Blanco, Round Mountain and Llano, along the 290 corridor and back up the Williams Creek and Grape Creek drainages. Peach orchards, vineyards, working ranches and hill country acreage all get cleared differently, and the machine we bring depends on which one you have and how tight the access is.
Pricing comes off published day rates: $4,000 a day plus transport for the high horsepower dedicated mulcher, $3,000 a day with transport included for the skid steer mulcher, and $3,000 a day plus transport for dozer or excavator work, with a one day minimum. Send photos and acreage for a real number, or call 512-400-2693 and we will come walk it with you.
We work Stonewall, Fredericksburg, Johnson City, Hye and Albert, and out across the county line to Blanco and Round Mountain.
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.
Where the limestone comes up into the working surface we can mill it down in place rather than haul it off, which is often the difference between a usable pad or ranch road and a string of truck loads leaving the property.
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.
Most recent Hill Country project: August 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.
Our high horsepower dedicated mulchers run $4,000 a day plus transport and cover 2 to 3 acres a day in normal growth. Skid steer mulchers are $3,000 a day with transport included and handle material up to 8 inches in diameter at 0.5 to 0.75 acres a day. Dozer and excavator work is $3,000 a day plus transport. There is a one day minimum. Those are the published rates and we quote off them, not off a guess.
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.
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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 live in the Hill Country and I have worked with Taylor several times. He does a tremendous job with a thorough, get-it-done attitude, and with some really great equipment that is impressive to watch in action. Highly recommended!
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Super friendly and efficient! Got the job done in one day, clearing out all the dead cedar while leaving the pretty oaks. Excellent job, thank you!
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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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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.
Published day rates: $4,000 a day plus transport for the high horsepower dedicated mulcher, $3,000 a day with transport included for the skid steer mulcher, and $3,000 a day plus transport for dozer or excavator work. One day minimum. On open Gillespie County ground the dedicated machine covers two to three acres a day. Thick cedar takes longer. Send photos and acreage and we will give you a real number off those rates.
It gets mulched in place and left on the ground as a chip layer. Nothing is hauled off and nothing is burned, so there is no pile sitting on your place afterwards. On thin limestone soil that chip layer is worth having, because it holds moisture on ground that does not hold much on its own.
Yes, and around here that is usually the job. We work to a rule you set on the ground, most often that the ashe juniper goes and the live oak and any hardwood over a set diameter stays. The operator works around the keepers rather than through them. It is slower than a clear cut and it is worth it.
Yes. Dead standing live oak is most of what we have been called for in this county since the storm. Anything the mulching head can take goes off the stump. Larger dead stems, and we have taken them up to thirty inches through near Stonewall, come down first and get worked from the ground. The healthy oaks stay where they are.
On open ground with scattered cedar the dedicated mulcher runs two to three acres a day, so four or five acres is usually a two day job. Heavy solid cedar is slower. The four acre job we ran outside Stonewall in August 2026 was one day, but that was storm work on ground that was otherwise reasonably clean, not a wall of juniper.
Yes, and it is the fastest way to get a real number. Send photos from a few directions, tell us the acreage and roughly where the property is, and we will price it off our published day rates. If it is a job where the ground needs walking first we will tell you that instead of guessing.
Not from the stump. Ashe juniper does not resprout once it is cut below the lowest green limb, which is the single most useful thing to know about clearing in this county. What does come back is seedlings out of the seed already in the soil and whatever the birds bring in. Mulching sets the ground back years, and keeping on top of the young growth after that is far cheaper than clearing it twice.
It can. Ground close to the river or a feeder creek may sit in floodplain, and river bottom soil is soft enough after rain that we would rather wait a few days than cut ruts across it. We look at that when we walk the property and tell you plainly what applies to your tract before anything starts.
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 projectsStonewall is the middle of the country we cover along the 290 corridor. We are on jobs regularly in Fredericksburg to the west and Johnson City to the east, south into Blanco, north through Round Mountain, and up to Llano on the granite side of the county line. The full list is on our locations page.
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.