Brush Clearing
We cut overgrown fields, pastures and fence rows back down to open ground. A brush cutter on the mini excavator reaches banks, ditch lines and fence rows from level footing.
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Forestry mulching turns standing brush and small trees into a layer of wood chips, in place. Our tracked loader carries a mulcher head that grinds the wood as the machine drives. The chips fall where the brush stood and cover the bare ground. One pass takes thick, overgrown ground back to open ground you can see across.
We are based in Augusta, in Hampshire County. We mulch across the Eastern Panhandle and the northern Shenandoah Valley. Most jobs are hunting tracts, acreage and home sites that grew in with brush and saplings. For open fields and old pasture, brush clearing with the brush cutter is often the better fit.
Tell us about the job and the ground. We will get right back to you.
The mulcher head is a steel drum with teeth that spins fast. It cuts brush and small trees off at the ground and chews the wood into chips. On taller stems the head works from the top down. What was a wall of brush comes out as a flat layer of chips.
That matters in West Virginia, where burning is limited for half the year. State forest fire seasons run March 1 to May 31 and October 1 to December 31. During those months outdoor burning is legal only from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. Mulching leaves nothing to pile up and burn, so the calendar does not hold up the job.
After a pass you can see across the ground again. Trucks and side by sides can drive over mulched ground once it settles. Fence lines, springs and property corners come back into view.
Hampshire County ground is ridge and valley, and a lot of it sits on a grade. The soils here are shale and clay, and they hold water and wash when left bare. The region gets roughly 35 to 40 inches of rain a year, plus a winter of freeze and thaw.
Mulching leaves a cover on top instead of open dirt. The chips take the hit from hard rain and slow the water down. Root systems stay in the ground and keep holding the hillside together. On a steep bank that is a real advantage over scraping the ground clean.
What mulching does not do is dig. Stumps and root balls stay in the ground. Ground that gets built on needs stump removal with the mini excavator. Trenches, ditches and cuts into a bank are excavation work.
A lot of the land around here is acreage: farms, hunting tracts and weekend places. Ground that sits a few seasons fills in with multiflora rose, autumn olive, briars and saplings. Pretty soon you cannot see far into your own timber.
On hunting land we mulch trails to stands, shooting lanes and small openings. The head can work around trees you want to keep, so mark them before we start. Cleaning out the understory also lets sun reach the ground, and new growth comes in low where deer feed.
Under mature timber we take out the brush layer and leave the oaks and hickories standing. On a home site or a cabin lot, mulching is usually the first step. Once the brush is gone the ground can go to grading and site prep. Call or text (540) 327-1400 and we will come look at the ground.
Free, no-obligation estimates across the Eastern Panhandle and the northern Shenandoah Valley.
(540) 327-1400From the first call or text to the finished property, here is how it goes.
Call or text (540) 327-1400 and tell us what the property looks like. Photos and a map pin help us picture the ground before we drive out.
We meet you at the property and go over what you want done. We check the slope, the wet spots, the trailer access, and what has to come down.
We give you a price for the work you asked about. The job goes on the schedule once you approve it.
The loader and the excavator come in on our trailer. Clearing, stump work and grading happen on the same job when the ground allows.
Before the machines load up, we go over the finished ground with you. You see the grade and where the chips and dirt ended up.
Common questions about forestry mulching across the Eastern Panhandle and the northern Shenandoah Valley. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We cut overgrown fields, pastures and fence rows back down to open ground. A brush cutter on the mini excavator reaches banks, ditch lines and fence rows from level footing.
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We dig stumps out with a mini excavator, root ball and all. The hole gets backfilled and bladed level so the spot can be mowed or built on.
Learn More We clear grown up fence rows and property lines on farms and acreage across Hampshire County. The row comes back to a clean line your fence crew can work from.
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We level pads, smooth rutted ground and shape lots after clearing. The finished grade sends water away from your buildings instead of toward them.
Learn MoreWe work out of Augusta, on US-50 between Romney and the Virginia line. That means ridge ground, shale and clay soil, grown-up fence rows, and old pasture growing back in.
A tracked loader with a mulcher head clears standing growth, and a mini excavator does the digging. Tracks spread the weight on soft ground and hold better on slopes than wheels.
We come out, look at the property with you, and price the work. The estimate costs nothing and gives you a number before any machine shows up.
We cover Hampshire, Mineral, Hardy, Grant, Morgan and Berkeley counties in West Virginia. East of the line we reach Winchester and Front Royal, roughly 50 miles from Augusta.
Forestry mulching vs land clearing in West Virginia: cost per acre from national guides, erosion on slopes, burn rules, and when each one fits.
Read more →Land clearing in West Virginia runs about $1,500 to $6,000 per acre in published cost guides. See what drives the price and get a free estimate.
Read more →Tell us where the property is and what you want the ground to do. Call or text (540) 327-1400, or fill in the form and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the job and the ground. We will get right back to you.