Ground Up Mulching

What we clear

Every job is priced off the same three things — how many acres, how thick it is, and how steep. We will tell you all three after we walk it, and the number does not move after that unless you change the job.

Forestry Mulching

One machine grinds standing brush and saplings into the ground where they stand. No burn piles, no dump trucks, no torn-up hillside.

A mulching head on a tracked machine cuts and grinds in a single pass, leaving a two to four inch mulch layer behind instead of a debris pile. That layer is the point — it holds the soil on a slope, smothers what tries to come back, and rots down into the dirt over a season or two.

We take stems up to about eight inches. Anything bigger gets dropped first, then mulched.

By the acre. Free on-site estimate.

Overgrowth & Invasives

Privet, honeysuckle, kudzu, greenbrier and every other thing that has swallowed the back of your property.

This is most of what we do around Chattanooga. Ten years of privet under a good hardwood canopy comes out in a pass, and the trees you actually want stay exactly where they are — we clear selectively, on foot first.

By the acre. Free on-site estimate.

Lot & Homesite Clearing

Clear the pad, the driveway line, and the view, without opening up the whole parcel to erosion.

Building sites, septic fields, driveway cuts and equipment access. We clear what the plan needs and leave the rest standing, which is cheaper for you and easier on the ground.

By the acre or by the day.

Fence Lines & Right-of-Way

Property lines, fence rows, utility easements and driveways cut back to where they are supposed to be.

Long and narrow is what a mulcher is best at. We can open a fence line you have not been able to walk in years, or keep an easement clear on a schedule.

By the linear foot or by the day.

Trails, Lanes & Food Plots

ATV lanes, hunting trails, shooting lanes and food plots, cut clean and ready to seed.

A mulched trail is usable the day it is cut — no stumps to catch a tire, no piles to burn, and the mulch layer keeps it from rutting out the first wet week.

By the day.

Storm & Blowdown Cleanup

Downed timber and the tangle it leaves behind, cleared without hauling it off your land.

After a storm the problem is usually volume, not size. Mulching turns a season of chainsaw work and burn permits into a day or two of machine time.

Call for a quote.

Stems over about eight inches have to be felled before they can be mulched. We do that, but it is time, and time is what you are paying for.

How it is priced

By the acre for open work, by the day for anything narrow, awkward or steep. Light brush under a canopy goes fast. A solid wall of privet and cedar with a grade on it goes slowly, and no honest quote treats them the same.

Estimates are free and done on site. Send photos first if you like — they are useful for telling you whether it is worth either of our time, but nobody should price acreage off a phone screen.

Common questions

How big a tree can you mulch?

About eight inches at the stump, standing. Bigger than that we fell first and then mulch, or leave for you if you want the timber.

Does it leave stumps?

Stems are cut flush and the top of the stump is ground off, so the ground is walkable and mowable. Grinding below grade for a building pad is a separate job — tell us if you need it.

What happens to the mulch?

It stays. Two to four inches of it, which holds the soil on a slope, suppresses regrowth and breaks down into the dirt over a season or two. Nothing gets hauled off.

Will it grow back?

Roots survive, so cut stems will send up shoots — especially privet and honeysuckle. The mulch layer slows it down a lot. For a permanent kill you want a follow-up treatment the season after, which we can talk through.

How steep is too steep?

A tracked mulcher works ground a dozer has no business on, but there is a limit and it depends on how wet it is. We will tell you honestly on the walk-through rather than find out with the machine.

How long does an acre take?

Light brush, a day. Heavy growth with big stems in it, two or three. Slope and access change both numbers.

What time of year is best?

Late fall through winter. Leaves are down so we can see what we are cutting, the ground is firm more often than not, and the mulch has all spring to settle. We work year-round.

Do you work in Georgia?

Yes. Walker, Catoosa and Dade counties regularly.

Get on the schedule

Winter books out ahead. Call early if you want it cleared before spring.