Forestry Mulching
The disc mulcher on our skid steer grinds palmetto and small trees into mulch where they stand. The wood stays on the lot, and the ground stays covered.
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Lot clearing turns a wooded or overgrown lot into ground you can use. BW Clearing takes the job from the first look to the finished ground, around Melbourne and across Brevard County. We offer land clearing services for new homes, barns, shops and pasture, on residential and commercial land. The work runs from a platted quarter-acre lot up to open acreage.
Trees and stumps come out roots and all, along with the palmetto and brush. Every job starts with land clearing planning, so you know what stays and what goes before the machines run. Call or text (904) 719-0443 for a free quote.
Tell us about the lot or acreage, the work you need and where it is. We look at the job and put a free quote in writing.
It starts with a look at the land and a talk about your plans for it. We settle which trees stay and where the pad, the driveway or the pasture will sit. That plan comes before any machine runs.
The disc mulcher or the brush mower takes the palmetto and brush down first. Then the tree puller lifts trees and stumps out, root ball and all. The excavator handles the biggest ones. Stump pulling counts as excavation under Florida's one-call law, so a Sunshine 811 notice comes first.
Last comes the ground itself. We level the lot and smooth over the holes the root balls leave. The debris is hauled off or mulched in place, as the plan calls for. A low lot can take fill and rough grading before the builder starts.
Full clearing takes the whole lot down to bare ground. It fits a house pad, a shop or barn site, and land you plan to grade. Selective clearing keeps the trees you want, such as a big live oak or a row of pines.
Under a new house, everything goes. The state building code wants all stumps and dead roots out of the foundation area and 1 foot past it. Away from the pad, shade trees and a wooded edge can stay.
The plan keeps machines back from the roots of trees that stay. Outside city limits, Brevard County's code counts root injury and soil compaction from machines as land clearing. Under that code, a mainland hardwood is a protected tree once its trunk reaches 10 inches across at chest height. For a pine, the line is 14 inches.
Brevard acreage is often pine flatwoods, with slash pine standing over saw palmetto and cabbage palm. Myakka sand, the soil mapped on the most land in Brevard, is rated poorly drained in the federal soil survey. In most years, its water table sits within 18 inches of the surface for one to four months. On ground like that, the drier months usually give heavy machines firmer footing.
Haul-off takes everything off the property: trunks, stumps, root balls and palmetto. It leaves bare, smooth ground, the right finish for a house pad, a shop or a driveway. Debris removal can be bundled into the clearing job.
Mulching in place leaves the cut growth on the ground as a layer of mulch. Forestry mulching fits trails and fence lines in woods you plan to keep. Expect saw palmetto to sprout again from its roots, and keep mulch off a future house pad. One acreage job can use both, with haul-off on the pad and mulch on the rest.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 150 miles around Melbourne, across the Space Coast and Treasure Coast and north to Daytona Beach.
(904) 719-0443From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (904) 719-0443 and tell us where the land is and what you plan to do with it. A rough size helps too.
We come out to see the growth and how the machines can reach it. Then we put your free quote in writing.
We settle the plan for your lot, and we walk you through which permits apply to it. Florida law calls for a Sunshine 811 notice at least 2 full business days before digging starts.
The disc mulcher and the brush mower take the growth down. The tree puller lifts trees and stumps out of the ground, roots and all. An excavator comes in for ponds and lot leveling.
We haul the debris off or leave the mulch on the ground, whichever you chose. You get back a smooth lot, ready for the build or the pasture.
Common questions about land clearing around Melbourne and the rest of the Space Coast. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
The disc mulcher on our skid steer grinds palmetto and small trees into mulch where they stand. The wood stays on the lot, and the ground stays covered.
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We cut overgrown lots and pasture down with a hydraulic three-blade brush mower on our skid steer. It cuts dense brush and small trees up to about 5 inches.
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We level lots and dig ponds, and the dirt goes where your plan needs it. All of our excavating stays above ground.
Learn MoreWe own the skid steer and the attachments it runs. The disc mulcher and the brush mower take the growth down, and the tree puller lifts out stumps.
We look at the land with you and talk through what stays and what goes. Then the free quote comes to you in writing.
Debris is hauled off or mulched in place, whichever the plan calls for. The ground is left smooth and ready for construction.
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Read more →Send us the location and what you want cleared, and we will reach out to set a time. You can also call or text (904) 719-0443.
Tell us about the lot or acreage, the work you need and where it is. We look at the job and put a free quote in writing.