Land Clearing
We clear house lots and acreage start to finish, with trees and stumps out roots and all. The ground is left level, with the debris hauled off or mulched in place.
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Inside Orlando's city limits, only about a third of homes are single-family detached houses, by Census estimates. The acreage is out east, along SR 50 and SR 520 near Bithlo, Christmas and Wedgefield. Much of that land is pine and saw palmetto flatwoods, on flat sand that holds water in the rainy season. Before a house or a barn goes up, that growth has to come out.
BW Clearing is based in Melbourne, and Orlando is part of our service area. Wedgefield, Bithlo and Christmas sit about 52 to 56 road miles from Melbourne, closer than downtown Orlando at about 72. We bring the same land clearing we do around Melbourne to house lots and acreage here. Call or text (904) 719-0443 for a free quote in writing.
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.
Christmas is the most rural of the three. The 2020 Census counted about 2,400 people there, spread across some 45 square miles. Fort Christmas Historical Park holds a replica of Fort Christmas, built in 1837 during the Second Seminole War.
Homes out here are a mix. Census estimates put mobile homes at about 36 percent of homes in Bithlo and 45 percent in Christmas. Wedgefield is nearly all single-family houses, and about two thirds of them were built in 2000 or later.
A manufactured home or a new house needs a cleared, level pad and a way in. Our site preparation starts with a plan for what stays and what goes. Then we clear and level the pad and build a dirt or gravel drive to it.
Smyrna fine sand covers more ground than any other soil in Orange County's USDA soil survey. It is a nearly level flatwoods sand, with longleaf and slash pine over saw palmetto as its natural cover. In most years, its water table sits within 18 inches of the surface for one to four months. The National Weather Service puts Orlando's typical wet season from about May 24 to October 15.
USDA soil maps show Smyrna sand at the center of Wedgefield and Malabar fine sand at Christmas. Both are poorly drained. In depressions, water can stand above the surface for six to nine months in most years. Forestry mulching grinds palmetto and small trees where they stand and leaves the sand covered.
The Econlockhatchee River runs through east Orange County, and the county code protects it. Its protection zone reaches at least 1,100 feet from the main channel's edge and 550 feet from major tributaries. Tree removal and fill permits inside the river basin come under these rules too. Clearing in or right beside any wetland can also need a permit from the county's Environmental Protection Division.
It depends on which side of the city line your lot sits. Inside Orlando's city limits, a tree 10 inches or more in trunk diameter, measured 4.5 feet up, is protected. Removing one takes a city tree removal permit unless a state exemption applies. The city says an arborist inspects the tree within three business days.
Bithlo, Christmas and Wedgefield are unincorporated, so the Orange County tree code applies there. It regulates listed tree species 8 inches or more in diameter, with permits from the county Zoning Division. Exceptions include trees under 8 inches and a home lot of 2 acres or less that is lived in. Live oaks 24 inches and up get extra protection as specimen trees.
Cutting palmetto and underbrush with mowing equipment is another exception, if regulated trees stay unharmed. None of the exceptions cover a tree in a designated conservation area. We walk you through which permits apply, and the county has the final word on your parcel.
Digging a pond or bringing in fill falls under the county's Excavation and Fill Ordinance. The county commission approves those permits, and applications start at the Public Works Division.
A farm pond can be exempt on land zoned for agriculture. It has to sit wholly on one owner's land, with no conservation area on the property. The dirt stays on site, and the pond cannot change drainage off the property.
Our excavating and pond digging is above-ground dirt work, such as shaping a pond or leveling a pad. Before any digging, Florida law requires a Sunshine 811 notice at least two full business days ahead.
Communities and areas we serve around Orlando: Bithlo, Christmas, Wedgefield, Union Park, Alafaya, Lake Mary Jane, Lake Hart, SR 50 (East Colonial Drive), SR 520, the Econlockhatchee River basin.
Orlando ZIP codes served: 32820, 32833, 32828, 32829, 32832.
Orlando is part of our service area. We look at the land first, then put a free quote in writing.
(904) 719-0443 We clear house lots and acreage start to finish, with trees and stumps out roots and all. The ground is left level, with the debris hauled off or mulched in place.
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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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New dirt and gravel driveways and access roads for rural lots and job sites. We grade the base, then lay and press the material the way you ask.
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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.
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We cut down the high spots and spread that dirt into the low ones. Lots, pads and pasture end up level and graded so rain runs off.
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We dig earth ponds on lots and acreage with a rented excavator. The dirt can raise a house pad or fill low ground on the same lot.
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We haul off the trees, limbs, root balls and rock that land clearing leaves behind. Storm debris after a hurricane is part of the work too.
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We clear Brazilian pepper thickets and other invasive trees from lot edges and fence lines. The tree puller lifts the trunks out roots and all, so far less is left to resprout.
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We plan the clearing with you before any machine runs. Then we get your raw lot ready for a new house or barn.
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Pole barn shops, garages, barns and barndominium shells, with insulated options and fencing. We clear the land and level the pad before the first post goes in.
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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.