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Approx price for land clearing?
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:13 pm
Looking at buying a 3 acre tract of land in the Livingston area that looks like it was cutover and planted pine about 5-7 years ago. Looking to have a portion cleared off and about a 1/2 acre pond dug to build a house and shop pad. Approximately how much is the usual charge for clearing land and digging a pond? Do not intend to clear cut the whole place, would like to leave trees to block block house from road and from neighbors. TIA
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Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:16 pm to gsvar2004
Tree fiddy
Posted on 4/9/18 at 11:19 pm to rsbd
would be curious to know the answer to this as well
Posted on 4/10/18 at 4:49 am to boatless2
There are some people that will trade that kind of work for just the dirt to dig the pond. Saw a ad on Craigslist just a day or two for that.
OP, before digging a pond, I would have the soil tested. You don't want a hole in the ground that will not hold water.
OP, before digging a pond, I would have the soil tested. You don't want a hole in the ground that will not hold water.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 4:54 am to gsvar2004
Paging Nascar Fan
Posted on 4/10/18 at 9:00 am to Big_country346
just found out the land was completely clear cut in 2008 and I'm not sure it if was fully planted, or just whatever trees grew back from what was left.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 9:11 am to gsvar2004
In the same boat at the moment. Should be getting prices soon on similar project. I want to clear off about 2 acres of planted pines that are about 12 years old. Need to remove about 50 trees and level the area.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:52 am to gsvar2004
My buddy has a land clearing business. I would prob guess 10-15k for everything.
Posted on 4/13/18 at 12:09 pm to LZ83
agreed on pricing and purchase of 3 acres was clear cut 10 years ago, wasn't replanted, so whatever is there is all 10 year old overgrowth. any update to this?
Posted on 4/13/18 at 12:24 pm to gsvar2004
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the land was completely clear cut in 2008
I had a guy come in with a machine to clean up around 2 acres before I built my house. Like a tractor but with a big grinder all along the front. It can handle small trees. He charged $1,500. This is Florida panhandle and my woods were not very thick because it's largely palmetto scrub.
Picture of the machine:
Posted on 4/13/18 at 12:35 pm to Tigris
I actually did have a guy mention he could mulch it too. I had never seen this before. Anyone else had old cutover mulched?
Posted on 4/13/18 at 12:39 pm to gsvar2004
I'll get back to you on this in a week or so. I am on the books to get 3.5 acres mulched but the rain we have been having has put him behind schedule.
Posted on 4/13/18 at 12:48 pm to gsvar2004
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I actually did have a guy mention he could mulch it too. I had never seen this before. Anyone else had old cutover mulched?
It grows back really quick. Palmettos for sure do, briars, and anything else because the mulcher does nothing to the roots just above ground.
I have no clue on the pad, obviously preparing that will cost more. But you can generally get tractor work done pretty cheaply. There's guys with bulldozers and stuff that will do the work for $100-150 an hour usually, but you have to call around to find them. My Father in law has a guy he found out of the blue (as in not a friend) that does a day of CAT bulldozer work in central tennessee for $65/ hour for 8 hours. I've had other work done for $80-100/ hour also.
But if you call around you can likely find some tractor work for fairly inexpensive.
This post was edited on 4/13/18 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 4/13/18 at 3:52 pm to baldona
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It grows back really quick. Palmettos for sure do, briars, and anything else because the mulcher does nothing to the roots just above ground.
This is true, and the roots can be a bitch. I would not recommend for anyone wanting grass. But I've found that a combination of Brush Cutter and Glysphosate will knock everything back down; even Palmetto if you hit it several times. And then I use a simple push mower to keep it under control.
Posted on 4/13/18 at 9:41 pm to gsvar2004
Got some customers that do land clearing/mulching, if you want shoot me an email, username@gmail and I can get you some contact info.
Posted on 4/13/18 at 10:08 pm to BeerThirty
walked the property today, I'm thinking its gonna require a dozer.
Posted on 4/13/18 at 10:12 pm to gsvar2004
Why do you think that? What size trees/brush do you have on it? You would be surprised what a skid steer with a mulched can manage these days.
Posted on 4/13/18 at 10:31 pm to BeerThirty
Tenfoe saw it too he could probably say better than me. But by my untrained eye, I’d say 3-5” oak with thick briars and vines. Trees about 20 ft tall.
Posted on 4/14/18 at 12:29 am to gsvar2004
Depends on the land but good rule of thumb is 1000.00 an acre.
Posted on 4/14/18 at 7:57 am to gsvar2004
Easy. There are cutting blades and mulchers now that can handle that. The great thing about the mulcher is you can get rid of the stump, while the blade will leave a little above ground level.
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