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Land Clearing Services in Denton
Pruitt Range & Brush provides land clearing, lot clearing, brush removal, stump grinding and rough grading for residential and commercial properties in Denton, TX and the surrounding area. Six kinds of job cover every project:
- Residential land clearing for a homesite on acreage west of I-35: brush to grade, rough grade, cleanup.
- Commercial land clearing services and commercial clearing for commercial sites and commercial development along I-35 and Loop 288.
- Pasture reclaim and property clearing on 5 to 50 acres, mesquite out, post oak kept.
- Selective clearing, professional clearing and landscape clearing around a house that is already standing.
- Tree removal of stems to 8 inches with the mulcher, larger trunks cut and hauled.
- Land improvement, full site clearing and site preparation, all stopping at the rough grade.
Site work ends at the rough grade. Excavation for a foundation, wells, septic and house demolition are other trades, and I know people who do them. Our professional land clearing service reads the soil before the machine. Cross Timbers sand will carry a mulcher the day after a rain; blackland will not carry it for a week. Inside city limits and the ETJ the City of Denton tree code protects larger trees, and I pull it before the estimate. Send me the survey and I will mark what stays.
Lot Clearing for New Homes in Denton and Krum
Denton issued 898 single-family permits in 2025 by the Census Building Permits Survey, and the county issued 6,357, with the acreage builds clustered west toward Krum. A half-acre lot is one day with the skid steer mulcher, $2,800, transport included because the city sits inside 60 miles of our Weatherford yard. An acre of post oak and mesquite with a dozen stumps runs two days. Property owners see both numbers in writing before I leave the site visit.
Depending on site conditions, the soil sets the schedule. On the blackland side wet ground adds a day between November and April; on the sand side we work most weeks of the year. Drainage is a grading question on either soil. Before we grind a stump we call 811, because a gas pipeline and buried electric cross the US 380 corridor in easements the brush has covered. Dirt moved inside a FEMA mapped floodplain along Hickory Creek or Clear Creek needs a Denton County floodplain permit first, and I pull that map before the price. My site prep ends at the rough grade. Send me the plat and the on-site estimate will tell you what it takes to make your property ready for a slab.
Brush Clearing and Forestry Mulching Near Denton
Forestry mulching is a land clearing method that uses specialized equipment to grind trees, brush and vegetation into mulch in one pass, mulched in place with no pile, no burn and no haul. That is the cheapest way to clear land west of I-35, where the county judge or commissioners court posts a burn ban most dry summers and TCEQ outdoor burning rules govern the piles the rest of the year.
A North Texas January has two kinds of ground: frozen and soup. The sand side gives us a third kind, so I book Cross Timbers tracts for the wet months and blackland for late summer. Mesquite on that sand is cut and treated the same day, because the root crown sends up a dozen stems after a plain mow and bush hogging alone fails every time. In light mesquite the skid steer makes 3 to 5 acres a day. Overgrown land that is areas with dense post oak saplings and 8-inch hackberry runs 1 to 2 acres a day. Large acreage clearing over 15 acres gets the 300-hp machine and the 8 ft head. We remove brush to grade and leave the site under two inches of chips that hold the sand against wind and the clay against rain. Left alone, a cleared pasture will overgrow in five summers.
How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Denton?
Land clearing costs in the Denton area run $2,800 for a half-acre lot and $900 to $4,000 an acre to mulch, by canopy percent. Two things add a day, and I put them in the estimate before the price: wet blackland from November to April, and ten or more stumps, which moves the grinding to a day rate.
- Skid steer mulcher: $2,800 a day, transport included within 60 miles of Weatherford, which covers Denton, TX.
- The dedicated 300-hp mulcher with the 8 ft head: $4,200 a day plus transport, for anything over 8 inches.
- Per-acre mulching: $900 to $1,400 light (under 30 percent canopy), $1,800 to $2,600 medium, $3,000 to $4,000 for dense old mesquite.
- Clearing to bare dirt, with grubbing, haul-off and a rough grade: $2,000 to $4,500 per acre by density.
- Stump grinding at $4 an inch of trunk diameter, with a $175 minimum per stump.
- Bush hog pass: $60 to $90 per acre with a $400 minimum. Dozer and operator for grubbing: $160 an hour.
- Hauling debris off: $650 to $1,200 per load. No job goes out for less than the $1,100 minimum trip.
The total depends on the size of the tract, the canopy and the ground that week. On our jobs in Denton County, 30 percent canopy is the line between the light rate and the medium rate, and I read it by pacing it off the way I did for twelve years of EQIP brush plans. I walk the property with you so we both see the same number. A tract under an NRCS plan, practice 314, gets 50 to 75 percent of the payment-schedule rate back as EQIP cost-share. Call (832) 987-3495 and Teo will set up the free on-site estimate.
Serving Denton and Nearby Krum, Sanger, Argyle and Aubrey
Denton is the hub of the Weatherford crew's north loop, and the towns around it get the same crew and the same prices:
- Krum and Ponder, west on US 380 and FM 1173: Cross Timbers sand, post oak and mesquite, workable most of the year.
- Sanger, north on I-35 toward Lake Ray Roberts: pasture reclaim on mixed soil.
- Argyle, south on I-35W: estate lots with oaks to keep.
- Aubrey, east on US 380: horse-country lots, hackberry and bois d'arc on blackland.
A land clearing company serving this county has to know where the sand stops and the clay starts, and I can draw that line on a map from memory. Our services in Denton are the same list as everywhere else in North Texas, and the same prices. We run land clearing services across Dallas-Fort Worth and the same services throughout the DFW area and the DFW metro from one yard west of Fort Worth. The land clearing Denton owners ask for most is a mesquite pasture at 3 to 5 acres a day. Tell Teo your town and acreage and he will put you on the board.
Request a Free On-Site Estimate in Denton
The land clearing process starts with a call to (832) 987-3495 or the form, with your acreage and a plat if you have one. Teo calls back before the end of the business day and books the site visit. I read the canopy, count the stumps, pull the floodplain map and leave you a fixed price. Our insured crews arrive on the day we agreed. The land clearing FAQs on our cost page cover the frequently asked questions on burn bans and tree codes, with our land clearing projects listed by county.
