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Land Clearing Services in Salado
The land clearing service in Salado we run most is cedar release around live oaks, and the five lines cover the rest: brush removal, stump grinding, lot clearing to dirt, rough grading and bush hogging. Pruitt Range & Brush provides land clearing with insured crews and a written price. Residential land clearing means a 3-acre homesite in a brake off FM 2268 or a 40-acre pasture under cedar. Commercial land clearing services take pad sites along I-35, pipeline easements and commercial properties in Salado. Residential and commercial properties share the same mulcher; commercial sites just run longer, and commercial clearing is billed per acre. Property clearing for an ag exemption is land improvement. Every project gets an 811 locate before the trailer drops. Single-tree tree removal against a house is an arborist's job; professional clearing of acreage, cleanup and landscape clearing around the pad are ours. Concrete, wells, septic and demolition are not on the list. Tell Teo which line.
Site Prep for New Homes in Salado and Belton
Salado recorded 100 single-family permits in the 2025 Census Building Permits Survey, small against Bell County's 2,170, but the lots run 2 to 10 acres of cedar. A half-acre building envelope in a brake is one skid steer day, $2,800, mulched in place with every live oak flagged and kept. Full site clearing for a slab, with grubbing, haul-off and a rough grading pass, runs $2,000 to $4,500 an acre. The site work rule comes before the price: rock adds a day on this limestone, every time. Drainage on a hillside envelope runs fast, so the mulch band stays below the pad. Site preparation for commercial development along I-35 runs the same math. Texas A&M Forest Service flags February to June as the oak wilt window, and we mulch cedar around live oaks without wounding a limb in those months. Email Teo the survey and mark the slab corners.
Brush Clearing and Forestry Mulching Near Salado
Forestry mulching is a land clearing method that uses specialized equipment to grind trees, brush and vegetation into mulch where they stand, with no pile to burn when the county judge or commissioners court declares a burn ban, and nothing for TCEQ outdoor burning rules to cover. Cedar does not resprout from the stump, so what we grind stays gone. Selective clearing is the whole job here: the mulcher takes the cedar and leaves the live oak motts. We cleared 42 acres in Blanco County at 55 percent cedar canopy in 6 days with the 300-hp mulcher, $27,500 plus transport, and the spring below the stock tank ran again the next wet season. AgriLife research says why: mature cedar canopy intercepts the first inch of rain. Mesquite on the blackland side will overgrow a pasture from the root crown; we remove brush at the ground and you bush hog each June. Overgrown land goes to the 300-hp head at 4 to 8 acres a day; the skid steer does 1 to 3. We leave the site under 2 to 4 inches of mulch.
How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Salado?
Land clearing costs in Salado follow canopy percent, with one rule first depending on site conditions: rock adds a day on the limestone. Rates:
- $2,800 a day for the skid steer mulcher, stems to 8 inches. Transport is included within 60 miles of the Johnson City yard; Salado is past that, so transport is a line on the quote.
- Dedicated 300-hp mulcher, 8 ft head, $4,200 a day plus transport: the large acreage clearing rate and anything over 8 inches.
- Per acre by canopy: cedar under 30 percent, $900 to $1,400; medium, $1,800 to $2,600. Areas with dense old-growth cedar: $3,000 to $4,000.
- To bare dirt, including root excavation and a rough grading pass: $2,000 to $4,500 an acre depending on stems and haul.
- Stump grinding runs $4 for every inch of diameter with a $175 minimum per stump; past ten stumps we grind by the day at the day rate.
- Bush hogging $60 to $90 an acre, $400 minimum. Dozer grubbing $160 an hour. Hauling: $650 to $1,200 a load, and the trip minimum is $1,100.
A brake over 10 acres with an approved EQIP brush management plan, practice code 314, gets 50 to 75 percent of the NRCS schedule rate. I wrote them for 12 years; reading yours takes an afternoon. The site visit is free within 60 miles of a yard; past 60 miles I price off the form and confirm when I walk the property. Call (832) 987-3495 for the written number.
Serving Salado, TX and the Surrounding Area: Belton, Jarrell, Holland and Florence
The Salado area is where our land clearing services across Central Texas cross from Williamson County cedar into Bell County cedar, all of it out of Johnson City. The crew covers Holland, Florence and the limestone roads toward Stillhouse Hollow. Pruitt Range & Brush is a land clearing company serving the Temple metro and taking land clearing projects along I-35, with services throughout the Temple-Belton area. Searches for land clearing Salado reach Teo at the Johnson City office; give him the acres and the canopy you see.
Request a Free On-Site Estimate in Salado
A professional land clearing service tells you the canopy percent, the rock rule and the price in writing before the first cedar drops. Put acres, brush and the nearest road on the form, or call (832) 987-3495. Teo handles the call in Johnson City and I am back to you before the end of the business day. Frequently asked questions from cedar country follow.
