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- Land Clearing Services Available in Tarrant County
- Lot and Acreage Clearing for New Homes in Mansfield and Crowley
- Forestry Mulching and Brush Clearing Across Tarrant County
- How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Tarrant County?
- Terrain, Soil and Vegetation Near Eagle Mountain Lake and the Trinity River
- Burn Bans and Other Rules Before Clearing Land in Tarrant County
- Areas We Serve in Tarrant County
- Ready to Clear Your Land? Get an Estimate
- FAQ
Land Clearing Services Available in Tarrant County
Residential and commercial work splits five ways here.
- Residential land clearing to a pad, grubbed and rough graded: $2,000 to $4,500 an acre.
- Commercial land clearing and site clearing for shop yards and small commercial pads along I-20 and Loop 820.
- Forestry mulching of trees and brush in place, one to three acres a day.
- Lot clearing for small residential lots: underbrushing, tree removal of dead post oaks, stump grinding at $4 an inch.
- Site prep and dirt work services: drainage, pond excavation, final grading and cleanup.
Our land clearing service removes vegetation and stumps. Concrete, wells, septic and demolition are other trades.
Lot and Acreage Clearing for New Homes in Mansfield and Crowley
The county permitted 8,658 single-family homes in 2025 by the Census Building Permits Survey, fifth among the counties in Texas. Master-planned communities are a developer's job. Our residential jobs are the homeowner on one to five acres outside Mansfield or Crowley who needs a pad, a drive and a pond before the builder shows. Property owners on the west side usually have mature post oak worth keeping, so tree clearing there is selective, and that is most of our land clearing projects in Dallas-Fort Worth.
A half-acre wooded lot is one day on the skid steer, $2,800. Property development and commercial development on the east side run bigger, priced by the acre.
Forestry Mulching and Brush Clearing Across Tarrant County
Mesquite is the brush that pays our mulching services here, and it needs the root crown ground, not just the stem. Mesquite does not die when you cut it. It takes it personally. Bush hogging alone brings it back as ten stems in two summers. The head takes the crown to grade and leaves three inches of mulch along the fence line, the best erosion control sand gets.
Clearing brush under post oak is selective clearing: we remove unwanted vegetation and greenbrier undergrowth and leave every oak over 8 inches. Removing vegetation this way keeps the wood on site as mulch, so no burn ban stops the job. There is no pine and hardwood understory here. That is Lindale country.
How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Tarrant County?
Land clearing in Tarrant County runs $900 to $4,500 an acre, transport included because the whole county sits inside 60 miles of Weatherford. The one extra-day rule is wet prairie clay east of I-35W, November to April. I write it above the price.
- Skid steer mulcher: $2,800 a day, stems to 8 inches.
- 300-hp mulcher, 8-foot head: $4,200 a day plus transport, equipment to handle old mesquite and post oak.
- Mulching by the acre: $900 to $1,400 light, $1,800 to $2,600 medium, $3,000 to $4,000 dense.
- Full clearing to dirt with grading: $2,000 to $4,500 an acre.
- Bush hogging: $60 to $90 an acre, $400 minimum. Haul-off: $650 to $1,200 a load, minimum trip $1,100.
Agricultural land on the west side still qualifies for NRCS EQIP brush management, practice code 314, at 50 to 75 percent cost-share once the plan is approved. Call (832) 987-3495 or send the form for a free quote.
Terrain, Soil and Vegetation Near Eagle Mountain Lake and the Trinity River
The county has two soils, and the line between them is roughly I-35W. West, near Eagle Mountain Lake, the Western Cross Timbers run post oak, blackjack oak and mesquite on deep sand. East, the prairie clay around Mansfield and Crowley grows hackberry, mesquite and eastern red cedar, not ashe juniper, once a pasture is left to overgrow. The Trinity River bottoms carry pecan and cottonwood woodland, and much of that corridor is mapped floodplain. Site conditions on sand are the easiest we work: the mulcher runs after a rain, and a pond there needs a clay liner.
On our jobs west of Fort Worth I log two to three acres a day in post oak.
Burn Bans and Other Rules Before Clearing Land in Tarrant County
Four rules govern clearing land throughout Tarrant County, and none is a state permit. FEMA maps the Trinity and Village Creek floodplains, and a floodplain development permit comes before excavation or grading there. Fort Worth and Mansfield have tree preservation ordinances inside city limits and the ETJ, so a post oak over a set diameter needs a city sign-off. The county judge or commissioners court declares burn bans, and TCEQ outdoor burning rules govern piles the rest of the year. Mulching sidesteps both.
Texas A&M Forest Service sets the oak wilt window at February to June. I do not wound a live oak in that window. Ask Teo which city rule applies to your address.
Areas We Serve in Tarrant County
Mansfield and Azle each carry their own page. Our service area also covers Crowley, Kennedale, Haslet, Saginaw, Keller and the acreage around Eagle Mountain Lake. Serving Tarrant County from Weatherford is a 20 to 45 minute drive on I-20 or US 180, so land clearing services in Tarrant County book one day at a time. Tarrant County's west side sends the most calls.
Ready to Clear Your Land? Get an Estimate
Professional land clearing services begin with a free on-site visit. I walk the property, count the trees and branches that go, and write the day count. Expert land clearing is experience and equipment: insured crews with the equipment and expertise for mesquite clear your tract safely and efficiently. Send the form or call (832) 987-3495. Teo will call you back before the end of the business day.
