On this page
Land Clearing Services in Tyler, TX
Pruitt Range & Brush provides land clearing for residential and commercial properties in Tyler with a skid steer mulcher for lots and a 300-hp mulcher for timber tracts. I started as a land clearing company serving Hill Country ranchers, and I brought the same habit east: every project gets a written scope and a stem count before a price.
- Site prep for a house pad, shop or barn under the pines
- Brush clearing: yaupon, sweetgum and privet mulched in place, pines kept
- Selective clearing that opens the understory and leaves the saw timber standing
- Full site clearing to dirt with grubbing, haul-off, rough grading and cleanup
- Stump grinding at $4 an inch, $175 minimum per stump
- Tree removal with haul-off at $650 to $1,200 a load
- Commercial land clearing services for commercial sites on Loop 49 and pipeline rows
Residential land clearing fills most of the crew's week in Tyler, TX and the surrounding area. Commercial clearing for a commercial development runs the same day rates. A professional land clearing service in Tyler checks what your pines are worth before it touches them.
Lot Clearing for New Homes in Tyler and Lindale
Tyler issued 248 single-family permits in 2025 by the Census Building Permits Survey, inside a Smith County total of 517, up 11 percent from 2024. Rural tracts outside city limits need no building permit, so permits understate the work. A half-acre lot under pine is one skid steer day, $2,800, and we leave the site mulched with nothing to haul. Site preparation ends at rough grading. I do not do excavation for a slab, concrete, wells or septic. I know people who do.
The land clearing process on a Tyler lot has two checks. Inside city limits the Tyler tree ordinance protects certain trees, so they are tagged before site work. Lots in the FEMA mapped floodplain need a Smith County floodplain permit before dirt moves. Drainage on sandy loam is forgiving, but the pad still gets graded away from the slab line and the mulch layer holds the sand through the first spring rains. Bring the plat and I will walk the property with you before the quote.
Brush Clearing and Forestry Mulching Near Tyler
Forestry mulching is a land clearing method that uses specialized equipment to grind trees, brush and vegetation into mulch in place, and under pine it is how you clear the understory without killing the timber. The county judge declares burn bans in dry summers, TCEQ outdoor burning rules govern every pile, and Texas A&M Forest Service rates this county's wildfire risk off exactly the yaupon fuel load we grind. The skid steer takes stems to about 8 inches and runs 3 to 5 acres a day in understory; areas with dense sweetgum go to the 300-hp machine.
I wrote brush plans for twelve years. The brush never read one. Yaupon and sweetgum resprout from the root, so a mulched understory needs a bush hog or a second light pass in two years to hold. Pine does not resprout, which is why I grind around the saw timber and leave it: a 30-year loblolly stand is worth more standing than any clearing I can sell you. We cleared 15 acres of pine understory and yaupon in Smith County in 3 days for $11,400, and the owner kept every pine over 8 inches. Property clearing under timber means remove brush, grind the stubs, keep the crop trees, and make your property walkable landscape instead of overgrown land.
How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Tyler?
Land clearing costs in Tyler run $1,200 to $2,000 an acre for pine understory and yaupon, set by the stem count and cover percent I read on the site visit. Hardwood stumps and wet spring sand each can add a day, and both go on the quote before the acre price. The total depends on the size of the tract and site conditions.
- Understory mulching under pine, yaupon and sweetgum: $1,200 to $2,000 an acre
- Full clearing to dirt, haul or pile, rough grade: $2,000 to $4,500 an acre
- Half-acre lot: one skid steer day, $2,800
- Skid steer mulcher $2,800 a day, transport included within 60 miles of the yard
- 300-hp mulcher, 8 ft head, $4,200 per day and transport
- Dozer with operator $160 an hour; haul-off $650 to $1,200 a load; minimum trip $1,100
Large acreage clearing on a timber tract is quoted per acre, depending on site access and how much pine stays. An approved EQIP plan under practice 314 pays 50 to 75 percent of the NRCS schedule rate. Call (832) 987-3495 or fill out the form. Teo returns every call before the end of the business day.
Serving Tyler, Lindale, Whitehouse, Bullard and Chandler
Our crews run land clearing services across East Texas from the yard up US 69, and Tyler is the center of the Tyler metro we work most. Lindale is home ground, 15 miles north. Whitehouse and Bullard, south toward Lake Tyler and Lake Palestine, carry the same pine and yaupon on lake lots. Chandler, west on SH 31, is sandier with more post oak. Services throughout Smith County run on one price sheet. On our jobs in the Tyler area, idle understory reads 60 to 80 percent cover. Property owners can read the Smith County page or the East Texas region page.
Request a Free On-Site Estimate in Tyler, TX
Send the form with your acreage, your road and whether the pines stay, or call (832) 987-3495. Teo logs every request at the Johnson City office and calls back before the end of the business day. Our crews are insured, the estimate is free within 60 miles of the yard, and land clearing projects get a written scope first. Land improvement under pine starts with the timber count.
