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Land Clearing Services in Whitehouse, TX
Pruitt Range & Brush provides land clearing for residential and commercial properties in Whitehouse, from a subdivision lot to a 30-acre pine tract. I run a land clearing company serving landowners the way I once wrote NRCS plans: every project gets a stem count, a written scope and a named machine before the price.
- Site prep for a house pad, shop or barn under pine
- Brush clearing with sweetgum, yaupon and privet mulched in place
- Selective clearing that opens the understory and keeps the saw timber
- Full site clearing to bare dirt with grubbing, rough grading and cleanup
- Stump grinding at $4 an inch, $175 minimum per stump, 10 or more by the day
- Tree removal and haul-off, $650 to $1,200 each load
- Commercial land clearing services for commercial sites on SH 110 and pipeline rows
Residential land clearing fills most weeks in Whitehouse, TX and the surrounding area, and commercial clearing for a commercial development runs the same day rate. A professional land clearing service in Whitehouse tells you which stems will come back, and when.
Lot Clearing for New Homes in Whitehouse and Tyler
Whitehouse issued 38 single-family permits in 2025 by the Census Building Permits Survey, inside a Smith County total of 517, up 11 percent from 2024. 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 burn. Site preparation ends at rough grading. Excavation for the slab, concrete, wells and septic are not mine. I know people who do.
The land clearing process on a lot here has one county gate: ground in the FEMA mapped floodplain near Lake Tyler or the creeks needs a Smith County floodplain permit before site work. Drainage on sandy loam is quick, so the pad is graded away from the slab line and the mulch layer keeps the first spring storm from cutting a gully. Sweetgum volunteers for every job you did not post, so the lot gets mulched to the ground, not topped. Bring the plat and I will walk the property with you before the quote.
Brush Clearing and Forestry Mulching Near Whitehouse
Forestry mulching is a land clearing method that uses specialized equipment to grind trees, brush and vegetation into mulch in place, and in the Piney Woods it is how you clear a lot and keep the pines. The county judge declares burn bans in dry summers, TCEQ outdoor burning rules govern piles, and the Texas A&M Forest Service wildfire risk rating for this county tracks the yaupon fuel load we grind. The skid steer handles stems to roughly 8 inches at 3 to 5 acres a day in understory. Areas with dense sweetgum over 8 inches go to the 300-hp machine.
Sweetgum resprouts from the roots harder than anything else on the lot, and yaupon and privet follow, so a mulched understory wants a bush hog or a light second pass in two years. Pine does not resprout. On our jobs in the Whitehouse area the understory goes in at 60 to 80 percent cover and comes out under 5, with 2 to 4 inches of mulch on the sand. When I wrote EQIP plans, understory control was brush management with the same rule: defer grazing a season after the work. Property clearing under timber means remove brush, grind the stubs, keep the crop trees, and make your property open landscape instead of overgrown land.
How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Whitehouse?
Land clearing costs in Whitehouse run $1,200 to $2,000 an acre for pine understory and yaupon, set by stem count and cover percent on the site visit. Big sweetgum stumps or a wet spring can each add a day, listed on the quote before the acre price. Price depends on the size of the tract and site conditions, nothing hidden.
- 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 Lindale
- 300-hp mulcher, 8 ft head, $4,200 per day and transport
- Dozer $160 an hour with operator; loads out at $650 to $1,200; no trip under $1,100
Large acreage clearing on a pine tract is quoted per acre, depending on site access and how much timber stays. An approved EQIP plan under practice 314 pays 50 to 75 percent of the NRCS schedule rate. Call (832) 987-3495 or send the form. Teo will call you back before the end of the business day.
Serving Whitehouse, Bullard, Troup and Flint
Our crews run land clearing services across East Texas from Lindale, and Whitehouse is the southeast side of the Tyler metro, where lake lots meet pine pasture. Bullard, south on FM 346, has the Lake Palestine lots. Flint sits between on older acreage with heavy sweetgum. Troup, east on SH 110, is pine plantation ground where the 300-hp machine earns its transport. The county seat 15 minutes north adds a tree ordinance inside the limits, and the Tyler area runs on one price sheet, with services throughout the county at the same rates. Property owners can read the Smith County page or the East Texas region page.
Request a Free On-Site Estimate in Whitehouse, TX
Call (832) 987-3495 or send the form with your acreage, your road and whether the pines stay. Teo takes 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 Lindale, and land clearing projects get a written scope before the trailer moves. Land improvement under pine starts with the stems you keep.
