Stump Grinding
Stump grinding for lawns and yards. Full stump removal with the excavator when the ground is getting cleared or built on.
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Bush hogging is how Coastal Brush Mowing started, and we have been cutting brush here since 2013. A rotary cutter takes down tall grass, weeds, briars and light brush that a regular mower cannot touch. Fields, pastures, vacant lots and fence lines in Burgaw open back up, often in a day or two. The cut leaves a few inches of stubble, so you can see the whole property and drive across it.
Most calls come from land that got away from the owner over a season or two. A pasture that sat for two years, or a lot that goes on the market next month. The person who answers the phone runs the cutter, so scope questions get answered on the spot. Brush grows back fast in southeastern North Carolina, so many owners have us back once or twice a year.
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A rotary cutter is a heavy mower built for ground a lawn mower would choke on. It takes tall grass, weeds, briars, broom sedge and saplings up to about two inches thick. The blades cut everything above ground level and leave the root systems in place. That matters on sandy coastal soil, where roots hold the surface together through a hard rain. Most overgrown fields, pastures, vacant lots and fence lines around Burgaw sit inside what a cutter can handle.
Past about two inches, growth gets slow and hard on the machine. Sweetgum thickets and older hardwood saplings belong under a mulching head, so that work goes to forestry mulching. If you want the roots gone and the ground back to bare dirt, that is land clearing. Bush hogging leaves the stubble and the root mat where they sit. One stump in the middle of a field can go to stump grinding on the same visit.
Start with a call to (910) 512-9578 and a rough idea of the acreage. Growth height and ground condition set the pace, and gate width decides what can get in. Before the first pass we look for what breaks blades: old fence wire, well heads, concrete, dumped tires. The cutter works the outside edge first, then moves toward the middle of the field. Clean ground takes one pass, and thick woody growth takes two.
Open pasture goes fast, and a quarter acre of head-high briars can take longer than an acre of grass. Most house lots and small fields finish in a single day, and larger tracts run two or three. What stays behind is chopped stalk and leaf material spread over the ground. It breaks down over a few weeks and puts organic matter back into sandy soil. If the cut turns up dumped trash or old lumber, the dump truck can haul it off.
The first cut on a field that sat for years is the hard one. After that, holding it open is easy work. Warm weather growth runs from spring through early fall here, and briars come back fast. Most pasture and field owners cut twice a year, once in late spring and once in early fall. Owners who only need access for hunting or fence checks often go once a year.
A field cut once a year stays a field. Leave it four or five years and pine and sweetgum take hold, and mowing stops being an option. Regular cutting also holds down the tick and snake cover that creeps toward a house or barn. It makes a lot show better to a buyer and makes a fence line easy to check. We cut in Pender, New Hanover, Onslow and Columbus counties, listed on the service areas page.
From the first walk of the property to the last pass of the blade, here is exactly how it goes.
Call (910) 512-9578 or send the form. Describe the land, what is on it, and what you want it to become. Photos help.
We meet you on the property, look at the growth, the ground and the access, and talk through the right way to do the job.
The estimate is free and comes from seeing the land. You know the price and the plan before any machine shows up.
The machines show up when the ground is ready, the work gets finished, and the property is left clean and usable.
Common questions about bush hogging across Burgaw & Southeastern NC. Don't see yours? Give us a call — we're happy to help.
Stump grinding for lawns and yards. Full stump removal with the excavator when the ground is getting cleared or built on.
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View DetailsThe person you call is the person in the machine. You explain the job once, the estimate comes from the one doing the work, and nothing gets lost in a handoff.
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We look at the property, talk through what it needs, and hand you a real number. The estimate costs nothing and the price comes from seeing the ground.
Bush hogging explained: the rotary cutter, the growth it cuts, how it differs from forestry mulching and land clearing, and what a pass costs.
Read more →Forestry mulching leaves chips and roots in place. Land clearing takes it to bare dirt. Compare cost, results and which one your NC property needs.
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Land clearing cost in North Carolina by growth density, plus how access, debris handling, wet ground and permits move the price per acre.
Read more →Land to clear, an old structure to take down, brush that's won too many summers, or a pond you've been thinking about for years? Call or send the form. We come look at the property with you and the estimate is free, from the owner who has worked this ground since 2013.
Tell us about your property and we'll get back to you fast.