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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Forestry mulching grinds standing brush and small trees into chips right where they grow, in one pass. A mulching head on our tracked skid steer cuts the growth down and spreads it back over the dirt. The wood stays on your land as a mat of mulch, and that mat holds sandy soil in place. It suits underbrush removal under a pine stand, a walking trail, a fence line grown shut, or a hunting lane.
Forestry mulching is one tool in our lineup, and it suits some jobs better than others. It works best when you want the brush gone and the mature trees left standing. If the goal is bare, buildable dirt with the roots pulled out, land clearing is the better fit for that. When the ground is open already and tall grass is the problem, bush hogging is the quicker pass.
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The machine is a tracked skid steer carrying a mulching head with steel teeth on a drum. That drum spins fast and chews standing wood into chips, so cutting and cleanup happen in one pass. We start at one edge of the work area and grind inward until the brush is down. Chips drop where each plant stood, so fresh ground cover goes down while the clearing moves along.
How big the standing wood is sets the pace of the work. Brush, briars, vines and saplings go down about as fast as the machine can walk through them. Trees with a real trunk on them take repeated passes, and a tract full of them becomes a different job. The head takes a stump down near ground level, but pulling roots out is stump grinding or an excavator dig.
Most of the calls we get are about the layer growing under the trees. On coastal plain ground, greenbrier, wax myrtle, gallberry and sweetgum sprouts fill in fast after any opening. The pines and hardwoods you actually want are still standing in there, just buried in the mess. Forestry mulching takes that under layer out and leaves the trunks you point out standing.
You mark the trees you want to keep, and we start from there. We work around them, and the mulching head reaches into tight spots between trunks. Hunting tracts get opened this way, with shooting lanes cut and a clean path to the stand. The same pass thins a wooded lot, so you can see the water or find your corners.
We are based on Highsmith Road in Burgaw, and we have worked this ground since 2013. Sandy soil, pine flatwoods and a high water table in the low spots are normal around here. Tracks spread the machine's weight, so we can work soft ground that would rut under wheels. Hurricane season leaves broken tops and blowdown behind, and that material folds right into a mulching pass.
Pender County is home base, and most jobs sit within a short drive of Burgaw. We also work New Hanover County around Wilmington, Onslow County near Jacksonville, and Columbus County out toward Whiteville. Plenty of these calls start with a search for forestry mulching near me, then a photo text. Call (910) 512-9578 or ask for an estimate, and send photos of the tract if you have them.
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 forestry mulching 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.
Excavators, a tracked skid steer and a dump truck under one name. Clearing, dirt work, demolition and the haul-off get done as one job with one estimate.
Sandy soil, wet low spots, a high water table and brush that never quits. This is the only ground we have worked since 2013, and the work is planned for what it does.
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.
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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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.