Bush Hogging
Rotary cutting for overgrown fields, pastures, vacant lots and fence lines across southeastern North Carolina.
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Land clearing in Wallace, NC starts with pine, thick brush and ground that holds water. Wallace is the largest town in Duplin County. The Census Bureau estimated 3,531 people there in 2024. Around it sit 254,164 acres of farmland, per the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Coastal Brush Mowing is based in Burgaw, over in Pender County. We have cleared land across southeastern North Carolina since 2013. The work runs on excavators, a tracked skid steer and a dump truck. We work for landowners, builders and farms.
From Burgaw the drive up US 117 is about 15 miles, close to 25 minutes. Wallace falls on the same run as our dirt work down US 117 in Rocky Point. We cover downtown Wallace, River Landing, Teachey, Rose Hill and Magnolia. Willard and Watha sit on the way up, and Kenansville, the county seat, is north of town. Duplin County is the ninth largest county in the state. Much of the ground around Wallace is farm land. The estimate is free and comes from looking at the property.
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Most calls start with a lot that has grown up. Pine, sweetgum and greenbrier take a field back in a few seasons. We drop the trees and pull the stumps out with the excavator. Then we shape the pad and driveway path. River Landing sits east of town, a gated community on the Northeast Cape Fear River. It holds two 18-hole championship golf courses. Lots there and along US 117 need trees out first. Footings and utility trenches are excavation for a Wallace building lot.
Duplin County is farm country. The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 949 farms and 1,884,573 hogs here. Field edges, ditch banks, farm lanes and fence lines grow in fast. A pasture that has sat a season or two takes bush hogging an overgrown field. Heavier growth with saplings gets forestry mulching instead. The same count puts 44,042 acres of woodland inside Duplin County farms. An old house, barn or mobile home comes down as demolition. The debris leaves in our dump truck.
The county land use plan says the major limiting factor is poor drainage. High ground around Wallace maps as Goldsboro and Norfolk loamy sand. The plan rates both not limited for dwellings and local roads. USDA puts the Goldsboro water table 18 to 30 inches down from December to April. Norfolk runs drier, 40 to 72 inches down. The low flats map as Rains, Pantego and Leon. The plan rates all three very limited for depth to saturated zone. Those spots stay soft after a rain.
We clear first, then cut the high spots and fill the low ones. That is grading and dirt work, and it decides where water ends up. Fill dirt or stone comes in on our dump truck and gets spread with the machines. The Northeast Cape Fear River runs down the east side of Duplin County. Its gauge near Chinquapin crested at 25.77 feet in Hurricane Florence. That beat the 23.51 feet from 1999, and major flood stage there is 18 feet. Near the river we set the pad higher.
Start with the state rule. NCDEQ requires an erosion and sedimentation control plan on any site involving over one acre in disturbance. The plan goes in at least 30 days before land disturbance begins. It has to be approved before any land-disturbing activity starts. That plan review fee has been $119 per acre since July 2025. Duplin County is not on the state CAMA list, so no coastal area permit applies. Pender County is, so a Burgaw job can read differently.
Inside the town limits, the Town of Wallace planning department keeps the zoning map and zoning ordinance. Duplin County has no countywide zoning, so land outside a town is unzoned. The county flood ordinance still applies. A floodplain development permit is required before development activity inside a Special Flood Hazard Area. That ordinance counts fill, bulkheads, piers, pools, docks, landings and ramps as development activity. Duplin towns also zone an extraterritorial area outside the town line. We sort out which rules touch your parcel.
Communities & areas we serve around Wallace: River Landing, Downtown Wallace, Teachey, Rose Hill, Magnolia, Willard, Watha, Kenansville.
Wallace ZIP codes served: 28466.
Rotary cutting for overgrown fields, pastures, vacant lots and fence lines across southeastern North Carolina.
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Excavation for building pads, trenches, culverts and drainage cuts. We dig it, load it out, and leave the ground at the grade your plan calls for.
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Houses, sheds, barns, garages and old slabs taken down and hauled away, with the ground left clean and level.
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Land grading, house pads, gravel driveways and drainage swales across Pender County. We cut and fill the ground so water runs off it and away from the house.
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We grind underbrush and small trees into mulch on site, so the wood stays as ground cover.
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We dig and shape ponds on residential and rural land across Pender, New Hanover, Onslow, Brunswick and Duplin counties. That covers farm ponds on private land and retention ponds on commercial sites.
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Gravel driveway installation, regrading, parking pads and farm lanes across Pender County, built on fabric and packed ABC stone that sheds water.
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Driveway culvert installation, culvert replacement, ditching and drainage swales across Pender County, so standing water leaves your lot and the drive stays dry.
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We haul fill dirt, fill sand, ABC stone and gravel by the load across Pender County, then spread and pack it.
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We tear down single wide and double wide mobile homes around Burgaw, then haul the debris away with excavators, a skid steer and dump truck.
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We turn raw lots around Burgaw into drained building sites, with the pad packed in layers and ready for the builder.
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Great guy to work with. Demoed the trailer and made it all go away.
Absolutely love Steve and his excellent work ethic. We hired him to clear our acre lot in Holly Ridge, demo and haul off an old single wide trailer, bring in fill dirt and make the cleared land look fantastic. He went above and beyond what we expected. He was always on time, returned phone calls or text and he was fair with pricing.
Steve does a great job I’ve been using him for over a decade
Excellent work and very very reliable. I highly recommend. They have done several projects from road work, dirt and rock delivery, clearing, grading, taking out trees and they were even able to dig my hole to install our built in pool. Superior Business as far as I'm concerned.
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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 a company that has worked this ground since 2013.
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