Land clearing services · Abilene, TX
Abilene, TX land clearing, from mesquite pasture to new homesites
Mesquite, redberry juniper and prickly pear, cleared from Rolling Plains pasture and building sites around Abilene. We haul our own machines up US 84 from Early, about 85 miles.
Rolling Plains ground around Abilene
Abilene is the Taylor County seat, and its city limits reach north into Jones County, where Lake Fort Phantom Hill sits. The county lies in the Rolling Plains: grass prairie with mesquite and live oak, over reddish-brown loamy soils with clay underneath. The Callahan Divide, a line of hills separating the Brazos and Colorado river watersheds, runs across the county.
Left alone, that grassland closes in. Texas Parks and Wildlife lists redberry juniper, mesquite and prickly pear among the dominant woody plants of the Rolling Plains, and they take a little more pasture every year. Forestry mulching knocks the top growth down in one pass, and grubbing pulls mesquite roots where you don't want it sprouting back.
Clearing for a city that keeps spreading out
Abilene counted 125,182 people in 2020, and its fastest-growing areas are on the southwest, southeast and northeast sides, where pasture turns into lots. Owners there call for a cleared homesite, an opened-up drive, or acreage ready to sell or build on. Land clearing and brush clearing handle the ground, and junk removal takes the old fencing and scrap tangled in the brush.
Abilene is about 85 miles north of Early: US 67/84 to Santa Anna, then US 84 through Coleman. With an 85-mile haul, our two-day minimum billing matters, so we lay out scope and cost at the estimate. Brownwood is back down the same road, San Angelo is to the southwest, and the full service area shows the rest.
Services in Abilene
What we do in Abilene, TX
Land clearing
Mesquite and brush cleared from Taylor County pasture and from homesites on Abilene's southwest, southeast and northeast sides.
Land clearing in Abilene
Forestry mulching
One pass knocks Rolling Plains mesquite, redberry juniper and prickly pear to the ground and leaves the mulch on site.
Forestry mulching in Abilene
Grubbing
Mesquite roots pulled with an excavator where you're building, fencing or reseeding, so the brush doesn't sprout back.
Grubbing in Abilene
Brush clearing
Prickly pear and thorny brush cleared from fence lines and draws on acreage around Abilene.
Brush clearing in Abilene
Junk removal
Old fencing, scrap and debris hauled off Abilene-area properties, usually alongside the clearing so one trip covers both.
Junk removal in AbileneNearby
Other towns we work
We work across about 150 miles from our base in Early. See the whole service area, or call (325) 240-6926 and we'll tell you if your property is in range.
Great guys to work with, showed up on time and were very professional!
FAQs: Abilene
Land clearing in Abilene: common questions
Do you really work in Abilene from Early?
Yes. Abilene is about 85 miles from our base: US 67/84 west to Santa Anna, then US 84 through Coleman and into town. That's well inside our roughly 150-mile range. Tell us where the property is, in town, out toward Lake Fort Phantom Hill or elsewhere in Taylor County, and we'll confirm.
What's the best way to clear mesquite in Taylor County?
It depends on what comes next. Forestry mulching grinds mesquite and brush down in one pass, which suits pasture and hunting land. Mesquite can sprout back from its base, so where you're building, fencing or reseeding, we grub the roots out with an excavator. Many Abilene jobs use both.
Why does pasture around Abilene fill in with brush so fast?
Redberry juniper, mesquite and prickly pear are among the dominant woody plants of the Rolling Plains, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife. On grazing land where nothing knocks them back, a few years can turn open grass into brush. Clearing sooner means less to clear.
How much does land clearing cost in Abilene?
It depends on acreage, how thick the mesquite and brush are, and whether roots need to come out. We give you a clear price at a free on-site estimate before any work starts, with the two-day minimum billing explained up front.
Is there a minimum job size for an Abilene property?
There's no minimum acreage, but every job has a two-day minimum billing. At 85 miles from Early that's worth planning around, so it often makes sense to combine clearing, grubbing and hauling into one trip. We'll talk it through at the estimate.
Do I need to be there while you work on my Abilene land?
Usually not. Once the estimate is done and the scope is confirmed, we can do the work without you on site, and we'll let you know when it's finished. Gates, livestock and access get sorted out at the estimate.
Let's get your land cleared.
Free on-site estimates for land clearing, forestry mulching, grubbing, brush clearing and junk removal. Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.