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Navarro County, TexasProperty just up the interstate toward Ennis tends to hide good ground under twenty years of brush. Mulching gets you back onto it without taking out the mature trees you actually want to keep.
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Around Rice we spend most of our time on acreage homesites splitting off farm ground. Whether it is a homesite, a hunting tract or pasture you want back, the approach is the same: grind what is standing, leave what you want, and put a mulch layer down instead of bare dirt. That is how forestry mulching works, and it is most of what we do around Navarro County.
The brush we deal with most in Navarro County is mesquite, cedar and hackberry scrub. Mesquite and cedar come back from the root, so expect a follow-up pass on the heaviest ground inside two to three years. If you want the whole tract opened up rather than just the understory, that is full land clearing and we price it the same way — by how thick it is.
On black clay we watch the weather closely. Mulching on saturated prairie soil tears up ground, so wet-season work gets scheduled around it. You can see what that runs on the Texas land clearing price guide, or price your own acreage in about thirty seconds.
Thick brush and small trees ground down in place. Sight lines back, walkable ground back, no debris pile left behind.
Pad, driveway and septic area cleared for a build while the trees worth keeping stay standing.
A clean lane down the fence row across Navarro County so you can see your wire and keep brush off it.
Take grazing and hay ground back from the brush line that has been creeping in a few feet a year.
Lease roads, ranch trails and walking paths cut wide enough for a truck and trailer to use.
Shooting lanes, browse at deer height and sunlight to the ground for food plots on Navarro County tracts.
Tell us where the property sits in Navarro County and we will come look at it. Typical rate is $1,800 an acre, $1,800 minimum.
Density drives the price more than acreage. Here is the range we work from around Rice — $1,800 is a full day and also the minimum on any job. The full price guide explains what pushes a quote up or down.
| Density | What it looks like | Per acre |
|---|---|---|
| Light | Scattered brush over grass | $1,800 |
| Moderate | Continuous understory, stems 2–4" | $2,200 – $2,600 |
| Heavy | Solid mesquite, stems 4"+ | $2,800 – $3,400 |
Call or fill out the form with the location and rough acreage. A dropped pin or an address is enough for us to pull it up on satellite before we drive out.
Density drives cost more than acreage does. We look at stem size, how thick the understory is, slope, and how a trailer gets in. Then you get a firm number.
The mulching head grinds standing brush and small trees where they stand. No burn piles, no dump trailers, no gate ruts from hauling debris out.
You look it over while the machine is still on site. If a spot needs another pass, we make it then and there.
Light brush in Navarro County is $1,800 an acre, moderate $2,200 to $2,600, heavy $2,800 to $3,400. $1,800 is the minimum on any job and it buys a full day on your place. See the full price guide or run your own estimate.
Mostly mesquite, cedar and hackberry scrub. Mesquite and cedar come back from the root, so expect a follow-up pass on the heaviest ground inside two to three years.
Yes. Rice and the rest of Navarro County is inside our service range. Tell us the acreage and where the property sits and we will come look at it.
That is the normal request and the machine handles it well. The operator picks what stays as he works, so you keep your shade and your mature timber and lose the scrub. More on that under how forestry mulching works.
No. Everything gets ground into a mulch layer that stays on the ground. That means no burn ban delays and no dump fees on your bill.
Tell us where the property sits in Navarro County and roughly how much needs clearing. We will come look at it and give you a real number.
We also clear land around Teague and Hubbard, and cover 127 towns across North, Central and East Texas.
