Land Clearing in Jonesboro, AR

Leave a piece of ground alone in Craighead County for a few seasons and it fills in fast. Sweetgum, hackberry and elm seedlings come up thick, privet and honeysuckle take over the edges, and vines climb whatever is left. Land clearing opens that ground back up, whether you are getting a lot ready for a house, reclaiming a back acre or cleaning out a fence line that has grown into a hedge.

Types of Clearing We Do

• Lot clearing: taking a residential lot down to the trees you want to keep before building, fencing or landscaping
• Underbrush clearing: removing small trees, brush and vines under a stand of larger trees so the woods are open and walkable
• Fence row clearing: cutting out the volunteer trees and brush growing through wire fences and along property lines
• Tree line and pasture edge work: pushing back the woods where it has crept into open ground

Keeping the Trees Worth Keeping

Clearing does not have to mean scraping everything. A mature white oak, pecan or shortleaf pine can be worth more standing than gone, both for shade and for the value of the lot. We walk the property with you first and flag what stays, then work around those trees so their trunks and root zones are not damaged by the equipment.

What Happens to the Material

Brush and small trees can be chipped and spread or hauled off. Larger trunks can be cut into firewood lengths and stacked if you want them. Stumps left behind in areas that will be mowed or built on can be handled with stump grinding.

Planning a Clearing Job

• Know where your property lines are; a survey stake or plat helps
• Call 811 before any digging or stump work near utilities
• Think about drainage on sloped ground, since bare clay on Crowley's Ridge washes quickly
• Decide early which trees you want to keep

If your project includes larger trees close to a house or barn, those are handled with our tree removal crew so they come down in sections.

Timing a Clearing Project

Late fall and winter are a good window for most clearing around Jonesboro. The leaves are down, so the property lines and the trees worth saving are easier to see, the ground is often firmer than it is during a wet spring, and there are fewer snakes, ticks and wasps in the brush. That said, a lot that needs to be ready for a builder can be cleared in any season.