An acre of yaupon, sweetgum saplings and pine volunteers turns into a wall in three East Texas summers. Clearing work ranges from cutting back a fence line so a fence contractor can get in, to taking a wooded lot down to bare ground ahead of a build, to opening up a pasture edge or a pond bank.
Small jobs are done with saws and a chipper; bigger ones bring in a skid steer with a mulching head. Stumps can be ground or left, and the debris is chipped on site, piled for burning where the county allows it, or hauled.
What the job involves
- Fence line and property line clearing
- Building site clearing for new homes, shops and pools
- Overgrown lot, yaupon and privet removal
- Selective clearing that keeps the good trees and removes the rest
- Debris chipped, piled or hauled
Clearing around Tyler
Much of the clearing work is outside the loop: Flint, Bullard, Whitehouse, Lindale, the lake lots on Lake Tyler and Lake Palestine, and the acreage tracts between Tyler and Jacksonville. Check burn-ban status with Smith County before planning to burn piles, and check with the city or county before clearing a lot in a floodplain. (Verify thresholds with City of Tyler or Smith County.)