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- Land Clearing Services in Corpus Christi, TX
- Lot Clearing for New Homes in Corpus Christi and Robstown
- Brush Clearing and Forestry Mulching Near Corpus Christi
- How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Corpus Christi?
- Serving Corpus Christi, Robstown, Portland, Port Aransas and Flour Bluff
- Request a Free On-Site Estimate in Corpus Christi, TX
- FAQ
Land Clearing Services in Corpus Christi, TX
Pruitt Range & Brush provides land clearing for residential and commercial properties in Corpus Christi, lots to brush pasture off I-37. I run a land clearing company serving ranchers first, so every project is scoped in writing by stem count and soil before a price.
- Site prep and site work for a house pad, shop or metal building
- Brush clearing with mesquite, huisache and retama mulched in place
- Selective clearing that keeps the oak motts and the big mesquite for shade
- Full site clearing to dirt: grub root crowns, rough grading, cleanup
- Stump grinding, $4 per inch of diameter, $175 minimum each stump
- Tree removal, hauled off at $650 to $1,200 per load
- Commercial land clearing services for commercial sites and pipeline rows
Residential land clearing and pasture work split the calendar in Corpus Christi, TX and the surrounding area; commercial clearing for a commercial development pays the same rate. A professional land clearing service in Corpus Christi knows which way the wind lays the mulch.
Lot Clearing for New Homes in Corpus Christi and Robstown
The Census Building Permits Survey imputed 1,220 single-family permits for Corpus Christi in 2025 from three reported months, inside a county total of 1,332, down 12 percent. A half-acre lot is one skid steer day, $2,800 plus transport, and we leave the site mulched with no pile for the wind to carry. Site preparation ends at rough grading. Excavation for a slab, concrete, wells and septic are not mine. I know people who do.
The land clearing process on a coastal lot starts with the flood map. Ground in the FEMA mapped floodplain and the coastal V zones needs a Nueces County floodplain permit before dirt moves. Heavy clay holds water for days after a bay storm, so drainage means grading the pad to a swale on day one and leaving the mulch so the surface does not seal. The wind off the bay bends everything but the mesquite, and the mesquite just leans into it. Bring the plat and I will walk the property with you before the quote.
Brush Clearing and Forestry Mulching Near Corpus Christi
Forestry mulching is a land clearing method that uses specialized equipment to grind trees, brush and vegetation into mulch in one pass, and on coastal clay it is the only method that works after a rain: the mulcher floats, the dozer sinks. The county judge declares burn bans in dry stretches, TCEQ outdoor burning rules govern piles, and a pile on the coast is a kite in a 25-knot wind anyway. The skid steer takes stems to about 8 inches. Areas with dense old mesquite and huisache go to the 300-hp machine with the 8 ft head at 6 to 8 acres a day.
Mesquite and huisache resprout from the root crown after a cut, so mulching alone buys two seasons. Where you want it gone, the dozer grubs the crowns at $160 an hour and the mulcher cleans up. When I wrote EQIP plans under practice 314, South Texas mesquite reclaim was the common one, and the rule holds: rest the ground one growing season before you stock it. On our jobs in the Corpus Christi area the brush goes in at 40 to 60 percent canopy and comes out under 5. Property clearing here means remove brush, grind the stubs, keep the oak motts, and make your property usable landscape instead of overgrown land.
How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Corpus Christi?
Land clearing costs in Corpus Christi run $900 to $4,000 an acre, set by mesquite and huisache density on the site visit, with transport from Johnson City listed separately. Wet clay after a storm adds a day and crowns to grub add dozer hours; both go on the quote before the acre price. The final number depends on the size of the tract, access and site conditions.
- Light brush under 30 percent canopy: $900 to $1,400 an acre
- Medium density: $1,800 to $2,600 an acre
- Dense old mesquite and huisache: $3,000 to $4,000 an acre
- Full clearing to dirt with crowns grubbed and rough grade: $2,000 to $4,500 an acre
- Half-acre lot: one skid steer day, $2,800 plus transport
- Skid steer mulcher $2,800 a day; 300-hp mulcher $4,200 a day plus transport
- Dozer with operator $160 an hour; haul-off $650 to $1,200 a load
Large acreage clearing on a brush pasture is quoted per acre, depending on site access and crown count. An approved EQIP plan under practice 314 pays 50 to 75 percent of the NRCS schedule rate. Call (832) 987-3495 or fill out the form. Teo will call you back before the end of the business day.
Serving Corpus Christi, Robstown, Portland, Port Aransas and Flour Bluff
Our crews run land clearing services across Coastal Bend ranch country from Johnson City, and Corpus Christi is the anchor of the Corpus Christi metro and our Gulf Coast work. Robstown, west on US 77, is farm ground going back to mesquite at the field edges. Portland, across the bay in San Patricio County, is clay lots with the same brush. Port Aransas is sand and salt scrub where a mulcher works and a dozer should not. Flour Bluff is small lots under old mesquite. One price sheet covers services throughout the county. Property owners can read the Nueces County page or the Gulf Coast region page.
Request a Free On-Site Estimate in Corpus Christi, TX
Send the form with your acreage, your road and whether the lot sits in a flood zone, or call (832) 987-3495. Teo logs every request at the Johnson City office and calls back before the end of the business day. Our crews are insured, transport shows on the quote, and land clearing projects get a written scope first. Land improvement on the coast starts with the flood map.
