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- Land Clearing Services in Midlothian
- Site Prep for New Homes in Midlothian and Waxahachie
- Brush Clearing and Forestry Mulching Near Midlothian
- How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Midlothian?
- Serving Midlothian, TX and the Surrounding Area: Waxahachie, Venus, Mansfield, Cedar Hill
- Request a Free On-Site Estimate in Midlothian
- FAQ
Land Clearing Services in Midlothian
Five services cover nearly every land clearing service in Midlothian we are asked for: cedar and brush removal, lot clearing to dirt, stump grinding, bush hogging and rough grading. Pruitt Range & Brush provides land clearing with insured crews and one written number. Residential land clearing is professional clearing of a wooded homesite acre off Mt. Zion Road or a 20-acre cedar pasture. Commercial land clearing services take in pad sites, pipeline corridors and commercial properties in Midlothian along US 287. On residential and commercial properties the machine is the same; commercial sites just run more days, and commercial clearing is billed by the acre. Property clearing before a sale is land improvement a buyer can walk. Every project gets an 811 locate first. Single-tree tree removal against a house is an arborist's job; cleanup and landscape clearing around the finished home are ours. Concrete, wells, septic and demolition are not mine. I know people who do them. Tell Teo which service fits.
Site Prep for New Homes in Midlothian and Waxahachie
The town issued 768 single-family permits in the 2025 Census Building Permits Survey, second in Ellis County behind Waxahachie. Many of those lots are cedar hillside. A half-acre cedar lot is one skid steer day, $2,800, mulched in place with the post oaks left standing. Full site clearing to dirt for a slab runs $2,000 to $4,500 an acre with grubbing, haul-off and rough grading. Site work on the escarpment hits rock; rock adds a day. Blackland lots below the hill lose a day to wet clay, November to April. The city tree ordinance applies inside city limits, so protected oaks get flagged before any site preparation starts. Drainage runs fast downhill, so a mulch band stays below each pad. Commercial development along US 287 follows the same math. Send Teo the survey and the slab corner stakes.
Brush Clearing and Forestry Mulching Near Midlothian
Forestry mulching is a land clearing method that uses specialized equipment to grind trees, brush and vegetation into mulch on the spot. The cedar never becomes a pile, which matters when the county judge or commissioners court declares a burn ban; TCEQ outdoor burning rules cover piles anyway. Cedar is the easy one: it does not resprout from the stump, so what we grind stays gone; new seedlings come from seed, not roots. Mesquite and hackberry on the blackland side overgrow a pasture from the root crown; bush hogging only trims them. Selective clearing takes the cedar and leaves the live oak motts and post oak. On our jobs on the escarpment we remove brush at 1 to 3 acres a day with the skid steer; the 300-hp head does 4 to 8. Overgrown land that read 55 percent canopy going in reads under 5 coming out. We leave the site with mulch spread, not stacked.
How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Midlothian?
Land clearing costs in Midlothian follow canopy percent, and two rules come before any price: rock adds a day on the hill, wet blackland adds a day below it from November to April. Depending on site conditions, the rates are:
- Skid steer mulcher, stems to 8 inches: $2,800 a day, transport included within 60 miles of the Weatherford yard; Midlothian sits near the edge of that ring.
- The 300-hp mulcher, 8 ft head, runs $4,200 a day plus transport: the large acreage clearing machine.
- Cedar under 30 percent canopy: $900 to $1,400 an acre. Medium cover: $1,800 to $2,600. Areas with dense old-growth cedar or mesquite: $3,000 to $4,000.
- Dirt-ready clearing, root excavation and rough grading in the number: $2,000 to $4,500 an acre.
- Stump grinding is $4 per inch across the cut, $175 minimum per stump; ten or more and we grind by the day.
- Mowing with the bush hog runs $60 to $90 an acre, $400 minimum. Dozer grubbing $160 an hour. Hauling: $650 to $1,200 a load, and the trip minimum is $1,100.
Cedar tracts over 10 acres often qualify for EQIP brush management, practice code 314, paying 50 to 75 percent of the NRCS schedule rate once approved. I can read your plan and tell you what it covers. The site visit is free within 60 miles of a yard; when I walk the property I give you the number in writing. Call (832) 987-3495 to set it up.
Serving Midlothian, TX and the Surrounding Area: Waxahachie, Venus, Mansfield, Cedar Hill
The Midlothian area is the hinge between the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs and Ellis County ranch ground, and our land clearing services across Dallas-Fort Worth cover both sides of it. From the Weatherford yard the crew works Waxahachie, Cedar Hill, Red Oak and the escarpment roads between them. Pruitt Range & Brush is a land clearing company serving the DFW metro, taking land clearing projects across North Texas, with services throughout Ellis County and the DFW area south of I-20. Searches for land clearing Midlothian reach the Johnson City office; the Weatherford crew does the work. Name the nearest town and give Teo the acres.
Request a Free On-Site Estimate in Midlothian
You want a professional land clearing service that states the price and the extra-day rules before anybody unloads, and that is how I run it. Call (832) 987-3495 or fill out the form with your acres, the cedar you see and the nearest road. Teo takes every call at the Johnson City office and you hear back before the end of the business day. Frequently asked questions from cedar country are below.
