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Fence Line Clearing in Monticello, FL

Fence Line Clearing · Monticello, FL

Brush and vines cleared off your fence rows

Fence line clearing takes brush, vines and saplings off a fence so you can see it again. On farm and pasture land around Monticello, privet, briars and small trees fill a fence row in a few seasons. We clear both sides of the line and leave the fence standing. Then you can check it, fix it or pull it and rebuild.

Two machines do the work. On open runs we mulch the growth in place with the skid steer, like forestry mulching on a field edge. Tight against the wire we switch to the mulching head on the excavator. The boom reaches the fence line while the tracks stay well back.

What We Handle

  • Brush, vines and saplings cleared off both sides of a fence line
  • Mulching head on the excavator, so the boom reaches the wire and the machine stays off it
  • Skid steer mulching on long open runs of pasture fence
  • Fence rows opened to a working width for repair or a rebuild
  • Growth ground into a mulch layer that stays on the ground
  • Heavy fence rows cut and the brush loaded out with the dump truck
  • Corner posts, gates and cross fences cleared back so they are easy to reach
  • Free estimates on farm, pasture and property line fence rows, call or text

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What Grows Into a Fence Row on North Florida Farms

A fence row is ground nothing drives over and nothing grazes. Seed lands there and stays, and birds perch on the wire and drop more. UF/IFAS lists fencerows with pastures and ditch banks as places trees and woody plants move into.

Around Monticello the usual ones are Chinese privet, greenbrier, blackberry, wax myrtle and sweetgum. Chinese privet is on Florida's noxious weed list and throws root suckers until it is a solid thicket. Greenbrier is the thorny vine that laces through the wire and grows a big starchy root. Wax myrtle is native here and shows up in fencerows on its own, carried in by birds.

Heavy growth pushes on the wire and hides broken strands. On an electric fence, brush touching a hot wire pulls voltage off the line. Mowing or cutting knocks it down for a season. The stumps and root stocks send up new stems after that.

How We Clear Both Sides of a Fence Line

We come out and look at the fence line first. What matters is the width you want opened and how heavy the growth is. We also ask whether the fence is staying or coming out. A line you plan to rebuild can be cleared harder than one you want to keep.

On open pasture runs, the skid steer mulcher does the fast work. It runs the clear side of the fence and grinds brush down as it goes. Where the growth is in the wire, the excavator sets up off the line and reaches in. The boom lets us take out what needs to go and leave the fence alone.

Most of what comes off goes back down as mulch along the row. On a heavy row the brush and limbs get stacked instead, then hauled off with the dump truck. Either way the line is open when we leave.

Pasture Fence Cleanup on Cattle and Hunting Land

On cattle pasture the fence line is the one strip nothing grazes down. Bahiagrass pasture is the standard around here, and the growth in the row gets a head start. Cross fences and lane fences fill in the same as the outside line. If the pasture itself has gone to brush, that is land clearing and not a fence row job.

Hunting land and timber tracts run into the same thing. Property line fences go under vines fast, because nothing keeps them open. Clearing the row gives you a line you can find and check on foot.

We clear the line. The fence itself is your work or a fence contractor's. If the row is a boundary line and you are not sure where it runs, settle that first. UF/IFAS points landowners to a surveyor when the deeds are not clear.

Track loader mulching an overgrown fence row of brush and vines on farm pasture Cleared fence line with new wire fencing running along a green cattle pasture

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How We Work

How a Job With EM Land Services Runs

From the first call or text to the last load hauled off, here is how it goes.

1

Call or text

Call or text (850) 815-0054 with where the property is and what you want done. A rough idea of the acreage helps.

2

We come look at the land

We drive out and look at the ground, the growth and the access for the machines. That visit is the free estimate.

3

Pick the approach

The land decides between mulching in place and a full clear with the debris hauled off. Thick understory usually mulches. Ground going under a building usually gets a full clear with the stumps out.

4

Machines on site

We haul the excavator and the skid steer in on our own trailers. Clearing, mulching, stump work and load-out run in whatever order the job calls for.

5

Cleanup and finish

Debris is mulched in place or loaded into the dump truck and hauled off. We leave the ground open and usable, and you look it over before the machines leave.

FAQ

Fence Line Clearing Questions, Answered

Common questions about fence line clearing across North Florida and South Georgia. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.

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How wide do you clear a fence line?
That is your call. Most farm fences get opened a few feet on each side, enough to drive the row in a truck. If the fence is being rebuilt, we open it wider so there is room to work. We set the width with you before the machines start.
Will the brush grow back on the fence row?
Some of it will. Mulching takes the top growth off, and the roots of privet, greenbrier and blackberry are still in the ground. UF/IFAS notes that cutting woody brush leaves live stumps and root stocks that sprout again. Clearing the row before it gets thick again is far less work than the first pass.
Do you have to take the fence down to clear it?
No. The work is done from beside the line. The excavator sits off the fence and reaches over with the mulching head, so the machine stays off the wire. That is why we run a mulching head on the excavator as well as the skid steer.
Do you build or repair the fence too?
No. We clear the row, and the fence itself goes to you or to a fence contractor. That order works well on a rebuild. The line gets opened first, then the fence contractor has a clear run to set posts in.
Can you clear a fence line along a ditch or a creek?
Yes, and that is where the excavator does the most good. It sits on solid ground and reaches down a ditch bank or wet bottom where a skid steer would sink. A fence row along a drainage ditch can get cleared and the ditch opened in the same trip.
How do you price brush clearing on a farm fence?
The estimate is free. Call or text (850) 815-0054 and we will come look at the row. Length and how heavy the growth is set most of the price. Access and the width you want opened matter too.
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Why Choose EM Land Services

Built for Land Work in North Florida

Mulching on two machines

We run a mulching head on the skid steer and on the excavator. The skid steer covers open ground fast. The excavator reaches out over banks and wet spots that will not carry a machine.

One company for the whole job

Clearing, stump work, ditches and hauling all come from one company. You deal with one phone number from the first cut to the last load off the property.

Based in Monticello

We work about 40 miles out from town. That reaches Jefferson, Madison, Taylor, Leon and Wakulla counties, plus Thomas, Grady and Brooks counties across the Georgia line. Most of it is farm, timber and plantation land.

Free estimates on the property

We come out, look at the land and tell you how we would run the job. The estimate is free and it comes from your actual ground.

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Get In Touch With EM Land Services

Tell us where the property is and what you want cleared. Call or text (850) 815-0054, or send the form and we will set up a free estimate.

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