Lot Clearing
We clear building lots and homesites down to open, usable ground. Brush, trees, stumps and debris come off so the next step can start.
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Stump removal means the stump and the root ball come out of the ground. We dig around the stump with an excavator, grip it with the bucket and thumb, and roll it out. The hole gets backfilled with the same dirt and rough leveled.
Most of this work rides along with land being opened or reclaimed. Building lots, food plot ground, old pasture, cutover timber land and storm-blown trees all leave stumps behind. We pull them so the ground can be disked, built on or driven over. Full clearing first is part of getting a homesite lot ready.
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The machine digs a ring around the stump first. That cuts the lateral roots holding it and gets the bucket under the root ball. The thumb closes on the stump and the root ball rolls up out of the hole.
Utilities get marked before the first stump is dug. Sunshine 811 is free, and it notifies its member utilities so they mark their lines. They ask for two full business days before digging starts. We stay 25 feet off any gopher tortoise burrow, the distance FWC treats as a disturbance.
The hole gets backfilled with the material that came out and rough leveled. Stumps and root balls get stacked where you want them or loaded out.
There are two ways a stump gets taken out. Grinding chews the stump and the big lateral roots down about 8 to 12 inches, per Iowa State Extension. Pulling with the excavator lifts the whole root ball out. Mulching brush and small trees in place leaves the stumps and roots where they are.
A single stump in a finished lawn is usually a stump grinding job. Tight spots by a house or a driveway suit that tool too. Our side is the excavator, on land that is already getting opened up.
Pulling makes sense where the ground has to be worked, built on or driven over. Roots left behind rot out and leave voids, which turn into settling and uneven ground. Iowa State Extension says a stump left to rot on its own can take more than ten years.
Monticello sits in the Red Hills, rolling country with red clay soils. Clay holds a root ball together and it comes up in one piece. South toward Taylor and Wakulla the ground turns to flatwoods, acidic sand and loamy sand. Sand sheds off the roots as they lift.
What sits under the stump changes with the tree. The US Forest Service puts a longleaf pine taproot at 8 to 12 feet long on good sites. UF/IFAS says much of a sweetgum root system is shallow, with deep vertical roots under the trunk. Pines, oaks and sweetgums all come out, but they dig differently.
Cutover timber land is steady stump work here. UF/IFAS says all stumps and roots have to come out of ground headed for hay, silage or cropland, and we pull them as part of pasture clearing. Storm-blown trees leave root balls in pastures too. Helene in 2024 and Idalia in 2023 both crossed the Big Bend.
Free, no-obligation estimates across North Florida and South Georgia.
(850) 815-0054From the first call or text to the last load hauled off, here is how it goes.
Call or text (850) 815-0054 with where the property is and what you want done. A rough idea of the acreage helps.
We drive out and look at the ground, the growth and the access for the machines. That visit is the free estimate.
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.
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.
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.
Common questions about stump removal across North Florida and South Georgia. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We clear building lots and homesites down to open, usable ground. Brush, trees, stumps and debris come off so the next step can start.
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General land excavation with the excavator: digging and shaping ground, pulling stumps and roots, cutting ditches and moving dirt. Free on-site estimates around Monticello and about 40 miles out.
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We haul land debris off your property with a dump truck and dump trailer. Brush piles, limbs, stumps, logs and storm debris get loaded with a machine and taken away.
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We clear and open ground on hunting land with a skid steer mulcher and an excavator mulcher. Food plot sites, shooting lanes, trails and fire lanes get opened and left ready for your plan.
Learn MoreWe 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.
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.
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.
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.
Stump removal runs $100 to $400 per stump in one national cost guide. See grinding vs digging out and what moves the price. Call or text (850) 815-0054.
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Call before you dig in Florida: Sunshine 811 needs 2 full business days of notice and the call is free. Exemptions, tolerance zones and private lines.
Read more →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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