We open overgrown lots, trails and fence lines by shredding underbrush, privet and suitable young trees. Our compact track loader carries a drum mulching head and works around marked trees. The processed material stays on-site as mulch, while buried roots remain.
Best for overgrown lots, trails and selective clearing where an on-site mulch layer fits your plans.
The customer wanted to open up 2 acres of wooded area. We mulched dense underbrush and smaller trees while keeping the marked trees. The cut material stayed on the ground as mulch, leaving the area easier to walk and maintain.
Our process uses an efficient mulching head mounted on a compact track loader to shred wood, underbrush and small to medium-sized trees, typically 5-7 inches in diameter. We work in controlled passes around marked trees, then reprocess thicker material into ground cover. Tree species, density and site conditions determine how we approach each stem.
Chinese privet can form thick understory, while young pine and sweetgum can reclaim unmanaged ground. We assess suitable stems up to 7 inches for the actual head, species and site. Privet can resprout from living roots, so mulching opens the property but does not guarantee permanent control.
It depends on the parcel and work. Columbia has separate tree-removal, public-tree and land-disturbance requirements. Richland County, Lexington County and nearby towns use their own processes. Construction disturbance of one acre or more, or smaller work within a larger common plan, generally needs state stormwater coverage. Check the address and scope before clearing; maintenance cutting and development are different activities.
A suitable mulching head can reduce exposed stumps, but mulching is not the same as extracting roots. If the area will become a driveway, barn or house pad, confirm the separate root-removal and ground-preparation requirements.
Not in one pass. Cutting and shredding can leave living roots that send up new shoots. We discuss repeat maintenance or a separate vegetation-management plan. Permanent invasive-plant control is different from simply opening an overgrown lot.
