Full Land Clearing
Complete removal of trees, brush, and debris to start fresh for any project.
Earthworks & Land Development · Southwest Florida
Land clearing& lot prepservices.
▸ From dense brush to build-ready ground
From dense brush to full lot clearing, our crew uses professional equipment to open up space and prepare your site for construction.
What we do
Land clearing that leaves ground you can actually build on
Complete removal of trees, brush, and debris to start fresh for any project — cleared, leveled and prepped so the site is build-ready from day one.
Forestry Mulching
A clean way to clear land while leaving natural mulch that protects the soil.
Brush & Overgrowth Removal
We cut through thick vegetation and unwanted growth to restore access and visibility.
Lot Preparation
We clear, level, and prep your site so it is build-ready from day one.
Drainage & Site Grading
We shape the terrain so water flows where it should — away from structures, never toward them.
What decides the job
Two lots the same size can be completely different jobs.
Land clearing is priced and scheduled off what is actually growing on the ground, what has to stay, and what happens to the material once it comes down. These are the things that change the answer, and the things we walk before quoting.
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What comes off, and what stays
Selective land clearing costs more per acre than taking everything, because the machine has to work around what you are keeping. Mature oaks, a treeline for privacy, an existing driveway. Mark it before we quote and the number holds.
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What is actually growing there
Palmetto, Brazilian pepper and melaleuca all come out differently. Brazilian pepper regrows from anything left behind, so it gets treated as a root job and not a cutting job. Slash pine and cabbage palm are straightforward. Dense palmetto root mat is the slowest ground in Southwest Florida.
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Roots and stumps
Cutting at ground level is fast and cheap, and wrong if anything is getting built. Organic material left in the ground rots, compresses and takes the slab or the driveway with it. If a structure is going on it, stumps and root balls come out.
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Where the material ends up
Mulching in place keeps the material on the lot as ground cover and costs the least, because nothing gets loaded and nothing gets hauled. Hauling off means trucks, tipping and time. This single decision moves a price more than anything else on this list.
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The water table and the season
From June through October the ground holds water and heavy machines leave ruts that then have to be repaired. Some lots work fine wet. Others are a dry season job. We say which one yours is instead of finding out with a machine stuck on it.
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Protected vegetation and wildlife
Gopher tortoise burrows are protected in Florida and cannot be cleared over. Moving them legally needs a permitted relocation agent and lead time. Some trees and some parcels carry county restrictions. We flag what we find on the walk so it does not stop the job halfway through.
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How equipment gets in
A lot behind a narrow easement, a soft shoulder or a fence line changes which machine can work and how material leaves. Access gets checked before scheduling, not on the morning of.
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What is under the ground
We submit 811 locates and verify utilities before any equipment enters the site. Every job, no exceptions. Irrigation, septic, power drops and well lines are all things you only find once.
How this gets priced
Nobody can quote clearing by the acre from a map.
Land clearing quotes get thrown around by the acre. Anyone who gives you a per-acre number without seeing the lot is guessing, and the guess is either padded or about to change. Here is what actually moves the price, so you can tell a real estimate from a placeholder.
We do not publish per-acre rates, because a land clearing rate that fits every lot fits none of them. What you get is a walked scope with the assumptions written down, so you can compare it against anyone else line for line.
- Density, not acreage
- Two acres of open pasture and two acres of solid palmetto and pepper are not the same job. Machine hours track density, not the area on a plat.
- Mulch in place or haul away
- The biggest single lever. Mulching leaves the material on site as cover. Hauling adds loading, trucking and disposal to every load that leaves the lot.
- Stumps ground or pulled
- Grinding is cheaper and fine for pasture, fencing or opening a view. Pulling root balls is what you need under a pad, a driveway or a foundation.
- Access and staging
- Where the machine enters, where material stages, and how far it travels on the lot. A tight easement adds hours before anything gets cleared.
- Ground conditions
- Wet season work needs mats, lighter machines or a different sequence. The same lot in dry season is faster and cheaper.
- Restrictions on the parcel
- Protected trees, burrows, buffers or county limits add coordination and sometimes a wait. Better priced in than discovered later.
Where we run land clearing
Pick your city.
Get local ground truth.
Every city below has its own land clearing page — local coverage, real projects nearby and the same owner-operated crew out of Naples.
Before you call
What people ask before clearing a lot
01Do you mulch in place or haul the material off?
Either, and it is usually the biggest decision on a land clearing quote. Forestry mulching leaves the material on the lot as ground cover, costs less and is faster because nothing gets loaded or trucked. Hauling off gives you bare ground but adds loading, trucking and disposal. If you are building, some of it usually has to leave regardless, because the mulch cannot stay under the pad.
02Do you run your own forestry mulching head?
Yes. That matters for two reasons: mulching gets scheduled around your job instead of around a rental window, and the operator running it is the same person who walked your lot.
03Can land be cleared during the rainy season?
Often, but not always the same way. From June through October the water table is high and heavy machines rut ground that then has to be repaired. Some lots drain well enough to work through it. Others cost less and finish faster if the land clearing waits for dry season. We tell you which one you have on the walk, rather than after the machine is on site.
04What happens if there are gopher tortoise burrows on the lot?
Work stops around them. Gopher tortoises and their burrows are protected in Florida, and relocating them legally requires a permitted agent and lead time. We flag burrows during the walk so it gets handled before scheduling instead of halting a crew mid job.
05Do I need a permit to clear my lot?
It depends on the county, the parcel and what is growing on it. Requirements differ between platted residential lots, agricultural acreage and parcels with protected vegetation. We tell you what we see on the walk and what it is likely to require, and we do not start clearing on a lot where that is still an open question.
06Do you take the stumps out, or just cut everything down?
Both are options and they are not interchangeable. Grinding stumps below grade is enough for pasture, fencing or opening a view. If anything is getting built, the root balls come out. Organics left in the ground rot, settle, and take the slab with them a year later.
07How long does land clearing take per acre?
Anywhere from most of a day to several days for the same acre, depending on density, stump handling and whether material leaves the site. That range is exactly why we walk the lot before quoting instead of pricing off a satellite image.
08Do you handle the grading after clearing?
Yes. Land clearing that stops at bare ground leaves you with a second contractor and a second mobilization. Rough grading, drainage and pad work run on the same machines and the same crew, so the lot gets handed off ready instead of open.