Questions people actually ask us

A mulching head — a steel drum with carbide teeth — grinds standing brush and small trees where they stand and leaves the material on the ground as mulch. One machine, one pass, nothing hauled away.

No. It can take a stump flush with the ground, but the root ball stays. Stumps out means land clearing or excavating.

Some will. Cut stems on privet, sweetgum and kudzu send shoots up again. The mulch layer slows it considerably and a second pass is far quicker than the first. Anybody promising a permanent kill in one visit is guessing.

Roughly six to eight inches on the stump on our machines. Bigger than that is a dozer job or a cut-then-mulch job, and we'll tell you which.

A bush hog mows grass and soft stems. A mulcher grinds woody material. If a tractor can already drive across it, you want a bush hog.

Nothing, usually. It breaks down over a season or two and feeds the soil. If you're planting a food plot or seeding pasture it can be spread thin or pushed aside — say so before we start.

No.

It moves with the weather and the schedule. Call or text and we'll give you an honest answer rather than a date we can't hold.

On small jobs, yes — hauling equipment there and back costs the same whether it's a two-hour job or a two-day one. You'll know the number before you commit.

A tracked machine reaches a lot of places, but it still arrives on a trailer. Gates, bridges, low limbs and the first hundred feet of drive are what matter. Tell us about access when you call.

Fayette, Walker, Tuscaloosa, Marion, Lamar, Pickens, Cullman and Winston counties. Just outside? Call anyway.

It depends on your county and whether the work touches a stream, a wetland or a right of way. We are not the permitting office and we won't tell you that you don't need one — check with your county before work starts.

Always. Alabama 811 before any digging, on every job, including on private land.

Structures built before the early 1980s may contain it, and Alabama has rules about how it's handled. It needs testing before demolition. Tell us the age of the building when you call.

Burning brush on your own land is generally allowed with the right conditions and notification, and the Alabama Forestry Commission is who to ask. Construction and demolition debris is a different matter and shouldn't be burned.