Land Clearing in Carbon Hill, AL
Old pasture gone to sweetgum, cutover that came back as a thicket, timber a storm laid down. Carbon Hill is next door to us, and we mulch, clear and grade it with our own machines.
Clearing, Mulching & Dirt Work in Carbon Hill
The name tells you what is under Carbon Hill. The town grew up on coal after the railroad came through in 1886, and there was a time when the mines provided three quarters of its jobs and income. Coal is not the main story now. Timber and brush are. This end of the county is pine and hardwood ridges, pasture that has been out of use too long, and home places where nobody has seen the fence line in years.
Carbon Hill is next door to us. It sits on the west side of Walker County, the side that touches Fayette County, and our base is in Berry. We run a Cat dozer, tracked loaders with mulching heads and an excavator, all on tracks so they stay on top of soft ground. Tell us what is growing on the place and what you want it to be. The estimate is free. Call or text (205) 535-6376.
Storm timber and cutover
On November 10, 2002, an F3 tornado crossed Fayette, Walker and Winston counties and came through the western and northern parts of Carbon Hill, bringing down trees and power lines and heavily damaging the elementary school. Timber owners here know what a storm leaves behind. We handle storm-damaged trees from the ground with the excavator and loaders, wherever a machine can reach. Land that was logged and left is a different mess: tops, slash and stump sprouts. Cleaning up behind a logging crew with the mulcher opens it back up for replanting, pasture or hunting.
Getting a trailer to your gate
Highway 118 runs through town, and I-22 with US-78 cuts across the north-east corner of Carbon Hill, with exits at County Road 11 and at Highway 118. That part is easy. What decides how a job starts is the last piece: how wide the gate is, whether there is a bridge or a soft creek crossing, and what the first hundred feet of the drive will carry. Tell us about it when you call. If the drive itself is the problem, cutting it in, crowning it and ditching it is work we do.
Mulch it or clear it?
Start with what the land is for. Trails, fence lines, shooting lanes and pasture that has gone to brush get mulched: one machine, one pass, no piles to burn, and the dirt left covered. A house site, a shop pad or a field you plan to plow gets cleared, because the stumps have to come out. Our guide to mulching versus bulldozing walks through the choice, and the Walker County page covers the rest of the county.
Work We Take On in Carbon Hill
Four services that fit the ground around Carbon Hill, plus everything else we do.
Forestry Mulching in Carbon Hill
Brush, briars and small timber ground to mulch where they stand. No piles, no hauling.
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Pasture Reclamation in Carbon Hill
Grown-up fields mulched back to pasture and hay ground, with the topsoil left in place.
DetailsLogging Cleanup in Carbon Hill
Tops, slash and stump sprouts mulched on cutover. Ready for what comes next.
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Driveways in Carbon Hill
Gravel drives and access roads cut in, based, crowned and ditched so they last.
DetailsEverything else we do in Carbon Hill
Do you do forestry mulching in Carbon Hill, AL?
Yes. Carbon Hill is close to home for us. Our tracked loaders carry mulching heads that take briars, privet, kudzu, saplings and standing hardwood up to roughly six to eight inches on the stump and leave it as a layer of chips. Bigger timber is a clearing job for the dozer and excavator, and we do that as well.
Can you clean up fallen trees after a storm near Carbon Hill?
Yes, where a machine can get to them. Downed trees, hung-up tops and timber across a drive or a fence are handled from the ground with the excavator and loaders. Send a few photos and tell us what the trees are lying on. When a whole area is hit at once the schedule fills fast, so call or text early and we will tell you plainly where you fall.
What does it take to bring back an overgrown pasture in western Walker County?
First the woody growth comes off. Sweetgum, briars and privet up to mulching size are ground down where they stand, which keeps the topsoil in place. Bigger stems and any stumps in the way of a plow are a clearing job. After that the ground needs whatever your county Extension office says it needs to carry grass again. We price it after seeing it, and the estimate is free.
Real job photos. See recent work
How a Job Runs
Tell Us What You Have
Call, text or send the form. County, rough acreage, what is growing on it and how a truck and trailer gets in.
We Look at the Ground
Close by, we come and look. Farther off, we can go over it with you on satellite first, then see it on the ground before the work starts.
A Number to Plan Around
Estimates are free and priced off the property. Small jobs carry a minimum, and you hear the figure before you commit.
The Machines Go to Work
We settle what comes out and what stays. Mark the trees you want kept, or walk it with us and point them out.
Finished, Not Just Knocked Down
Holes filled, ground pulled back to grade, and the fall set so water leaves the site instead of standing on it.
Got Ground to Clear in Carbon Hill?
Call or text, or send a few details. Estimates are free.