Trail Clearing and ATV Path Cutting

Wider than the machine, with room to spare at the bends and enough clearance that limbs do not slap the rider. A four-wheeler needs less than a side-by-side. If you ever plan to take a truck or a tractor down it, most people want eight to twelve feet. Wider costs more to cut and is easier to keep open. Tell us what will use the trail and we size the cut to it.

A trail is priced on its length and width, what is growing in the line, how steep the ground is and how far the machine has to travel from where the trailer can park. Brush and saplings go fast. Thick stems near the top of the mulcher's range go slowly. Send the rough length, the width you want and a few photos, and we will give you a free estimate.

The trail bed holds up well, because the roots stay in the ground and the chips cover the dirt. The growth along it will try to return, since most brush sprouts from the root. Riding the trail, mowing it or running a bush hog down it once the sprouts start keeps it open for years. Left alone completely, it will slowly close in again.

Yes. An old road bed is usually the best route on a property, because somebody already picked the grade and firmed up the ground. The mulcher takes out the saplings, briars and privet that have filled it in. Washed-out sections, ruts and soft spots can be regraded, and we can rebuild it as a proper access road if you want more than a trail.

We can cut up to and away from the crossing, and tracked machines handle soft ground better than wheels. The crossing itself needs thought. A culvert can carry a trail over a small branch, and our culvert installation page covers that. Work in a stream or a wetland can come under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, so check with them before anything goes in the water.