Land Clearing & Lot Clearing in Campbellsville, KY
Grown-up lots, cedar thickets and brushy pasture around Campbellsville cleared with an excavator and tracked skid steers, stumps pulled, and the ground graded by the same crew that cleared it.
Clearing Ground on Home Turf
Taylor County ground does not stay open by itself. Skip a few summers of mowing and a field outside Campbellsville fills with cedar, honeysuckle and briars. A wooded lot near Green River Lake can be so thick you cannot walk to the back corner, let alone pick where the house should sit. The land is still yours and still taxed. You just can't use it.
Pistol Ridge Land Services is based in Finley, in Taylor County, between Campbellsville and Lebanon, so this is the clearing work closest to home. Trey runs every job himself and brings 30 years of experience to it. He takes the trees and brush down with a full-size John Deere excavator with a thumb, cleans up with tracked skid steers, and pulls the stumps out of the ground instead of leaving them to rot and sprout.
What you are left with is ground you can do something with: a lot ready to cut for a house, a pasture smooth enough to seed and mow, a clean line for a new fence. Because the same crew does the dirt work, the job does not have to stop at cleared. We can go straight on to the building pad, the drive or a pond without you finding a second contractor.
What a Campbellsville clearing job covers
- Trees and brush taken down by excavator
- Stumps pulled, roots and all
- Cedar, honeysuckle and briar thickets removed
- Brush piled where it can safely burn
- Stump holes filled and ground smoothed
- Marked trees left standing and unharmed
What Clearing Looks Like in Taylor County
Clay, limestone and the hollows toward the lake
Most of the county is clay over limestone. On the ridges the rock can sit close under the grass, so tree roots spread wide and shallow and stumps often come out with a plate of dirt and rock attached. The hollows that run down toward Green River Lake are steeper and stay wet longer. Much of the land around the lake itself is federal ground managed by the Army Corps of Engineers, so if your lot backs up to it, know where your line is before anything gets cut.
What people around Campbellsville call us to clear
Around Campbellsville the calls fall into a few kinds. Wooded lots where somebody is ready to build a house or a shop. Farms near Saloma, Mannsville and Elk Horn where pasture has gone to cedar and thorny locust. Field corners and creek edges that have crept inward a little every year. And old home places where the yard, the cistern and a fallen shed have disappeared under honeysuckle. Long boundary lines are their own kind of job, covered on our fence row clearing page.
Burning the piles, and when you can
Kentucky generally lets you burn trees and brush from land clearing on the ground where they grew, subject to local rules. During the fire hazard seasons, February 15 to April 30 and October 1 to December 15, you cannot burn within 150 feet of woodland or brushland between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Inside the Campbellsville city limits, ask the fire department before you plan on a pile at all. We stack the brush where it can burn safely. Lighting it is the owner's job. Our brush burning guide has the details.
Land Clearing Jobs We've Done
Real photos from Pistol Ridge job sites. See more work or read about our full land clearing service.
Campbellsville & Taylor County
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Somewhere else? See our full service area or call (270) 272-8739.
Campbellsville Land Clearing FAQ
Who does land clearing near Campbellsville, KY?
Pistol Ridge Land Services does. We are based in Finley, in Taylor County, between Campbellsville and Lebanon, so jobs here are close by. Trey clears with an excavator and tracked skid steers, pulls the stumps and grades the ground afterward. Call (270) 272-8739 and he will come look at it.
Can you clear a wooded lot near Green River Lake for a house?
Yes. We clear the house site and the route for the drive, pull the stumps and leave the trees you want for shade and privacy. Lake-area lots tend to be steep, so we look at slope and access first. Have your corners marked, since much of the land around the lake is federal property.
Do you pull the stumps or just cut the trees off in Taylor County?
We pull them. The excavator lifts the stump and root ball out, and we fill and smooth the hole. That matters if you plan to build, seed or mow. Brush that is only cut or ground off at the surface leaves stumps in the dirt, and many of them sprout back.
Can I burn the brush piles on my land outside Campbellsville?
Often, yes. State rules generally allow natural growth from clearing to be burned on the site where it grew. Fire hazard season limits, county burn bans and city rules still apply, so check with the Kentucky Division of Forestry and your local fire department before you light anything.
More reading: What Does Land Clearing Cost in Kentucky? · Can You Burn Brush Piles After Land Clearing in Kentucky?
From First Call to Final Pass
Reach Out
Call or send the form and tell us where the job is and what needs doing.
Walk the Site
We look at the ground, the access and the scope so there are no surprises.
Get a Quote
You get a straight quote and a plan for the work.
We Dig In
The machines roll in and the job gets done right.
Other Work We Do in Campbellsville
Demolition in Campbellsville
Houses, barns, outbuildings and fire-damaged structures taken down safely and cleaned up to a clear slab or bare dirt.
See the Campbellsville page →Pond Digging in Campbellsville
New ponds dug and shaped, and existing ponds cleaned out and reworked.
See the Campbellsville page →Gravel Driveways in Campbellsville
New gravel drives, approaches and farm lanes built, and washed-out drives reshaped.
See the Campbellsville page →All Services in Campbellsville
Everything we do in Campbellsville and Taylor County.
Campbellsville overview →Land Clearing in other towns
Need Land Clearing in Campbellsville?
Call Trey or send the details. You'll get a straight answer on what the job takes.