Land Clearing in Greensburg, KY
Pasture gone to cedar, river-bottom thickets and wooded building spots across Green County, cleared with an excavator and skid steers and left smooth enough to seed, fence or build on.
Getting Green County Ground Back
Ask anybody who farms around Greensburg and they will tell you the same thing: cedar never sleeps. A hillside pasture that fed cattle when your granddad ran it can be head-high in cedar, briars and sprouts now. Bottom ground along the Green River grows up even faster. Every year you wait, the trees get bigger and the job gets bigger with them.
Pistol Ridge Land Services is a short run from Greensburg, in Finley. Trey clears with a full-size excavator and tracked skid steers, and he pulls the stumps instead of leaving them in the ground. That is the difference you notice three summers later. Ground that was only cut or chewed off at the surface comes back in sprouts. Ground with the stumps and roots out stays pasture if you keep it mowed or grazed.
The finish depends on what the ground is for. Pasture gets smoothed so you can run a seeder and a mower over it. A house or shop spot gets cleared wide enough to work on, and we can go on and build the pad and the lane. Hunting ground might only need lanes and openings cut and the rest left alone. Tell Trey the plan and he clears to it. Long grown-up boundaries are a job of their own. See fence row clearing.
What we do on Greensburg clearing jobs
- Cedar thickets and sprouts taken out
- Stumps pulled so growth stays gone
- Pasture smoothed for seeding and mowing
- Lanes and openings on hunting land
- Clearing around barns and old sheds
- Piles placed away from the woods
Ridges, River Bottoms and Timing in Green County
Bottom ground and ridge ground are different jobs
Green County has river bottoms, rolling pasture and wooded ridges, sometimes all on one farm. The bottoms along the Green River and its creeks are deep, soft soil. They carry a machine fine in a dry spell and swallow one in a wet one, so we clear them in late summer and fall when we can. The ridges are the opposite: firm, often rocky, and thick with cedar. Stumps there come out with rock in the roots, and we plan where that rock is going before we start.
Pasture, hunting land and building spots
Around Greensburg, most of our clearing is for cattle and hay farmers taking ground back, with grown-up pasture near Summersville, Pierce and Donansburg the usual request. The second kind is recreational land: owners who want lanes, openings for food plots and a clean spot for a cabin without flattening the woods. The third is building spots for homes, shops and barns. For those, clearing is only the first day. The pad and the lane come right behind it with the same machines.
River banks, brush piles and burn dates
We do not clear down over a river or creek bank. Those trees hold the bank, and work in or along a stream can need a stream construction permit from the Kentucky Division of Water. Brush gets piled in the open for the owner to burn. From October 1 to December 15 and February 15 to April 30, Kentucky bars burning within 150 feet of woodland or brushland between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. A dry fall can also bring a burn ban in Green County. Read our brush burning guide and call the fire department that covers your side of Greensburg first.
Land Clearing Jobs We've Done
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Greensburg & Green County
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Greensburg Land Clearing FAQ
Can you turn a cedar thicket back into pasture in Green County?
Yes. We take the cedar out by the roots, pile it and smooth the ground so it can be limed, seeded and mowed. Pulling the stumps is what keeps you from tearing up a mower later. Keeping it grazed or clipped afterward is what keeps the cedar from coming back.
Do you clear river-bottom land around Greensburg, KY?
Yes, when the ground is dry enough to carry the machines. Bottom land along the Green River is soft, so late summer and fall are usually the window. We clear the field side and leave the trees on the bank itself, since they keep the river from taking your ground.
Will you clear just part of my hunting land near Greensburg?
Yes. Plenty of owners only want lanes, a few openings and a spot to park or build a cabin. Mark what you want opened and Trey will clear that and leave the rest standing. Small, selective jobs are fine. They just take a careful operator.
What do you do with the cedar trees you clear in Green County?
That is settled in the quote. Most often the cedar is piled for the owner to burn, since growth from land clearing can generally be burned on the site where it grew, subject to local rules. If you want the bigger cedar logs kept for posts, talk that through with Trey when he looks at the job.
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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.
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