Land Clearing & Brush Clearing in Springfield, KY
Old tobacco ground, cedar hilltops and brushy pasture around Springfield opened back up with an excavator and tracked skid steers, stumps and all, and smoothed so a tractor can cross it.
When the Farm Starts Shrinking
Farms in Washington County lose ground a few feet at a time. A fence row widens. The patch behind the tobacco barn that nobody has set in a long while fills with locust sprouts and blackberry. The hilltop where the cows used to stand turns to cedar. One day you add it up and a fair piece of the farm outside Springfield is growing nothing you can sell or graze.
Pistol Ridge Land Services takes that ground back. We come up from our base in Finley, and Trey runs the job himself. The excavator pulls trees and stumps whole. Tracked skid steers gather the brush and smooth the ground behind it. Hedge apple, honey locust and cedar are hard, heavy and thorny, and they are what a machine with a thumb was made for.
The result is ground a tractor can work: stump holes filled, ruts dressed out, brush in piles and not strung along the edge of the field. If the edges are the whole problem, look at fence row clearing. And where a draw you just opened up looks like it wants to hold water, we can talk about a farm pond in Springfield while the machines are there.
Our clearing work on Springfield farms
- Hedge apple, locust and cedar pulled
- Old tobacco ground opened back up
- Brush cleared from around barns
- Walnut and shade trees left standing
- Stump holes filled and ruts dressed
- Brush piled clear of fences and woods
Washington County Ground and What Grows on It
Limestone hilltops and deep draws
Washington County is rolling Bluegrass farm country. Hilltops around Springfield tend to have thin soil over limestone, which is where the cedar takes hold first. The draws between them hold deeper clay and grow the big stuff: hedge apple, locust, hackberry and walnut. So one farm can have two kinds of clearing. The hilltops are quick but rocky. The draws are slower, with bigger stumps and softer ground, and they are the spots we save for dry weather.
The usual jobs on Springfield farms
Most of our calls from Springfield are farm calls. Pasture and hay ground to open back up around Willisburg, Mackville and Fredericktown. Brush grown in around a tobacco barn or an old home place, sometimes with the building itself ready to come down, which is covered on our barn demolition page. We also clear home sites for people building on a piece of the family farm, where the job is usually a house spot, a lane in and a yard, with the good shade trees left standing.
What to keep and what to burn
Before the machine starts, walk the ground with Trey and flag the trees you want. A good walnut, an oak in the fence corner or a shade tree for the cattle is worth working around. Everything else is piled in the open. State rules generally allow growth from land clearing to be burned where it grew, subject to local rules, but not in daytime within 150 feet of woods or brush during the fire hazard seasons of February 15 to April 30 and October 1 to December 15. Confirm with the Kentucky Division of Forestry before burning.
Land Clearing Jobs We've Done
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Springfield & Washington County
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Springfield Land Clearing FAQ
Can you clear hedge apple and thorn trees in Washington County?
Yes. Hedge apple and honey locust are tough on chainsaws and tires, and an excavator with a thumb handles them without anybody standing in the thorns. We pull them stump and all, pile them and smooth the ground. Hedge makes long-lasting posts, so if you want the straight pieces kept, talk that through with Trey when he looks at the job.
Do you do brush clearing on small farms near Springfield, KY?
Yes. A grown-up corner, the brush behind a barn or a couple of acres of sprouts is a normal job for us. Compact excavators and tracked skid steers fit through farm gates and work in tight spots. Trey looks at it and gives you a straight quote before any work starts.
Will clearing tear up my pasture in Washington County?
Some disturbance comes with pulling stumps, and we keep it to the area being cleared. Tracked machines spread their weight and are easier on sod than wheels. We work wet draws in dry weather, fill the stump holes and smooth our tracks before we leave so the ground is ready to seed.
Should I clear the brush before I build a house on family land near Springfield?
Yes, and early. Clearing lets you and your builder see the slope, the rock and where water runs before the house spot is final. We clear the site and the lane, keep the trees you want, and can then cut the lot to grade and build the pad.
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 Springfield
Demolition in Springfield
Houses, barns, outbuildings and fire-damaged structures taken down safely and cleaned up to a clear slab or bare dirt.
See the Springfield page →Pond Digging in Springfield
New ponds dug and shaped, and existing ponds cleaned out and reworked.
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Everything we do in Springfield and Washington County.
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Need Land Clearing in Springfield?
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