Bush Hogging
Heavy bush hogging for fields and pastures that got away from you. A tracked machine with a mulcher head cuts what a tractor bush hog cannot.
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Forestry mulching is machine clearing that grinds brush and small trees into mulch in place. We work out of Longs, SC, and cover Horry and Georgetown counties in South Carolina. Our range runs into Brunswick and Columbus counties across the North Carolina line. That takes in Little River, North Myrtle Beach, Conway, Loris, Aynor, Calabash and Shallotte. One pass takes a grown-up patch of woods down to a clean mulch floor. The brush stays on your land as ground cover instead of a burn pile. City-specific detail lives on our pages for mulching work in Myrtle Beach and mulching jobs around Conway.
The mulcher head runs on a Bobcat T300 compact track loader. Some people call that skid steer mulching, since a track loader is a tracked skid steer. Tracks spread the weight, so the machine sits lighter on soft coastal ground. Brush, vines and small trees feed into the head and come out as wood chips. Those chips settle into a layer that holds the sandy soil in place. You will also hear the work called land mulching or brush mulching. Jobs that need bare dirt instead of a mulch layer fall under our Land Clearing service.
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Forestry mulching uses one machine with a steel drum on the front. The drum spins fast and carries teeth that grind wood. We drive into the growth and the head chews it down to chips. Brush, vines, saplings and small trees all go through the same way. The chips drop where the plant stood. Nothing gets pushed into a pile, and nothing gets loaded on a truck. By the end of the pass, the ground is open and easy to cross.
One machine does the work on site. Size is the limit that matters most. The head handles brush and trees up to roughly six to eight inches thick. Bigger timber than that is a different job, and we will say so before we start. Thick growth can also take more than one pass to grind down. How fast a job goes depends on the density and the ground. A day of good weather covers more ground than a day after heavy rain.
Ground around Longs is flat and sandy, and the top dries out fast. Bare sand moves when a summer storm comes through the Grand Strand. The mulch layer sits over that sand and takes the hit from the rain. High water tables keep low spots soft, and the mulch gives the tracks something to ride on. The chips also shade the dirt through hot, humid weeks in August. Over a season they break down into the soil.
The growth here comes back fast. Pine flatwoods around Horry County fill in with wax myrtle, gallberry, yaupon and briar. Add loblolly seedlings, and a clean lot closes up fast. Forestry mulching sets that clock back and buys you time. A thick mulch mat slows the seeds that try to sprout under it. When the growth does return, a touch-up pass costs less than the first clearing did. Owners who keep it mowed after a pass hold that ground longer, which is where Bush Hogging fits.
Traditional clearing pushes the growth out with a blade and stacks it. That leaves you with bare dirt and a pile to deal with. Forestry mulching leaves the material on the ground as chips instead. There is no burn pile to permit and no debris hauled off your land. The root mass stays in the ground under the mulch. Mulching is also easier on the trees you want to keep. We work around the pines and hardwoods you flag before the machine starts.
Mulching fits some jobs better than others. It works well on brushy acreage, overgrown lot lines and land grown up under standing pines. Owners who want ground cover left behind get it with mulching. It is the wrong tool when the trees are too big for the head to grind. Pasture Reclamation jobs often start with a mulching pass to knock the brush down. Hunting tracts use the same pass to open food plots and shooting lanes, and bamboo or privet stands fall under invasive brush removal. Tell us what the land is for, and we will say if mulching is the right call. Estimates are free, so call (843) 385-1090.
Free, no-obligation estimates across the Grand Strand, both sides of the SC/NC line.
(843) 385-1090From the first call to the last pass of the mulcher, here is exactly how it goes.
Tell us where the property is and what you want the ground to do. We set a time to come look at it.
We come out, look at the growth and the ground, and talk through what the job takes. The estimate is free and it is a real number.
The Bobcat T300 grinds brush and small trees into chips where they stand. No burn piles, nothing hauled off your land.
Clean, walkable ground with a mulch layer over it. Ready to mow, plan on, fence, or just look at without the overgrowth.
Common questions about forestry mulching across the Grand Strand, both sides of the SC/NC line. Don't see yours? Give us a call — we're happy to help.
Heavy bush hogging for fields and pastures that got away from you. A tracked machine with a mulcher head cuts what a tractor bush hog cannot.
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Thick undergrowth, briar and vines cleared off yard edges, wood lines and the understory under standing trees. Ground into mulch on site with a forestry mulcher.
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Lot clearing for single residential and small commercial lots. We mulch brush and small trees in place, so your lot stays clean and usable.
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Fields that went to briar and saplings, mulched back to open ground. We bring lost pasture back to where a mower can handle it again.
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We mulch the growth off overgrown fence lines and private lanes. One tracked machine out of Longs, SC and the farm country around it.
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Food plot sites opened, shooting lanes cut, and access trails mulched on hunting tracts across the Grand Strand. The ground work gets done before the season.
View DetailsA local land clearing company based in Longs, working both sides of the state line. Free on-site estimates, and the same machine and process on every job.
The forestry mulcher grinds growth into chips where it stands. No burn piles to permit and watch, no dump trucks, and the ground cover stays on your land.
We look at the property before we price it. You get a real number for the job as it stands, before any work starts, and the estimate costs you nothing.
A tracked machine on flat, sandy coastal plain with a high water table. It rides where wheels sink, and we work both sides of the SC/NC line.
Published cost guides put forestry mulching near $300 to $2,500 per acre in South Carolina. Here is what density, access, and tract size do to the number.
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Read more →An overgrown lot, a field that got away from you, a fence line you can't see anymore? Call or send the form. We come look at the property, talk through what you want the ground to do, and price the job before any work starts. Estimates are free.
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