Land Clearing in Beverly Hills, Florida
Forestry mulching, underbrushing and clearing across Beverly Hills and the ridge through the middle of Citrus County. One machine cuts, grinds and spreads in a single pass, so nothing is piled, burned or trucked away.
- Priced from photographs, usually same day
- We quote days, and here we explain what slowed them
- From $3,000 a machine day
What we clear in Beverly Hills
Eight things we are actually asked for on this ground. If your job is not on this list, say so and we will tell you straight whether it is ours.
One machine cuts standing growth and grinds it back into the ground as chip in the same pass. No pile, no burn, no trucks.
The dense low canopy that covers this ridge, taken off in a single pass. It is the slowest growth we meet anywhere in this county.
You mark the sand pines and the laurel oaks that stay and we cut round them.
Ground that will not finish in a day, quoted as a day count up front rather than discovered halfway through.
Where the roots have to come out rather than the top growth being ground off. Our 30 inch excavator mulcher.
Building envelope, drive and pad taken down to workable ground before your builder arrives.
A way in from the street on ground that has closed in enough that you cannot walk onto your own parcel.
A line you can run wire along or walk, cut without disturbing what is either side of it.
Who calls us in on the Citrus ridge
This is the page to read first. Our three acres here took three days. Two and a third acres elsewhere in this county took two. An acreage price cannot know the difference and a day count can.
Sand live oak thickens with age rather than growing tall. Twenty years of it is a genuinely different job from five and it is the main thing that moved our day count here.
Clearing the envelope, the drive and the pad before the builder mobilises, so the site is ready rather than a delay.
High sand over limestone. It drains, so weather almost never delays a job up here, which makes scheduling more reliable than most of the state.
Sand pine and laurel oak are what people leave standing. Cutting round them rather than through them is ordinary work if you tell us before we start.
Ground nobody can walk is ground nobody buys. Opening it up changes what a buyer is looking at.
How the work runs
Four steps, and on this ridge the second one is where we earn our keep.
Pictures with something in frame for scale and one from the street. Say roughly how long the ground has been standing, because on this scrub that is most of the answer.
Usually the same day, and on this ground we would rather quote three days and be right than quote one and come back with a surprise.
The mulching head cuts, grinds and spreads as it goes. Nothing is stacked at the frontage waiting for a truck.
Not bare sand and not a field of cut stems. On loose ridge sand that layer is what stops the surface moving before anything is built.
Photographs from our jobs
Photographs from jobs we have run. Nothing here is stock photography and nothing here is generated.
What it costs
We sell machine days, not acres, and we publish the rates. The Citrus record is the single best argument we have for why, because one county has produced both two acres in two days and three acres in three.
Stems to 8 inches. Transport included. The machine that does most of our day work
Stems to 30 inches, and grubbing. Plus transport
Stems to 24 inches. Plus transport. The dearest machine we run
What moves the day count
The rate follows the machine rather than the size of the stem, which catches people out: the dedicated mulcher costs more than the excavator even though the excavator takes bigger timber and pulls roots. Transport is the cost of getting the bigger two machines to you and is separate from hauling material away, which is quoted per job.
What we have actually done in Beverly Hills
One finished job, three acres, three machine days, Dec 2023. It is the largest parcel we have cleared in this county and also the slowest going.
| Dec 2023 | Three acres, 3 machine days |
| Elsewhere in the county | Four more jobs across two other towns, from an acre up to two and a third, none taking more than two days |
| The county total | Five jobs, eight machine days, from Dec 2023 to Feb 2026 |
An acre a day is slow going and we are not going to pretend otherwise. What it tells you is what was standing: sand live oak that forks at the ground and grows into itself, which a machine has to work through rather than over. Elsewhere in this county the same machine has averaged better than an acre a day on ground that looks similar from the road. That gap is the whole reason we ask for photographs before we put a number on anything.
The ground on the Citrus ridge
| What grows here | Sand live oak and scrub oak with sand pine through it, saw palmetto underneath, and a dense low canopy on anything that has stood a couple of decades |
| What that means for a machine | Palmetto goes quickly. Dense sand live oak does not, because it forks at the ground and grows into itself, and it is the most likely reason ground here takes longer than the acreage suggests |
| Water | High and dry, sand over limestone, with sinks in places. It drains fast, so weather is rarely what delays a job on this ridge. A soft hole is a bigger risk than a wet week |
| Access | Made streets through the built up parts and quiet enough for a low loader to sit. Getting to the ground is seldom the problem here. Getting through it is |
In three machine days. An acre a day is slow going, and it is the clearest evidence we have that the scrub on this ridge is thicker than the acreage suggests.
What customers say
FloridaLandClearing.com was beyond helpful in getting our property cleared. They were spot on with their quote, their crews arrived on time, and the machines they used were impressive to watch.
Jenny AndersonWe had a difficult project a few other companies attempted and left. Florida Land Clearing was able to get the job done and a day earlier than quoted.
Joseph KellyThese guys are pros. Watching these machines just devour acres of underbrush in a day was one of the coolest things I have seen. I cannot believe how this transformed my property.
Adam WilsonBefore you book: trees on a Citrus County parcel
Beverly Hills is unincorporated, so Citrus County rules apply here rather than a city code, and land being developed is treated differently from an established homesite.
What is protected depends on the species and the size of the trunk, and whether the parcel is a single family homesite or land being developed. On the ridge the other question that sometimes comes up is the scrub habitat itself rather than any individual tree, which is not answered by counting trunks.
Tell us what you want gone and what you want kept when you send photographs. If you have had any correspondence about the parcel already, forward it, because it usually tells us which of those two conversations you are in.
We are a clearing contractor, not the permit office, and we do not file applications. Confirm your own parcel and your own trees with Citrus County before you commit.
Beverly Hills questions
How much does it cost to clear land in Beverly Hills?
From $3,000 a machine day. Our job here was three acres and three days. Send photographs and the acreage and we will give you a day count rather than a range.
Why did three acres take three days?
Because of what was standing on it. Dense sand live oak forks at the ground and grows into itself, and a machine has to work through it rather than over it. Elsewhere in this county we have cleared two and a third acres in two days. Same county, same sand, different growth.
Which machine did you use here?
We are not going to guess. The scope on this job does not record it. The acreage and the day count are above and they are what we can show you.
Somebody quoted me a price per acre. Is that not simpler?
It is simpler and it is why we do not do it. A per acre price has to assume what is standing, and on this ridge that assumption is wrong often enough to matter to whoever ends up absorbing it.
There are sinks on the ridge. Does that affect the work?
It can. This is sand over limestone and a machine finds a soft hole the hard way. If you know where yours are, mark them on a photograph before we book.
What happens to everything you cut?
It stays on the ground as mulch, spread as the machine goes. Nothing piled, nothing burned, nothing hauled away.
Do I need a permit?
It depends on the species and size of what is standing. Beverly Hills is unincorporated, so the county is who to ask. Confirm with them rather than taking a contractor word for it, ours included.
Are you licensed and insured?
Insured, and we send the certificate before the machine moves. Florida does not issue a contractor licence for forestry mulching, so nobody holds one. Insurance is the document worth asking every contractor to produce.
Around Beverly Hills
Get a price on your Beverly Hills lot
Send a few photographs, the acreage and a note on how long the ground has been standing. On this ridge that last detail is most of the difference between a two day job and a four day one.
Call or text 813-733-6607