Land Clearing in Bonita Springs, Florida
Forestry mulching, underbrushing and lot clearing across Bonita Springs and southern Lee County. One machine cuts, grinds and spreads in a single pass, so nothing is piled, burned or trucked out past your neighbours.
- Priced from photographs, usually same day
- Nine finished jobs across Lee County
- From $3,000 a machine day
What we clear in Bonita Springs
Eight things we are actually asked for on southern Lee County 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 invasive that takes any lot nobody is watching here. It regrows from what is left in the ground, so how much comes out matters as much as how much comes off.
A quarter acre or less, cleared in place because on a lot this size there is nowhere to put anything and nowhere for a truck to sit.
You mark the cabbage palms and the slash pines that stay and we cut round them.
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 clean line along a rear or side boundary, cut without disturbing what is either side, which here is usually somebody else is garden.
A route in on a lot where the growth has closed over whatever path there used to be.
Who calls us in southern Lee County
A fifth of an acre is not too small for us to come out to. That is exactly what we did here.
Brazilian pepper is the most common reason anyone here calls us, and it does not stop at your line, which is usually how the conversation with the neighbours starts.
An overgrown lot generates letters quickly in a community this dense. A machine day is normally the whole answer.
Clearing the envelope, the drive and the pad before the builder mobilises, so the site is ready rather than a delay.
Everything is ground in place. No pile, no burn, no line of trucks down a residential street.
A parcel nobody can walk is a parcel nobody buys. A day with a mulcher changes what a buyer is looking at.
How the work runs
Four steps, and the first two happen before anything leaves our yard.
Pictures with something in frame for scale, the lot size, and one shot from the street. On a lot this size the access photograph decides more than the acreage does.
Usually the same day. Small jobs get quoted from photographs rather than assumed from a day rate, so send them and ask.
The mulching head cuts, grinds and spreads as it goes. On a tight lot that matters twice over: nothing to store and no trucks in and out past your neighbours.
Not bare sand and not a field of cut stems. On low ground that layer keeps the surface workable rather than soft.
Our machines on Florida ground
Our own jobs, our own equipment. These are the machines that come to a Lee County lot.
What it costs
We sell machine days, not acres, and we publish the rates. The job here was a fifth of an acre, which is among the smallest we have done anywhere, and a job that size is quoted from photographs rather than worked out from the day rate.
Stems to 8 inches. Transport included. The machine that fits down a residential drive
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 Bonita Springs
One finished job, a fifth of an acre, a single machine day, Jan 2024.
| Jan 2024 | A fifth of an acre, 1 machine day, machine not recorded on the scope |
| Elsewhere in the county | Eight more jobs, 8 machine days, none larger than an acre |
| The county total | Nine jobs, 9 machine days, every one a single day |
A fifth of an acre is among the smallest jobs on our books and it is worth being straight about what that means. A job that size is quoted from photographs rather than assumed to be a fraction of a day rate, because the machine, the transport and the crew are the same whatever the lot measures. Ask us and we will give you a number. Across Lee County every one of our nine jobs has been a single machine day.
The ground on a southern Lee County lot
| What grows here | Slash pine and cabbage palm with saw palmetto underneath, live oak on the slightly higher ground, and Brazilian pepper filling any lot left alone for a few seasons |
| What that means for a machine | Pepper is the whole job on most lots here. It forks low and grows dense, so a machine works in short bites, but it is shallow rooted and comes off cleanly in a pass |
| Water | Flat, low lying and close to sea level, drained by a built system of swales and canals. The swale along the front of a lot decides where a machine can cross |
| Access | Made residential streets, narrow drives and close neighbours. Where the machine gets in and where the low loader sits are the two questions, and one photograph from the street answers both |
One of the smallest jobs on our books, here in Bonita Springs. A lot that size is quoted from photographs rather than assumed from a day rate, so ask us.
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 southern Lee County lot
Lee County and the City of Bonita Springs each have a say depending on where your lot sits, and ground anywhere near water brings coastal and mangrove protections into it as well.
What is protected depends on the species and the size of the trunk, and whether the lot is a single family homesite or land being developed. Mangrove is protected under its own rules and is not something we touch. Removing Brazilian pepper is usually treated very differently from removing a native tree, but confirm that for your own lot rather than assuming it.
Tell us what you want gone and what you want kept when you send photographs. If any part of the lot runs down to water, mention it first.
We are a clearing contractor, not the permit office, and we do not file applications. Confirm your own parcel and your own trees with Lee County, the City of Bonita Springs or the relevant coastal authority before you commit.
Bonita Springs questions
How much does it cost to clear a lot in Bonita Springs?
From $3,000 a machine day. Our job here was a fifth of an acre and a single day, and a lot that size gets quoted from photographs rather than worked out from the day rate. Send them and ask.
Is my lot too small for you?
Probably not. A fifth of an acre is among the smallest jobs we have done anywhere and it is on this ground. Whether it makes sense depends mostly on access.
Can you work on a lot with houses either side?
Yes, and it is most of what we do here. Everything is ground in place, so there is no pile to store, no burn and no line of trucks past the neighbours. Send a photograph of the access and we will confirm the machine fits.
Can you get rid of Brazilian pepper?
We can take it off the ground in a single pass, which is what most people here want. If you want it gone rather than knocked back, the roots have to come out, and that is excavator work at a different machine and rate.
What happens to everything you cut?
It stays on the ground as mulch, spread as the machine goes. Nothing piled, nothing burned, nothing hauled. On a lot with nowhere to store anything, that is the point.
Do I need a permit?
Quite possibly, and more likely here than inland because of the coastal rules. It depends on the species and size of what is standing and how close the work is to water. Confirm with the right office 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 Bonita Springs
Get a price on your Bonita Springs lot
Send a few photographs, the lot size and one shot from the street. If the lot is small, say so rather than assuming we will not come, because one of our smallest jobs anywhere is on this ground.
Call or text 813-733-6607