Land Clearing in Lehigh Acres, Florida
Forestry mulching, underbrushing and vacant lot clearing across Lehigh Acres and inland 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
- Adjoining lots are much cheaper than the first
- From $3,000 a machine day
What we clear in Lehigh Acres
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 standing job here. A platted lot that has grown in, cleared in place because there is nowhere to put what comes off it.
Saw palmetto, wax myrtle and Brazilian pepper taken off in a single pass.
You mark the slash pines and the cabbage palms 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 drive line in from the street on a lot that has closed in enough that you cannot walk onto your own ground.
A line you can run wire along or walk, cut without disturbing what is either side of it.
Who calls us in inland Lee County
The lots here run in uniform blocks, which makes doing three or four in a row on the same day unusually practical. It is the cheapest way to buy a machine day anywhere in this county.
An overgrown lot generates letters. 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.
This is the inland end of the county. No salt, no mangrove line and no coastal authority to satisfy, which makes it a simpler job than the same acreage on the water.
Parcels bought to hold. A day with a mulcher tells you what you own and shows a buyer something other than a wall of palmetto.
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 numbers, and one shot from the street. If you have more than one lot in the block, list them all.
Usually the same day. It is a day count against a published rate, not a guess dressed up as a quote.
The mulching head cuts, grinds and spreads as it goes. On a residential street that matters twice over: nothing to store and no trucks in and out.
Not bare sand and not a field of cut stems. On a lot waiting on a build that layer keeps the surface stable and the dust down.
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. On a grid like this one the number that matters is how many lots you can put under one day, because the transport is paid once and the machine is already on the street.
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 Lehigh Acres
One finished job, half an acre, a single machine day, Jan 2025, on the skid steer mulcher.
| Jan 2025 | Half an acre, 1 machine day, with the skid steer mulcher |
| 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 half acre lot on the smallest machine in a single day is what a straightforward job here looks like. The thing worth knowing about this grid specifically is that a second lot in the same block costs materially less than the first, because the transport is already paid and the machine is already there. If you own two, say so. If your neighbour wants theirs done, say that too.
The ground on an inland Lee County lot
| What grows here | Slash pine with saw palmetto and wax myrtle underneath, cabbage palm through most of it, and Brazilian pepper filling any lot that has been left alone for a few seasons |
| What that means for a machine | Palmetto is standard work and goes quickly. Mature pepper is slower because it forks low, and a lot that has stood for thirty years carries more than one that has stood for five |
| Water | Flat and drained by a built system of canals and swales, and drier than the coastal end of the county. Standing water is much less of a scheduling risk here than on the water |
| Access | A very large grid of made streets, some of them quiet enough that a low loader can sit comfortably. One photograph from the street answers most of what we need |
Lee County jobs have taken a single machine day, and none of them was larger than an acre. On this grid the question is not how long a lot takes but how many you can put under one day.
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 Lee County lot
Lee County rules apply on this ground, which sits in the unincorporated county, 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 lot is a single family homesite or land being developed. Removing invasive growth 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. Inland lots here avoid the coastal and mangrove questions that apply nearer the water, which makes this a simpler conversation than it is on the islands.
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 before you commit.
Lehigh Acres questions
How much does it cost to clear a lot in Lehigh Acres?
From $3,000 a machine day. Our job here was half an acre and a single day. Send photographs, including one from the street, and we will confirm a day count.
I own three lots in a row. Is that cheaper?
Considerably, per lot. The transport is paid once and the machine is already on the street, so lots two and three cost much less than the first. On a grid laid out like this one it is the single best way to save money.
I have never seen my lot. Can you still quote?
Yes. Send us the lot numbers and whatever imagery you can get and we will tell you what we can see. We would rather say the quote is provisional and confirm on the day than pretend otherwise.
Can you get rid of Brazilian pepper?
We can take it off the ground in a single pass, which is what most people 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 out past the neighbours.
Do I need a permit?
It depends on the species and size of what is standing. This ground sits in the unincorporated county, 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 Lehigh Acres
Get a price on your Lehigh Acres lot
Send a few photographs, the lot numbers and one shot from the street. List every lot you own in the block, because the second and third cost far less than the first.
Call or text 813-733-6607