Land Clearing in Morriston, Florida
Forestry mulching, underbrushing and land clearing across Morriston and the eastern edge of Levy County. One machine cuts, grinds and spreads in a single pass, so nothing is piled, burned or hauled off your place.
- Priced from photographs, usually same day
- Two jobs here a month apart in early 2024
- From $3,000 a machine day
What we clear in Morriston
Eight things we are actually asked for on this side of Levy County. 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.
Clean lines cut for board or wire, which on the farm ground east of here is the job we are asked for most often.
Yaupon, briar and cedar taken out from under the live oaks and hickory you are keeping.
Old grazing ground that has gone back to cedar and briar, brought back to a surface a mower can follow.
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 road, or a ride cut so you can ride or drive the back of the place.
You mark the oaks that stay and we cut round them. The old trees are usually the reason the ground looks the way it does.
Who calls us in this corner of Levy County
Ground on the Marion County line where the farms start. Fence lines, paddock edges and cedar creeping back into grazing are the standing jobs here.
Karst country, with rock close to the surface and the odd depression in the middle of an otherwise flat field. It changes what a machine can do and where.
Clearing the envelope, the drive and the pad before the builder mobilises, so the site is ready rather than a delay.
Southern red cedar takes open ground here fast once grazing stops. A machine day resets it, and the chip layer slows the next round.
A cut line through a block tells you where the rock is and where the depressions are before you plan anything around them.
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 acreage, and a note on what you want left standing. If there is exposed rock or a depression anywhere, get it in shot.
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. No separate clear, pile and haul stage, which is where most of the cost and all of the mess normally sits.
Not bare ground and not a field of cut stems. On thin soil over limestone that layer matters more than usual, because there is not much soil under it to lose.
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. Both jobs here were an acre and both were a single day, which tells you this is straightforward ground rather than that every acre anywhere costs the same.
Stems to 8 inches. Transport included. The machine for a paddock line or a small field
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 Morriston
Two finished jobs a month apart, an acre each, a machine day each, Jan and Feb 2024.
| Jan 2024 | One acre, 1 machine day |
| Feb 2024 | One acre, 1 machine day |
| Elsewhere in the county | Eight more jobs, 11 machine days, from three quarters of an acre up to two |
Neither scope records which machine went, so we are not going to tell you it was one rather than another. What the pair does show is that on this ground an acre has been a day, twice, a month apart. Across Levy County we have finished ten jobs in thirteen machine days, and the spread inside that is much wider than these two rows suggest.
The ground on a Levy County place
| What grows here | Live oak and hickory on the hammocks, longleaf and turkey oak on the sand, and southern red cedar, yaupon and briar taking open ground back wherever grazing has stopped |
| What that means for a machine | Cedar and briar are quick work for a mulching head. The care needed is about the ground rather than the growth, because there is not much soil over the rock |
| Water | Limestone country, so the water goes down rather than across. Sinks and depressions turn up in the middle of otherwise flat fields and they are worth marking before a machine works near them |
| Access | County roads and farm tracks, mostly with room to turn a low loader. Gate width is the usual constraint rather than the approach |
A machine day, twice, a month apart. On straightforward ground the day count is predictable. Ask us about the parcels where it is not, because those are the ones worth talking about.
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 Levy County place
Levy County rules apply to the unincorporated county, which is where Morriston sits, and land in genuine agricultural use is treated differently from a homesite.
What is protected depends on the species and the size of the trunk, and whether the parcel is a single family homesite, agricultural land or land being developed. On farm ground the agricultural questions come up more often than the tree by tree ones, and they are worth confirming rather than assuming.
Tell us what you want gone and what you want kept when you send photographs. If the parcel is in agricultural use or has a sink or depression on it, say so early.
We are a clearing contractor, not the permit office, and we do not file applications. Confirm your own parcel and your own trees with Levy County before you commit.
Morriston questions
How much does it cost to clear land in Morriston?
From $3,000 a machine day. Both of our jobs here were an acre and a single day each. Send photographs and the acreage and we will give you a day count rather than a range.
Which machine did you use here?
We are not going to guess. Neither of the two scopes on our books records the machine, and we would rather say that than tell you something we cannot show. What we can tell you is the acreage and the day count, and both are above.
Can you cut fence and paddock lines?
Yes, and on this side of the county it is the most common ask. A clean line for board or wire, cut without disturbing the timber either side of it.
Is limestone a problem for the machine?
It changes how we work rather than stopping us. Rock close to the surface means the head runs higher in places, and depressions get marked and worked round. Get any exposed rock into your photographs.
What happens to everything you cut?
It stays on the ground as mulch, spread as the machine goes. Nothing piled, nothing burned. On thin soil over rock that layer is doing real work rather than just looking tidy.
Do I need a permit?
It depends on the species and size of what is standing and whether the land counts as agricultural. Morriston 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.
Get a price on your Morriston lot
Send a few photographs, the acreage and a note on what you want left standing. Mark any exposed rock or low spots, because on this ground those decide where a machine can work as much as the growth does.
Call or text 813-733-6607