Land Clearing in Palm City, Florida
Forestry mulching, underbrushing and acreage clearing across Palm City and west Martin County. One machine cuts, grinds and spreads in a single pass, so nothing is piled, burned or trucked off your ground.
- Priced from photographs, usually same day
- Two jobs in this county and we say which two
- From $3,000 a machine day
What we clear in Palm City
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.
Pepper, Australian pine and the rest of what fills an acreage parcel that has been left alone, taken off in a single pass.
You mark the slash pines and the cabbage palms that stay and we cut round them.
A line you can run wire along or walk, cut without disturbing what is either side of it.
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 on a parcel that has closed in at the frontage.
Ground going back into a paddock line, where what you want is a surface stock can stand on rather than a cleared field.
Who calls us in west Martin County
The standard parcel out here is a few acres with a house on part of it and the rest gone back to scrub. Clearing the back half is the commonest thing we are asked for.
Ground going into paddock. What you want is a stable surface and a clean fence line, not bare sand.
Clearing the envelope, the drive and the pad before the builder mobilises, so the site is ready rather than a delay.
Brazilian pepper takes an acreage parcel back faster than anything else here. A machine day knocks it down, and the honest question is whether you want it knocked down or taken out.
A lot of this ground is drained by cut lines. Machines and soft edges do not mix, so tell us where the lines run before we arrive.
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 one shot from the road. Mark where any ditch or canal line runs.
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. Nothing is stacked at the front of your parcel waiting for a truck.
Not bare sand and not a field of cut stems. On ground going into paddock that layer is the point rather than a side effect.
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 acreage ground the day count follows what is standing rather than the size of the parcel, which is why we want photographs before we give you a number.
Stems to 8 inches. Transport included. The machine that fits through a paddock gate
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 Palm City
One finished job, an acre, a single machine day, Sep 2025, on the skid steer mulcher.
| Sep 2025 | One acre, 1 machine day, with the skid steer mulcher |
| Elsewhere in the county | One more job, half an acre, a single day, in Apr 2024 |
| The county total | Two jobs, two machine days. Both single days |
Two jobs is the whole Martin County record and we would rather print it than round it up. Ours here is the larger and the more recent of the two, an acre on the smallest machine we own in a single day. That is what a straightforward acreage parcel looks like when the growth is brush rather than timber. A parcel that has stood twenty years is a different conversation and we will say so from the photographs rather than on the day.
The ground on a west Martin County parcel
| What grows here | Slash pine and cabbage palm with saw palmetto underneath, and Brazilian pepper and Australian pine filling anything that has been left alone for a few seasons |
| What that means for a machine | Palmetto and young pepper go quickly. Mature pepper forks low and is slower, and Australian pine is heavier work than its trunk suggests |
| Water | Flat, sandy and drained by cut lines rather than by fall. The lines are the thing to know about, because a soft edge is where a machine gets into trouble |
| Access | Made roads with acreage frontage for the most part. Gates and fence lines decide what can get in more often than the road does |
Martin County jobs have finished inside a single machine day. That is the entire record here and we would rather show you the size of it than imply it is bigger.
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 Martin County parcel
Palm City is unincorporated, so Martin County rules apply on this ground, and land in agricultural use is treated differently from a residential homesite.
What is protected depends on the species and the size of the trunk, and on how the parcel is classified. Removing invasive growth such as Brazilian pepper or Australian pine is usually treated very differently from removing a native tree, but confirm that for your own parcel rather than assuming it.
Tell us what you want gone and what you want kept when you send photographs. If your parcel is in an agricultural classification, say so early, because that changes which set of rules you are reading.
We are a clearing contractor, not the permit office, and we do not file applications. Confirm your own parcel and your own trees with Martin County before you commit.
Palm City questions
How much does it cost to clear land in Palm City?
From $3,000 a machine day. Our job here was an acre and a single day. Send photographs and the acreage and we will give you a day count rather than a range.
Can you get rid of Brazilian pepper for good?
We can take it off the ground in a single pass, which is what most people want and what a mulching machine does. 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.
Can you clear ground for a paddock?
Yes, and it is a good use of a mulching machine. You get a stable surface with a mulch layer on it rather than loose sand, and a fence line you can actually run wire along.
There is a canal at the back of my parcel. Is that a problem?
It is a thing to know about rather than a problem. Machines and soft edges do not mix, so mark where the line runs when you send photographs and we will plan the passes around it.
What happens to everything you cut?
It stays on the ground as mulch, spread as the machine goes. Nothing piled, nothing burned, nothing trucked out.
Do I need a permit?
It depends on the species and size of what is standing and on how your parcel is classified. Palm City 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.
Get a price on your Palm City lot
Send a few photographs, the acreage and a note on what you want left standing. Mark any ditch or canal line, because that decides where the machine can work.
Call or text 813-733-6607