Land Clearing in Reddick, Florida
Forestry mulching, underbrushing and pasture clearing around Reddick and the horse country of north Marion 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
- Three acres is our largest job in this county
- From $3,000 a machine day
What we clear in Reddick
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.
Grazing ground that has been out of use a few seasons and gone back to brush and briar, opened up so you can see the ground and the fence again.
A line you can run wire along or walk, cut without disturbing what is either side of it. On horse ground this is half of what we are asked for.
Blackberry, greenbriar and privet, which is what takes pasture back here, off in a single pass rather than cut and stacked.
You mark the live oaks that stay and we cut round them. On this ground that list is usually long.
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 or a run through a block, cut to a width you give us.
Who calls us in north Marion County
This is horse country and most of what we are asked for out here is opening pasture back up rather than clearing it for the first time.
A fence you cannot walk is a fence you cannot check. Cutting a clean line along it is a common job on its own and it is quick work.
Envelope, drive and pad on a parcel where the house will sit well back from the road.
Live oak is the reason this ground looks the way it does and almost nobody wants it touched. Clearing under it rather than through it is ordinary work if you tell us first.
This is karst country with rock close to the surface and sinks in places. If you know where yours are, tell us, because a machine does not find them gently.
Ground nobody can walk is ground nobody prices properly. Opening it up 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 from the road. Mark any sinks or rock outcrops you know about.
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 gate waiting for a truck.
Not bare ground and not a field of cut stems. On pasture going back into use that layer breaks down into the surface rather than sitting on top of it.
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 grazing ground the day count follows how long it has been out of use, which is something a photograph shows and an acreage figure never will.
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 Reddick
One finished job, three acres, two machine days, Jan 2024. It is the largest parcel we have cleared anywhere in this county.
| Jan 2024 | Three acres, 2 machine days |
| Elsewhere in the county | Three more jobs across two other towns, from a quarter of an acre up to an acre, all single days |
| The county total | Four jobs, five machine days, all inside 2024 |
An acre and a half a day on pasture that had gone back is a fair rate of work and it is the only multi day job on our Marion books. The scope on this one does not record which machine went, so we are not going to guess at it. What we can tell you is that the number that moves a job like this is not the acreage, it is how many seasons the ground has been out of use, because briar and privet thicken every year they are left.
The ground on a north Marion parcel
| What grows here | Live oak hammock over limestone with pasture between, and blackberry, greenbriar and privet taking back anything that has been out of grazing for a few seasons |
| What that means for a machine | Briar and privet go quickly and a season or two of regrowth is fast work. Ten years of it is not, and mature oak is not, which is why we ask how long it has been standing |
| Water | High, rolling and well drained over limestone, with rock close to the surface in places and sinks scattered through it. Wet is rarely the risk here. A soft hole is |
| Access | County roads with long frontages, gates rather than made drives on most working ground. Gate width decides more than road access does |
In two machine days, which is the largest single job on our Marion County books and the only one there that ran past a single 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 Marion County parcel
Reddick is a small incorporated town, so ground inside the town limits answers to the town and the surrounding acreage answers to Marion County. On working pasture it is usually the county.
What is protected depends on the species and the size of the trunk, and on how the parcel is classified. Live oak is the tree most likely to be treated as protected on this ground, which matters here because live oak is also the thing almost nobody wants removed.
Tell us what you want gone and what you want kept when you send photographs. If the land is in an agricultural classification, say so early, because the rules that apply to working land are often not the residential tree rules at all.
We are a clearing contractor, not the permit office, and we do not file applications. Confirm your own parcel and your own trees with the Town of Reddick or Marion County before you commit.
Reddick questions
How much does it cost to clear land in Reddick?
From $3,000 a machine day. Our job here was three acres and two days. 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. 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.
Can you bring pasture back that has been out of use?
Yes, and it is most of what we do out here. A season or two of regrowth is quick. Ten years of briar and privet is a different job, and that is the question we will ask you first.
Can you cut just the fence line?
Yes, and on grazing ground it is a common job on its own. Tell us the width you want and we will cut to it, and we will leave what is either side of it alone.
Will you take my oaks?
Only if you tell us to, and almost nobody does. Mark what stays, or walk it with us in photographs, and we cut round them.
There is rock near the surface. Is that a problem?
It is a thing to know about rather than a problem, and so are sinks. This is limestone country. Mark what you know about on a photograph 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. On pasture going back into use that layer breaks down into the surface.
Do I need a permit?
It depends on the species and size of what is standing and on how your land is classified. Confirm it with the town or the county, whichever your parcel sits in, rather than taking a contractor word for it, ours included.
Get a price on your Reddick lot
Send a few photographs, the acreage and a note on how long the ground has been out of use. That last detail is most of the day count on pasture like this.
Call or text 813-733-6607