Land Clearing in St. Cloud, Florida
Forestry mulching, underbrushing and land clearing across St. Cloud and the east side of Osceola 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
- Our most recent job here was March 2026
- From $3,000 a machine day
What we clear in St. Cloud
Eight things we are actually asked for on this side of Osceola 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.
Two, three and five acre parcels rather than town lots. This side of the county is where the ground opens up.
Saw palmetto and wax myrtle taken off flatwoods ground in a single pass, which is the standard job out here.
You mark the live oaks and the pines that stay and we cut round them. On hammock ground out here the oaks are usually the reason for the parcel.
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 line you can run wire along, cut without disturbing the timber either side, which on ranch ground is a standing job.
A drive line in from the road, or a ride cut through a block on ground with no track on it yet.
Who calls us in the east side of Osceola County
Ground running out towards the prairie that has gone back to palmetto and myrtle since anything ran on it.
Clearing the envelope, the drive and the pad before the builder mobilises. On a parcel with no road frontage cut yet, that starts with getting in.
Live oak islands on the higher ground where the understory has closed in under a canopy people want kept.
Parcels bought before anyone has walked them. A cut line through the middle tells you what you own and where the wet ground is.
An overgrown parcel inside city limits generates letters. A machine day is usually the whole answer.
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. Stem size in the heaviest part is what we look at first.
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 sand and not a field of cut stems. On ground going back into pasture or under a build, that layer is a head start rather than something to clean up.
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. The March 2026 job here is the useful one to look at, because three acres in two days on the dedicated mulcher is a different shape of job to anything smaller.
Stems to 8 inches. Transport included. The machine recorded on our first job here
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 St. Cloud
Two finished jobs, four acres, three machine days, Oct 2024 to Mar 2026.
| Oct 2024 | One acre, 1 machine day, with the skid steer mulcher |
| Mar 2026 | Three acres, 2 machine days, with the dedicated mulcher |
| The pair | Four acres, 3 machine days, on two different machines |
Three acres in two days is good going, and it took the dedicated mulcher to do it. That machine starts at $4,000 plus transport rather than $3,000 with transport included, so a shorter job on a bigger machine is not automatically a cheaper job. The day count and the machine are two separate questions and both come out of the photographs.
The ground on the east side of the county
| What grows here | Slash pine flatwoods with saw palmetto and wax myrtle underneath, live oak hammocks on the higher islands, and cypress in the sloughs and low heads running out towards the prairie |
| What that means for a machine | Palmetto is standard work and goes quickly. Heavier stems in the oak hammocks are what push a parcel onto a bigger machine, which is what happened on our three acre job here |
| Water | Flat and low lying, with sloughs and cypress heads holding water through the wet season. On larger parcels the wet ground is usually a strip through the middle rather than the whole thing |
| Access | Made streets in town, graded tracks and open gates out east. On raw acreage the first question is often whether there is anywhere to unload, and a photograph of the frontage answers it |
Plus transport, for the dedicated mulcher that did three acres here in two days. Fewer days on a bigger machine is not automatically a smaller bill, which is why we quote the machine and the day count together.
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 an Osceola County parcel
Osceola County and the City of St. Cloud each have a say depending on where your parcel sits, 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 parcel is a single family homesite, agricultural land or land being developed. On the ranch ground east of town the agricultural questions come up as often as the tree by tree ones do.
Tell us what you want gone and what you want kept when you send photographs. If the parcel is in agricultural use or you are clearing ahead of a build, say so early, because that changes which office you should be asking.
We are a clearing contractor, not the permit office, and we do not file applications. Confirm your own parcel and your own trees with Osceola County or the City of St. Cloud before you commit.
St. Cloud questions
How much does it cost to clear land in St. Cloud?
From $3,000 a machine day on the skid steer with transport included. Our three acre job here ran on the dedicated mulcher, which starts at $4,000 plus transport. Which one your parcel needs comes out of the photographs.
Why would a bigger machine cost more if it is faster?
Because you are paying for the machine day, not the acre. The dedicated mulcher gets through heavier standing timber that would take the skid steer far longer, but it is the dearest machine we run. Fewer days does not always mean a smaller bill, and we will show you both numbers.
How long does it take?
A day for an acre, two days for three acres, on the evidence of our own jobs here. Stem size in the heaviest part of the parcel is what moves it.
Can you clear before my builder starts?
Yes, and it is common work in this county. Envelope, drive and pad taken down to workable ground so the site is ready rather than a delay. Tell us the build timeline when you send photographs.
What happens to everything you cut?
It stays on the ground as mulch, spread as the machine goes. Nothing piled, nothing burned. On ground going back into pasture that chip layer is a head start.
Do I need a permit?
It depends on the species and size of what is standing, whether you are inside the City of St. Cloud, and whether the parcel is in agricultural use or being developed. 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.
Get a price on your St. Cloud lot
Send a few photographs, the acreage and a note on what you want left standing. Get the heaviest part of the parcel in shot, because stem size is what decides the machine and the machine is half the price.
Call or text 813-733-6607