Right of Way Clearing in Florida
Utility and highway corridors cut to a set width by forestry mulching, priced by the machine day rather than by the mile. Statewide, with the day count agreed before anything mobilises.
- Cut to the width you specify, and stopped at it
- Priced by the machine day against published rates
- Nothing piled, burned or hauled out of the corridor
What we cut on a right of way
Eight things that come up on utility and highway corridors. If your scope has something not on this list, say so and we will tell you straight whether it is ours.
You give us the width and the centreline. We cut to it and stop at it, which matters more on a right of way than anywhere else we work.
Regrowth taken back on a corridor that was cleared before. Faster ground than a first cut and priced as the shorter job it is.
Scrub and low growth taken out beneath a line without touching what is above it, where the specification calls for that rather than a full clear.
Growth at the corridor edge leaning into the wire zone, cut back to the boundary you set.
A way in along or across the easement so the corridor can be reached and maintained, cut to the width you specify.
A clean line along an easement boundary, cut without disturbing the ground either side of it.
Mulching leaves the root plate. Where a trench, a pole set or a pad needs the roots out, that is the excavator and it is a separate rate.
The cleared area at either end of a corridor, taken down with the same machines on the same day rate.
Four things that decide what a corridor costs
None of these are sales points. They are the things that move the number, and they are worth understanding whoever you end up hiring.
Two miles of open verge and two miles of closed hardwood are the same distance and nothing like the same work. We price the machine days the corridor needs, worked out from what is standing in it.
On a right of way the tolerance matters. Overcut is a liability on somebody else's ground and undercut is a job you have to pay for twice. Give us the dimension and it is what we work to.
Which is usually what you want on an easement, because it holds the surface and there is nothing to dispose of. Where the roots have to come out that is grubbing, a different machine and a different rate.
No burn pile, no chip trucks, no haul-off line and no spoil to find somewhere for. The material is spread as the machine moves, which on a long corridor removes an entire cost and an entire permission.
How a corridor package runs
Four steps, and the first two happen before a machine leaves our yard.
Width, length and centreline, plus whatever you have on what is standing in it. Aerials are usually enough. Tell us the access points and anything in the corridor that must not be touched.
Against a published rate. On a long corridor we break it into sections so you can see where the days sit rather than being handed a single number for the whole run.
The head cuts, grinds and spreads as it travels. On a corridor that is the whole argument, because there is no stacking, no second visit and nothing waiting at the roadside.
Section, day count and machine, filed by county. That is where every figure on this site comes from, and it is why we can show you our work near your corridor rather than describe it.
Photographs from our jobs
Photographs from jobs we have run. Nothing here is stock photography and nothing here is generated.
The rates, in public
A machine day is eight hours of machine time on the corridor. These are the three rates we quote against, and the only variable is how many days your run needs.
Stems to 8 inches. Transport included. Narrow enough for a tight corridor and most of our day work
Stems to 30 inches, and grubbing. Plus transport. Reach from the running line into the verge
Stems to 24 inches. Plus transport. The fastest machine over open length
What moves the day count
Transport is what it costs to get the bigger two machines to the corridor, and is separate from hauling material away, which does not apply here because nothing leaves. The full breakdown is on the cost page.
What each machine will and will not take
Three machines, three published rates, and the limits stated rather than described vaguely. On a corridor the choice usually comes down to access width against stem size.
| Skid steer mulcher | Stems to 8 inches, transport included. Narrow enough for a tight easement or a fenced verge |
| Excavator mulcher | Stems to 30 inches, plus transport. Reaches from the running line into the verge, and the only machine we run that takes roots out |
| Dedicated mulcher | Stems to 24 inches, plus transport. The fastest of the three over open length where there is room to work |
| Why the rate does not follow the stem | The excavator takes bigger timber and pulls roots and still costs less per day than the dedicated mulcher. That is why all three rates are published rather than quoted one at a time |
Which machine your corridor needs is the single thing that most moves what you pay, and working it out is our job rather than yours.
What the ground does to a corridor day count
| Roadside verge | Open, quick and usually the fastest going we get, until the drainage line at the bottom of the slope holds water. |
| Transmission and distribution easement | Regularly maintained ground where the cycle length is most of the day count. A corridor cut three years ago is a very different job from one left ten. |
| Pipeline and utility runs | Often long, often straight and often crossing several ground types in a mile. Sectioning the estimate matters more here than anywhere. |
| Flatwoods and palmetto | Saw palmetto and gallberry under slash pine. The standard case across most of the state and predictable to price. |
| Ridge and scrub oak | Forks at the ground and grows into itself. The commonest reason a corridor takes more days than its length suggests. |
| Marsh and river crossings | Soft margins that carry a machine badly and stay wet late. Worth identifying at estimate stage rather than at mobilisation. |
Florida counties we have finished work in, from Escambia to Miami-Dade. Every one has a page listing what we did there with acreages and day counts, so you can read our record near your corridor instead of taking a claim on trust.
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 WilsonPermits, notifications and approvals are yours
On corridor work these usually sit with the utility, the agency or their engineer, and we are not a substitute for any of them. We are a clearing contractor and we do not file applications or serve notices.
What is protected depends on the species, the size of the trunk and how the land either side of the easement is classified, and every county and city in Florida writes its own rules. A corridor that crosses a city limit may answer to two authorities along its length.
Tell us what is in place when you send the corridor. If cutting is conditioned on something not yet issued, we would rather know before we schedule a machine than after.
Questions we get on corridor work
Do you work for utilities and road agencies?
Right of way clearing is work we take, on the same three machines and the same published rates as everything else. We are not going to list agency names or contract vehicles we cannot evidence. What we can evidence is 241 finished jobs across 57 Florida counties, all of it public on this site with acreages and day counts.
How do you price a corridor?
By the machine day, from $3,000, against a day count we work out from the corridor rather than from its length. On anything long we break the count into sections so you can see the shape of the estimate.
Can you hold a specified width?
Yes, and it is the part of this work we take most seriously. Overcut on a right of way is somebody else's ground. Give us the width and the centreline and that is what we cut to.
What happens to the cut material?
It stays in the corridor as a mulch layer, spread as the machine travels. Nothing is piled at the roadside, nothing is burned and nothing is trucked away, which removes a cost and a permission from the job.
Do you do repeat maintenance cycles?
Yes. A corridor that has been cut before is faster ground and is priced as the shorter job it is. Tell us when it was last done and we will factor it into the day count.
Will you leave the root plate?
Mulching does, and on an easement that is usually the right answer because it holds the surface. If your specification needs roots out, that is grubbing on the excavator and it is quoted separately.
Do you work statewide?
We have finished work in 57 Florida counties and we quote the rest. The bigger two machines are quoted plus transport, which is the cost of getting them to the corridor.
Who handles permits and notifications?
You or your engineer. We are a clearing contractor and we do not file applications or serve notices. Tell us what is in place when you send the corridor, because we would rather know before a machine is scheduled than after.
Where we work
Send us the corridor
Width, length and centreline, plus whatever you have on what is standing in it. You will get a day count against a published rate, sectioned if the run warrants it.
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