How do I find land clearing near me?
Land clearing is sold by the crew day, not by the acre. A crew working medium density, flat ground with easy access covers about 0.6 of an acre a day in our bid engine, so ask any contractor near you for their crew day rate and their acres per day. Those two numbers explain every quote you receive.
Why there is no average price on this page
LandWorkPro does not publish an average price for this work, and it is worth knowing why before you compare quotes anywhere else. We hold real invoice totals from closed jobs, and our own anonymity floor requires at least five contributing operators before any figure is published. We are not there yet, so printing a number would mean publishing one identifiable operator's pricing. What is on this page instead is the method a contractor actually prices from, which is more use to you than an average when you are holding a quote and deciding whether it is fair.
What actually drives the number
- What is actually on the ground
- Density is the biggest single swing. Extreme growth runs about 2 times the machine time of medium growth on the same acreage, which is why two contractors who have both walked your site can quote very differently from one who has not.
- How you want it left
- Mulched in place, pushed and piled, or cut and hauled off are three different jobs on one acre. Piling leaves windrows you still have to burn or haul. Hauling recovers timber value but is the slowest. Decide the finish before you compare prices, or you are comparing different work.
- Stumps, and whether they come out
- Grinding takes the stump below grade. Grubbing pulls the root ball and is required anywhere a pad, foundation or driveway is going. If you are building, say so up front. It is a separate line item, not a rounding difference.
- Getting the machine on and off
- Slope and access change the price before anything is cut. A tract with one narrow gate costs more than the same acreage with two ways in. Low ground that has to dry out first is a schedule problem as well as a price one.
- Where the debris goes
- Burning, chipping, or hauling to a dump. Haul distance and tipping fees are pass throughs. A quote that does not say which one it assumes is a quote that can change later.
Check a quote you have already been given
The free crew day calculator takes an acreage and the site conditions and returns the crew days the work should take. Put a quote beside it and you can see what it assumed. No account needed.
Open the crew day calculatorCommon questions
Why will nobody give me a price per acre over the phone?
Because acreage on its own does not describe the work. Two acres of young pine on flat ground and two acres of mixed hardwood on a slope with one gate are different jobs at the same acreage. Any figure quoted before someone has seen density, finish and access will be revised after they walk it.
How many quotes should I get?
Three is usually enough, and they are only comparable if every contractor is quoting the same finish and the same debris plan. Write down what you want left on the ground and give all three the same sentence. Most of the spread people see between quotes is not price, it is scope.
What are the questions worth asking?
Ask for the crew day rate, the acres per day they expect on your ground, and what happens to the debris. A contractor who answers all three quickly is pricing from a method. One who will only give you a total has not necessarily done anything wrong, but you cannot check the total against anything.
Does LandWorkPro publish average land clearing prices?
No. We build software contractors use to price this work, and we hold real invoice totals from closed jobs. We will publish figures from them when enough operators have contributed to clear our anonymity floor of five, and not before. We would rather show you the method than an average built from too few jobs.