Land Clearing & Brush Removal
Overgrown lots, new homesites, pasture reclamation, fence lines and property you haven't been able to walk in years. We're based in Adel — not driving down from somewhere else and charging you for the trip.
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- Free Estimates
- Local to Cook County
- Serving South Georgia Since 2025
What we clear
- Overgrown lots and acreage — briars, privet, wax myrtle, gallberry, palmetto and volunteer hardwood
- Homesites and building pads — cleared, stumped and rough-graded ready for a slab or a set
- Pasture and field reclamation — land that's grown up in scrub and needs putting back to work
- Fence lines and property lines — cleared so you can see the pins and run new wire
- Driveways, roads and equipment access into back acreage
- Selective underbrush clearing — take out the junk, leave the timber worth keeping
That last one is worth asking about. A lot of land doesn't need to be cleared — it needs to be cleaned up. Pulling the underbrush and leaving the mature pines and hardwoods standing gives you usable, walkable land that still looks like land. It's cheaper than full clearing and it's what most people actually want once they see it.
What happens to the debris
This is the part most people don't think to ask about until the work is done, and it makes a real difference to the price. There are three ways to handle it:
Mulch it in place
Ground up and left on the ground as a mat. No burn pile, no hauling, no holes. The mulch holds soil in place through a hard South Georgia rain and breaks down over a season or two. Usually the cleanest option, and it's what our forestry mulching service does.
Pile and burn
Traditional, cheap, and fine on bigger tracts where there's room to do it safely. Requires a burn permit from Georgia Forestry and the right weather window.
Haul it off
For lots where there's nowhere to put a pile, or when you want the property clean the day we leave. We load it into our own dump trailer and take it out — no waiting on a dumpster company, no roll-off truck tearing up your driveway. This adds disposal cost, and we quote it separately by the load so you can see exactly what it's adding.
The equipment
A Kubota SVL 75-3 compact track loader with a grapple and a forestry mulching head, plus a Kubota L4802 tractor for the mowing and finish work. Tracks instead of wheels means we can work ground that's too soft for a wheeled machine without tearing your property up getting to it.
It's sized right for South Georgia work — big enough to move real timber and pull stumps, small enough to get between standing trees and through a gate without taking your fence out.
What it costs
Price depends on three things: how thick it is, how big the trees are, and what you want done with the debris. An acre of light brush and an acre of grown-up hardwood are completely different jobs.
Fastest way to get a number: text a few photos of the property to 229-437-4800 along with the address and roughly how many acres. Most jobs can be ballparked from photos and satellite without anybody driving anywhere.
“3 Arrows manages my orchard and did site prep/tree removal for a home site. Great work ethic and prices. Highly recommend.”
Rachel Petty Weeks
Common questions
Do you clear stumps too?
Yes. Stumps can be pulled with the grapple, ground down, or left depending on what the land is going to be used for. If you're building, they come out. If you're putting it back to pasture, grinding is usually enough.
How long does an acre take?
Light brush can go in under a day. Grown-up hardwood with big stumps can take two or three. We'll tell you which one you've got when we quote it, not after we start.
Do I need a permit?
For most residential and agricultural clearing in Cook County, no. Two exceptions worth knowing: burning requires a permit from Georgia Forestry, and disturbing more than an acre can trigger state erosion and sediment control requirements. We'll flag it if your job is near that line.
Can you get equipment onto my property?
Usually. The track loader travels on a trailer and needs a reasonable way in — a gate, a field road, or somewhere to unload. If access is tight, we'll clear a path in first. Send photos of the entrance and we'll tell you before we book it.
Do you work outside Cook County?
Yes. Nashville, Lakeland, Sparks, Lenox, Ray City, Alapaha, Hahira, Tifton and Valdosta are all regular. We go further out for bigger acreage jobs — call and ask.
Related services
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Forestry MulchingClear without burning or hauling
Bush HoggingField mowing and pasture maintenance
- Site Prep & GradingDriveways · pads · rough grading
- Storm Damage CleanupDowned trees · debris