Frequently Asked Questions

Forestry mulching uses large carbide bits, or sharp steel knives to cut, shred, and pulverize vegetation. This method of clearing causes little to no soil disturbance, and leaves behind an environmentally friendly bed of mulch.

Stumps, just like the rest of the tree are ground up and mulched. We try and grind stumps around 1 inch sub surface. This unique approach to land clearing allows you to not have to worry about stumps or giant holes left from digging out root systems.

Absolutely! This is referred to as “selective clearing” and it is a very important part of being a land owner. In Texas, we have a few species of trees that can take over and eventually kill off your wanted trees. With our equipment we are able to mulch around and under mature trees allowing them room to grow and be seen easily.

As you can see here, we removed the smaller saplings, cedars, and underbrush highlighting these large oaks.

The mulch will be essentially sprayed from the front of the mulcher. Areas with bigger trees, soft wood evergreens such as cedars, will leave a thicker mulch bed. This mulch bed is very beneficial to the environment. It helps control weeds, it reduces erosion, and over time as it decomposes returns nutrients to the soil.

This question is very important, and one will ask as we help decide which machine to bring. 

Skid steer mulchers, like our Kubota, are very limited to what they can handle size wise. While they do great for brush and saplings. Anything over 6 inches is going to be the limit.

Our dedicated machines such as our Fecon FTX128L have much higher horsepower and are capable of mulching up to 16 inches in diameter (we can handle larger but those are determined on site due to safety reasons)

If your land clearing jobs requires mulching more trees than brush it is always a better idea to go with a dedicated machine over a skid steer mulcher. As the old saying goes, there is no replacement for displacement. In the woods more horsepower always gets the job done faster.

This question is one we really hate to answer over the phone. With clearing no two jobs are the same and the variables always can skew this data one way or the other. Below are some pictures of before and after and the time as a general rule of thumb the Kubota is geared for 0.5 to 1 acre a day of underbrush. The Fecon can handle as much as 4 acres a day in underbrush or 2 acres a day of trees under 10 inches in diameter.