Forestry Mulching
Forestry mulching turns brush, saplings and small trees into a layer of wood chip mulch on site. We cover Jackson, Union and Williamson counties from our base in Cobden.
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Land clearing in Carterville usually starts with ground that got away from somebody. Brush thickens along the back fence. Saplings fill in old pasture until multiflora rose builds a thorny wall you cannot push through. Carterville sits on Route 13 between Carbondale and Marion, with Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge along its south side. Much of the ground around Carterville was farm or timber before the houses came. Let a field go two or three seasons and bush honeysuckle takes the edges. Around 62918 the pattern repeats: you cannot see the property line, and the back half sits unused. A tracked skid steer with a mulching head takes care of both.
We run a tracked skid steer with a forestry mulching head. It grinds standing brush and saplings into mulch. Small trees go the same way, and stumps get cut down to grade. The chips stay on the ground, so there are no burn piles and nothing to haul away. Our shop sits in Cobden, about 25 miles southwest with Carbondale near the midpoint. Carterville is a routine drive for us. We handle forestry mulching, brush clearing, trail cutting and hunting property improvement. Small jobs are welcome. A single fence line or a half acre of honeysuckle is real work to us. We are fully insured, and estimates are free.
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Carterville sits at about 443 feet on rolling southern Illinois ground. Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge covers close to 44,000 acres along the south side of town. Crab Orchard Lake alone runs about 6,965 acres. The refuge mixes hardwood forest, crop fields, grazing units, brushland and wetland. Private ground near town often reads the same way. Oak and hickory on the high spots, open field in the middle, brushy edge between them.
Carterville keeps filling in with houses, and new lots push into old farm and timber ground. That edge is where invasive brush takes hold. Bush honeysuckle leafs out early and shades out whatever is under it. Multiflora rose grows into a living fence, and its thorns stop a mower cold. Autumn olive reaches twenty feet and spreads wherever birds drop seed. Drive Route 13 toward Crainville and Cambria and you see them on untended edges.
We look the job over with you first and agree on what stays and what goes. The mulching head runs on a tracked skid steer. Tracks spread the weight, so the ground takes less rutting than it would from wheels. The head grinds brush and saplings where they stand and cuts stumps down to grade. Material comes out as chip and stays put, so nothing gets stacked or burned. A typical residential lot is a one or two day job.
Around Carterville the work splits a few ways. Homeowners in the newer subdivisions want the back third of the lot opened up and kept that way. Wooded ground near the refuge usually calls for trail cutting, a path wide enough to walk or run a UTV. Hunting ground calls for hunting property improvement, meaning shooting lanes and clean access to a stand. We do not do stump grinding or dirt work. Tree service and hauling are not our line either.
Communities & areas we serve around Carterville: Crainville, Cambria, Colp, Energy, Blairsville, Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge area, Route 13 corridor.
Carterville ZIP codes served: 62918, 62915.
Free, no-obligation estimates throughout Williamson County and beyond.
(618) 697-5190 Forestry mulching turns brush, saplings and small trees into a layer of wood chip mulch on site. We cover Jackson, Union and Williamson counties from our base in Cobden.
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Brush clearing for overgrown fields, fence lines, old lots and invasive thickets across Southern Illinois. Our tracked skid steer grinds the brush into mulch on the spot, so the ground is usable the same day.
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We cut new ATV and UTV trails through wooded ground, and reopen old paths that grew shut. The mulcher leaves a chip surface you can walk or drive the same day.
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We clear shooting lanes and quiet access trails on hunting property across Southern Illinois. Selective mulching opens the ground you want open and leaves the cover that holds deer.
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We mulch bush honeysuckle, autumn olive and multiflora rose down to grade level. The chips stay on the ground and the woods open back up.
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We clear brush, vines, saplings and small cedars off fence lines and hedgerows. The growth is mulched where it stands, so the fence is easy to see and work on.
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Blackburn Land Service did an excellent job of clearing a messy area of vines, overgrowth, and hanging branches on our property. Calls were retuned promptly, work was done thoughtfully, efficiently, and in a timely manner, as promised. The area was cleaned up and looked great when completed. Gery was a pleasure to work with from start to finish. I would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone needing a project done right the first time and on time!
Gery did an awesome job for us! He was so easy to work with from the initial call to the final handshake of thanks! We had an area behind our pond and some trails in the woods cleared, so now we can take our grandchildren on great adventures on the side by side! Thanks again Gery!
Gery is truly knowledgeable and professional with attention to detail. May your projects be large or small he is very thorough from start to finish. He goes above and beyond to make sure his client is totally satisfied with his services. I would highly recommend Gery for any of your land clearing projects.
Gery from Blackburn Land Service is excellent! Great guy and a pleasure to do business with. Highly recommended if you need work done!
Gery’s work is always impeccable. I hope to have another job for him soon.
Gery always works to complete a job with customer satisfaction being the most important aspect of any job !!
A few of the questions we hear most around Carterville. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Overgrown field, a fence line you cannot find, a trail that grew shut, or hunting ground that needs lanes? Call or text, or send the form. We will come look at the ground and give you a free estimate.
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