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 Murphysboro often starts with ground you cannot get into anymore. Brush swallows the fencerows and the old pasture fills with saplings. Honeysuckle and multiflora rose build a wall along the timber edge. Murphysboro sits where the Big Muddy River bottoms meet rolling hills and oak and hickory timber. That mix grows cover fast. Low ground near the river stays wet and pushes new brush every season. Upland tracts toward Pomona and Etherton fill in with autumn olive and young trees. Plenty of owners in the 62966 area have five acres they have not seen the back of in years. The trouble is rarely one big tree. It is the thick, low growth that a bush hog cannot handle.
We run a tracked skid steer with a forestry mulching head. It grinds brush and small trees where they stand. Stumps come down to grade in the same pass. Nothing gets piled and nothing gets burned, so there is no cleanup left behind. The mulch stays on the ground as a layer that holds soil and slows regrowth. Our base is in Cobden, about 23 road miles southeast of Murphysboro. That is a short drive for us, so getting out to look at your ground is easy. We do forestry mulching on overgrown acreage and brush clearing along fencelines and building sites. Small jobs are welcome. Estimates are free and we carry full insurance.
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Murphysboro sits on the Big Muddy River, and the low ground near it floods. Flood stage at the Murphysboro gauge is 22 feet, and the river hit a record 40.42 feet in 2011. Bottom soil stays damp and grows willow and vine tangles faster than dry ground. A field that sat idle two seasons can look like young timber. Tracked equipment spreads its weight, which matters on soft bottom ground. We plan bottom ground work around dry stretches.
West of town, Lake Murphysboro State Park covers about 1,022 acres of rolling hills and woods along Route 149. Kinkaid Lake sits about five miles north, with sandstone bluffs and oak and hickory timber above 82 miles of shoreline. Head south toward Pomona and you reach Shawnee National Forest ground about ten miles out. Private tracts that touch this timber carry the same heavy understory. Honeysuckle and autumn olive move in from the edges and keep coming back.
Land clearing around Murphysboro usually comes down to two things. Either the brush has to go so the ground is usable, or a lane has to be cut through timber. Forestry mulching handles the first. The head grinds standing brush and small trees into chips and leaves them spread on the dirt. Stumps get cut to grade so a mower can pass later. The ground is open when the machine shuts off, with no piles left to deal with.
Trail cutting is the other half of the work. We cut lanes for ATVs and walking routes through your timber. Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is open to deer and turkey hunting. On private ground in that country, the same work opens shooting lanes and food plot edges. Our hunting property improvement work follows the same idea. We clear the understory so you can see and move, and native cover gets room to come back.
Communities & areas we serve around Murphysboro: Pomona, Etherton, Mount Carbon, Somerset, Ava, Gorham, Vergennes, De Soto.
Murphysboro ZIP codes served: 62966.
Free, no-obligation estimates throughout Jackson 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 Murphysboro. 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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