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 Vienna usually starts with ground that got away from you. Johnson County timber grows thick, and brush fills in fast under the canopy. Autumn olive and bush honeysuckle swallow old fence lines and field edges. Saplings crowd the lane you used to drive to the back. By August a good corner of the place is a wall of green. You might own a few acres off Route 146 near Vienna. Or you hold a bigger tract out toward the Shawnee National Forest. The problem reads the same either way. You cannot see across your own ground, and you cannot get a truck through it. Vienna sits in real timber country, and the woods here do not stay put.
We run a tracked skid steer with a forestry mulching head. It grinds brush and small trees where they stand, then cuts the stumps to grade. The chips stay on the ground as mulch and feed the soil back. There are no burn piles to babysit and no debris to haul off your land. Our base is in Cobden, about thirty minutes west of Vienna on Route 146. That keeps your job inside our regular run, so we can get out and look at it. We handle brush clearing and trail cutting across the 62995 area. Estimates are free and small jobs are welcome. We are fully insured.
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Vienna sits in the middle of Shawnee National Forest country. The forest covers more than 280,000 acres across southern Illinois, and Johnson County is one of its counties. Private ground here often butts up against public timber. The Tunnel Hill State Trail runs right through town, past the city park. From there it climbs toward the old railroad tunnel. South and west of Vienna, the land drops into the Cache River wetlands and cypress swamps.
The ground here does not stay open on its own. Old pasture and crop fields grow back to brush within a few years. Timber tracts get thick in the understory wherever light gets in. Multiflora rose and autumn olive move along the edges, and bush honeysuckle fills the gaps. Land around Vienna sells as timber and hunting tracts, so plenty of it has sat unmanaged for years. Most of the clearing work is cutting out what does not belong.
Hunting ground is a big part of the work in Johnson County. People hunt deer and turkey on Shawnee National Forest land, and private tracts here get held for the same reason. We cut shooting lanes and open up bedding cover that has grown too thick. Hunting property improvement also covers food plot ground and reopening the trails to your stands. A tracked machine gets into low, soft ground where a truck would sink.
The rest of the work is what you would expect around Vienna. We open fence lines and field edges that have closed in. We clear building spots and take back yard that the woods claimed. Trail cutting gives you a lane wide enough for a side by side or a tractor. The mulcher leaves a floor you can drive on the same day. We do not do stump grinding or dirt work. Tree service and hauling are not part of what we do.
Communities & areas we serve around Vienna: Tunnel Hill, Goreville, Buncombe, Cypress, Belknap, New Burnside, Simpson, West Vienna.
Vienna ZIP codes served: 62995.
Free, no-obligation estimates throughout Johnson 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.
Learn More 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 Vienna. 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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