Forestry Mulching and Land Clearing in Kissimmee, FL: Lot, Brush and Palmetto Clearing
South of US 192 the ground drops off the ridge into the Kissimmee prairies, and the lots go from sugar sand to muck in a mile. Palmetto flatwoods between, live oak hammock on Lake Tohopekaliga. That muck will swallow a dozer and hand you back the tracks. Kissimmee, FL is about 85 miles from our Ocala yard, so the skid steer mulcher comes at $2,600 a day with transport on the ticket. Call (352) 619-3597 or send the form. Brandi texts you a scheduling window within the hour.
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Forestry Mulching and Brush Clearing Near Kissimmee
Palmetto flatwoods near Kissimmee mulch at $1,500 to 2,500 an acre, and most of the acreage off Pleasant Hill Road is exactly that. Forestry mulching is a land clearing method that uses specialized equipment to grind trees, palmetto and vegetation into mulch, left mulched in place as a two to four inch layer. No pile, no haul.
Why not a bush hog: palmetto grows from a root mat, and a hog shears fronds and leaves the crowns. The lot will overgrow by the second summer. The mulcher head runs an inch into the sand and takes the crown. On the ROW we ran that cut down a co-op corridor along the river in August, muck both sides, and the machine floated where a dozer sinks. Brazilian pepper in old pasture adds $500 an acre because every cut gets stump treated within minutes or it resprouts. Brush clearing on areas with dense understory behind a house is one day: we remove brush, keep the oaks.
Land Clearing Services in Kissimmee
Pellegrino Land Works provides land clearing, lot clearing, brush removal, tree removal, stump grinding and rough grading for residential and commercial properties in Kissimmee, FL and the surrounding area. Our land clearing service in Kissimmee runs on one price sheet, lot to acreage.
- Residential land clearing for a homesite: understory mulched, stems over 8 inches cut, stumps ground, cleanup, rough grading.
- Commercial land clearing services and commercial clearing for pad sites and commercial development along US 192. Commercial sites get the 300-hp mulcher.
- Selective clearing and property clearing through hammock: palmetto out, live oaks standing.
- Professional clearing of overgrown land, the fastest way to clear five acres without a burn pile.
- Landscape clearing behind a house, one day; large acreage clearing by the week.
Full site clearing, site prep and land improvement on commercial properties in Kissimmee stop at rough grade. Past that point the site work, excavation and the pad, belongs to your site contractor. No concrete, wells, septic or demolition from us. I know people who do. Insured crews do the work, and every project on our professional land clearing service starts with a written price.
Lot Clearing for New Homes in Kissimmee and St. Cloud
The city itself pulled 167 single-family permits in 2025 by the Census Building Permits Survey; unincorporated Osceola pulled 3,488, and that is where the acreage is. A quarter-acre infill lot in Buenaventura Lakes is $1,800 flat. A half-acre is one skid steer day, $2,600. Two acres of flatwoods for a homesite is a two-day land clearing process: mulch day one, grind and rough grade day two.
Low lots toward the lake are the Kissimmee area problem. Clearing does not dry them. Fill is what will make your property take a slab, and fill is what SFWMD watches. I clear in the dry season, let one rain show me the low corner, then fill goes where the water went. Site preparation from rough grade on is the grading contractor's job.
How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Kissimmee?
Land clearing costs in Kissimmee start at $1,800 for a quarter-acre infill lot and $2,600 for a half-acre day, plus transport from Ocala. Before the acre rate: June through September adds a day on muck or wet flatwoods. Gopher tortoise burrows on any upland lot mean a licensed agent survey, $400 to 900, and an FWC relocation permit before we start.
| Skid steer forestry mulcher | $2,600 a day, transport billed past 75 miles of Ocala |
| 300-hp mulcher | $4,000 a day plus transport |
| Palmetto and pine flatwoods | $1,500 to 2,500 an acre by density |
| Oak scrub and sandhill | $1,200 to 1,800 an acre |
| Brazilian pepper thickets | add $500 an acre, cut-stump treated |
| Full clearing to dirt with stumps | $3,000 to 5,500 an acre |
| Dozer with root rake | $170 an hour with operator |
| Stump grinding | $4.50 per inch of diameter, $150 minimum; ten or more by the day |
| Haul-off | $700 to 1,300 per 10-yard load |
The total depends on the size of the parcel and how wet it sits, set depending on site conditions at the site visit. Land clearing Kissimmee bids come as a written number with days and loads. Call (352) 619-3597 or send the form. Brandi texts you a window within the hour.
Permits, Gopher Tortoises and Drainage Before You Clear Land in Kissimmee
Osceola County requires a tree removal and land development permit under its Land Development Code before most lots are cleared; greenbelt pasture is the exception. Gopher tortoise is the second gate. FWC allows no work within 25 feet of a burrow without a permit, so our crew ropes a 25-foot line around every apron. West Osceola ridge lots can carry sand skink too.
Bald eagles nest thick around the Kissimmee chain of lakes, and each nest carries a 660-foot buffer. The third gate is water. SFWMD runs the Environmental Resource Permit here, and clearing is not the trigger. Fill or a drainage change is, and anything near a cypress head gets a wetland line first. Call Sunshine 811 before grubbing so the gas pipeline and the co-op feeders get marked.
Serving Kissimmee and Nearby St. Cloud, Poinciana, Celebration and Buenaventura Lakes
Our crews reach Kissimmee from Ocala down the Turnpike, and the same trailer covers St. Cloud, Poinciana, Celebration and the Narcoossee Road acreage. Osceola County sits past our 75-mile circle, so transport is a line on the ticket. The Osceola County page carries the county numbers. We are a land clearing company serving property owners from the Orlando metro line to Holopaw, running land clearing services across Central Florida from one yard. Services throughout the prairie side run in the dry season. Land clearing projects past 5 acres bring out the 300-hp machine.
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Request a Free On-Site Land Clearing Estimate
Send the form or call (352) 619-3597. Brandi texts you a scheduling window within an hour, and I come out, walk the property with you, count stems and flag burrows. You get a written price with day count and haul loads. Our crews leave the site mulched flat. Frequently asked questions follow.
Land Clearing FAQs for Kissimmee Lot and Acreage Owners
How much does land clearing cost in Kissimmee in 2026?
$1,800 for a quarter-acre infill lot and $2,600 for a half-acre day, plus transport from Ocala. Palmetto flatwoods run $1,500 to 2,500 an acre, oak scrub $1,200 to 1,800, and full clearing to dirt with stumps $3,000 to 5,500 an acre.
Do I need a permit to burn cleared brush here?
Yes, a Florida Forest Service burn authorization for any land-clearing pile, and inside the platted city you will not get one. That is why we mulch in place. If a pile has to go, we haul it at $700 to 1,300 per 10-yard load instead.
Can you remove large trees and stumps during land clearing?
Yes. Stems to about 8 inches go through the mulcher; bigger pine and oak get cut and hauled by the 10-yard load. We grind stumps at $4.50 per inch of diameter, $150 minimum each, and price a lot with ten or more by the day.
How soon can you get equipment out here?
Brandi texts a scheduling window within an hour of your form, and in the dry season the trailer rolls from Ocala inside two weeks. After a storm it runs longer; after Ian we hauled debris for six months. Call (352) 619-3597 if a closing or a slab date is already set.
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Send the form or call. Brandi texts you a scheduling window within the hour.