Forestry Mulching and Land Clearing in Loxahatchee, FL: Lot, Brush and Palmetto Clearing
Loxahatchee lots are 1.25 acres of melaleuca and Brazilian pepper on a drainage grid, with a few old slash pines. Under it is hardpan, and from June to October the hardpan holds water. Melaleuca drops a million seeds a year and every one of them is aiming at an Acreage lot. Our crews come across SR 80 from Punta Gorda, so transport is one quoted line on the estimate. I have cleared this kind of ground since 2012. Send the form or call (352) 619-3597. Brandi texts you a scheduling window within an hour.
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Forestry Mulching and Brush Clearing on 1.25-Acre Lots Near Loxahatchee
A 1.25-acre lot in melaleuca is two skid steer days, $5,200, plus the $500-an-acre exotics surcharge and transport. Forestry mulching is a land clearing method that uses specialized equipment to grind trees and vegetation into mulch where they stand, and on hardpan the mulch mat is what carries the machine. Melaleuca treats a cut as a suggestion. Every stump gets herbicide within minutes of the cut or the lot is a thicket again by the next wet season. Areas with dense melaleuca over 8 inches go to the 300-hp machine. Overgrown land with live slash pine gets selective clearing: pine kept, everything else mulched in place. A lot that was only bush hogged will overgrow in one summer because the root crowns live. Professional clearing here is the cut-stump work, not the cutting. Send the lot number.
Land Clearing Services in Loxahatchee, FL
Pellegrino Land Works provides land clearing as a professional land clearing service for residential and commercial properties, and the services in Loxahatchee run from a pad to the whole lot. Lot clearing and site prep for a house or barn pad, mulched or taken to dirt. Residential land clearing on the full 1.25 acres, pad to dirt and the rest mulched. Commercial land clearing services and property clearing for commercial properties in Loxahatchee along Southern Boulevard and Seminole Pratt Whitney Road, full site clearing to dirt. Stump grinding at $4.50 an inch, $150 minimum per stump. Tree removal of dead pine and storm leaners, with cleanup. Brush removal and bush hogging at $65 to 95 an acre, $450 minimum. Grubbing with the dozer and root rake at $170 an hour. Landscape clearing around a standing house. We do not pour concrete, drill wells, set septic or demolish houses. I know people who do. Every project gets one written price before the trailer rolls.
Lot Clearing for New Homes in Loxahatchee and The Acreage
Palm Beach County issued 2,495 single-family permits in 2025 by the Census Building Permits Survey, and the county's unincorporated count is the proxy here because The Acreage issues none of its own. The land clearing Loxahatchee builders order most is a half-acre pad on a 1.25-acre lot: one skid steer day, $2,600 plus transport. Every lot here sits on the Indian Trail Improvement District grid, so the pad comes up after clearing and the grading has to leave the front swale open to the district canal. Fill is what interests SFWMD; the clearing never does. On our jobs in The Acreage the pad goes up 2 to 3 feet, set from the June water line on the site visit. Send the lot size and the date you need it done.
How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Loxahatchee?
Land clearing costs on melaleuca and pepper lots run $2,000 to 3,000 an acre: the $1,500 to 2,500 flatwoods rate plus the $500-an-acre exotics surcharge. The rest of the sheet:
- Skid steer mulcher, stems to 8 inches: $2,600 a day, transport from Punta Gorda quoted separately.
- 300-hp mulcher for thick melaleuca and large acreage clearing: $4,000 a day plus transport.
- Full clearing to dirt with stumps: $3,000 to 5,500 an acre.
- Quarter-acre pad on an existing lot: $1,800 flat plus transport.
- Haul-off: $700 to 1,300 per 10-yard load.
The total depends on the size of the melaleuca and the water on it. Before any price: a gopher tortoise survey where there is dry sand, $400 to 900, and one extra day in the quote from June to September on wet hardpan. Mulching is still the cheapest way to clear a lot here: one machine, no loads. Call (352) 619-3597 with the lot size and I will quote it depending on site conditions after I walk the property.
Permits, Gopher Tortoises and Drainage Before You Clear Land in Loxahatchee
Three rules run the land clearing process on every lot here:
- The Palm Beach County Vegetation Removal / Land Clearing permit. In unincorporated county, including the Acreage area, no clearing is allowed before a building permit unless the lot is in bona fide agriculture under greenbelt classification.
- The FWC gopher tortoise rule: survey within 90 days, flag the burrows, no work within 25 feet without a relocation permit.
- Water. SFWMD ignores the clearing, but fill in a wet spot or a drainage change triggers the ERP under Ch. 62-330, and the Indian Trail Improvement District has its own canal right-of-way rules.
Melaleuca is a state-listed noxious weed; nobody stops you removing it. On the ROW we ran melaleuca corridors south of here for years, and the herbicide was the whole job. Send the parcel control number.
Land Clearing Services Across Western Palm Beach County From Loxahatchee
We are a land clearing company serving Loxahatchee, FL and the surrounding area, with transport across SR 80 from Punta Gorda written as one line on the estimate. That covers the Loxahatchee area end to end, Loxahatchee Groves to the south, Royal Palm Beach, and the new lots in Westlake. Our services throughout Southeast Florida run the same way, from here north to the Port St. Lucie metro. Pipeline and FPL easements too; that was my trade for ten years. Send the form with your road on it.
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Request a Free On-Site Estimate for Your Loxahatchee Lot
Call (352) 619-3597 or send the form with the lot address. Brandi texts you a scheduling window within the hour. I walk the lines, mark the swale and the wet edge, count the melaleuca, and write one price with transport on it. Our insured crews keep the date and make your property ready for the pad. The land clearing projects here take one to three days, herbicide included.
Land Clearing FAQs From Loxahatchee Property Owners
Can I clear my lot before I have a building permit?
Not in unincorporated county, unless the lot carries greenbelt classification. The Palm Beach County Vegetation Removal / Land Clearing permit rides on the building permit. Exotics-only removal, melaleuca and pepper, is treated differently from clearing native pine; I will tell you which your lot is.
Why does melaleuca cost more to clear than pine?
Because it comes back. Melaleuca resprouts from any cut and seeds from the mulch, so every cut gets herbicide within minutes and the surcharge is $500 an acre. Cut it and walk away and the lot is a thicket in two wet seasons.
Can you clear a lot that is under water in August?
No, not while it is standing. The mulcher rides the mat on wet hardpan, but open water stops the work, so June to September carries one extra day in the quote. The swale is open when we leave the site; grading comes in the next dry week.
Do you clear commercial sites along Southern Boulevard?
Yes. Commercial clearing on Southern Boulevard is site work to dirt at $3,000 to 5,500 an acre. Excavation and the pad are your site contractor's; the commercial development price is written the same way as a homesite. We remove brush, grind the stumps, haul the loads and hand off a staked-ready site.
How soon can the land clearing service in Loxahatchee reach my lot?
About two weeks in the dry season, since the machines come across SR 80 from Punta Gorda. Brandi texts a window within an hour of your form. Call (352) 619-3597 if a builder is waiting. Other frequently asked questions, from site preparation to land improvement, are covered above.
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