This answer to the question about tools needed for a land clearing business will depend greatly upon your working budget and the capital you have available to you. Having said that, we will give you two answers, one for the financially strapped, and the other for those who have the funds to do this thing correctly right from the start.
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Tools for tight budget land clearing business.
If you are starting out on a shoestring budget, the following will get you through the smaller jobs:
- Chain saw
- Brush hog
- Truck with chain
- Trailer
We need to stop right here and explain that a quality job requires some seriously heavy machinery, and seriously heavy machinery costs serious money. The items listed above are the bare minimum, something a homeowner, or property owner, might use to clear a backyard. It is certainly not enough to handle an acre or more.
With that in mind, everything listed above can be rented for a one-time fee, but the question is aimed for someone going into business; thus, the renting idea is not feasible.
Tools for full-serve lot clearing services.
A list of machinery/tools needed for a professional job:
- Bulldozer
- Excavator
- Chippers
- Grinders
- Chain saws
- Brush cutters
- Track loaders
- Dump truck or trailer
What are we looking at in cost? Easily over $100,000, and that puts it out of reach for most people without a serious investor hanging in the wings. Unlike commercial mowing services, which can be done for small-to-medium sized jobs using a mower and trailer, these large jobs require large, costly machinery, and that is a cost most people do not have.
Our recommendation.
The only possible recommendation, then, at the risk of sounding self-serving, is to hire the job out to a professional company which has the machinery needed to do a quality job.
The good news is that it is a one-time cost of hiring someone. The cost will either be a one-time job estimate, or by the hour, in which case you are looking at $75-$100 per hour plus any additional fees which may be levied. Of course, that price estimate will differ from city to city and state to state.
One other thing needs to be mentioned: the use of heavy machinery requires training on that machinery. Big machines are dangerous, and in no way would we recommend some weekend warriors operate machinery they are not trained for. That is, quite simply, a recipe for disaster. Bite the proverbial bullet and pay someone to clear the land for you.
A final word about Keith’s tractor Mowing.
Keith’s Tractor Mowing is a trusted name in the Fort Worth area, locally owned and operated, with experience in pipeline mowing, ranch mowing, cemetery mowing, HOA services, you name it, we do it, on jobs over one acre in size. Call us for a free quote on your acreage mowing and job clearing.