Lot clearing in Bremen, IN, for builds, barns and fields
Wooded lots, overgrown back acres and fence rows that have turned into tree lines. We take out the trees and brush you don't want, keep the ones worth keeping, and leave ground that's ready for whatever comes next.
Clearing ground for a house or barn
A lot that's been left to grow for twenty years is a mix of big trees, young volunteers and brush so thick you can't walk through it. Before the excavator can dig a footing or a pole barn can go up, that all has to come out. We work from a plan: where the house or building sits, where the drive and the septic go, and how much room the builder needs around it.
Trees come down in the order that keeps them off what's being saved, the compact loader moves the wood and brush, and the chipper takes care of the small stuff. When we're done you've got an open site instead of a wall of trees. The step-by-step for a building site is on our guide to clearing a lot for a new build.
Fence rows and overgrown brush
Old fence lines are one of the most common clearing jobs in farm country. A fence gets left for a generation, trees seed in along it, and now there's a row of box elder, cherry and brush eating into the field and shading the crop. The same happens along ditches and at the back of big lots in town.
That kind of clearing is lighter work than a building site but covers a lot more ground. The trees come down, the brush goes through the chipper, and the old wire is out in the open where it can be pulled. More on that in our guide to brush and fence-row clearing.
Which trees to keep
Clearing doesn't have to mean taking everything. A healthy oak or maple near where the house will sit can shade it for the next eighty years, and it takes a lifetime to grow back. We walk the lot with you and mark the keepers before anything is cut.
Not every tree is worth saving, though. Trees right next to the footprint will lose roots to the excavator and may die slowly over the next few years. Dead and dying trees, especially ash, are better out now than falling on a new roof later. We'll give you our honest read on each one.
Stumps after clearing
Where a building, drive or lawn is going, the stumps usually need to come out too. Ask about grinding the stumps when we price the clearing.
Clearing around the area
We clear lots and field edges across Marshall, St. Joseph and Elkhart counties.
Lot clearing questions
It depends on how many trees there are, how big they are, how thick the brush is, and whether you want the stumps out. We walk the lot with you and give you a price in person, free.
Late fall through winter is easiest on most lots: the leaves are down, you can see what's there, and frozen ground holds equipment up. That said, if your builder is waiting, we clear whenever the ground will carry the machines.
Usually, yes. We mark it before anything is cut and bring the other trees down away from it. Whether it survives the construction that follows depends on how close the digging gets to its roots, so it's worth talking with your builder about keeping equipment off the ground under its branches.