Forestry Mulching
Forestry mulching grinds cedar, mesquite and brush into mulch right where it stands. The chips stay on the ground as cover, so nothing leaves the property.
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Land in South Texas fills in fast. A pasture that ran cattle ten years ago can be a solid stand of mesquite and huisache today. Land clearing opens that ground back up so you can build on it, graze it or hunt it. We clear brush, mesquite, cedar, trees and stumps across San Antonio and about 50 miles around the city.
Global Contractors LLC has run excavation and sitework jobs since 2006, and the machines that dig also clear. Excavators with thumbs pull brush and trees out by the root, and the forestry mulcher grinds the rest in place. Debris leaves on our dump trucks or stays on the ground as mulch. Call (253) 606-9497 and we will come look at the property.
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Most of this work starts with the excavator. A thumb on the bucket lets it grab a mesquite by the trunk and pull the root ball with it. Brush cut off at the ground comes back. Brush pulled by the root is gone.
Skid steers follow the excavator. They rake loose material into piles, pull roots out of the topsoil and push the ground back flat. That last pass leaves ground you can drive on, ready for grading and fill dirt.
Selective clearing is common on acreage. We mark the live oaks and pecans you want to keep, then take the brush out around them. Whole-tract clearing is the other end, where everything comes off down to bare ground.
Mesquite is built to survive losing its top. The Forest Service fire effects database puts dormant buds on its underground stem, 2 to 6 inches down. Take the top off and those buds push new stems. That is where a many-stemmed mesquite thicket comes from.
Huisache works the same way. That same database says huisache usually sprouts from the stem base or root crown after the top is killed. Killing the plant means taking out every stem down to the lowest stem bud. Pulling the root ball with an excavator is the machine version of that.
Cedar on the Hill Country side behaves differently. Ashe juniper, the cedar north and west of San Antonio, does not sprout back, so cutting it low finishes it. A mulched cedar tract holds longer than a mulched mesquite pasture. We will tell you which one you are looking at before we price the job.
Ranch and hunting land is most of the acreage work south and east of the city. Owners want senderos cut for deer, fence lines opened for new wire, and pasture taken back from brush. We clear what you point at and leave the rest standing. Deer work the edges, so a cleared lane beside heavy brush beats a bare field.
Development tracts run the other way. A builder needs the whole parcel cleared and grubbed, with roots out of the pad area. Fill does not compact right over buried stumps, so the grubbing matters. We hand the tract off ready for site preparation.
Trees are regulated inside San Antonio and for about 5 miles past the city limits. The tree preservation ordinance, Section 35-523 of the city's Unified Development Code, wants a permit or an affidavit first. Most species count as significant at 6 inches across, while Ashe juniper, huisache and mesquite count at 10. Thresholds and rules change, so check your parcel with Development Services before a machine rolls.
Free estimates and site visits across San Antonio and about 50 miles around the city.
(253) 606-9497From the first call to the final grade, here is how it goes.
Call (253) 606-9497 and tell us what the site needs: a lot cleared, a house down, a pad built. We ask enough questions to know what machines the job takes.
We drive out and read the ground: access, slope, trees, utilities, what is standing and where the dirt can go. On a build we go through the plans with you.
The scope and the price go in writing, broken out so you can see each part of the job. Estimates are free, and so is the site visit.
Permits and utility locates come first where they apply, including the Texas 811 call before anyone digs. Then the excavators, the trucks and the mulcher go to work.
Spoils get hauled off or spread on site, and the ground is graded before we pull off. We go over the finished job with you while the equipment is still there.
Common questions about land clearing across San Antonio and about 50 miles around the city. If yours is not here, call and ask.
Forestry mulching grinds cedar, mesquite and brush into mulch right where it stands. The chips stay on the ground as cover, so nothing leaves the property.
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Site preparation for builders, developers and commercial property owners around San Antonio. We clear and grub, cut and fill to the plan, build pads and set the final grade.
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Dump truck services across San Antonio and about 50 miles around the city. We haul spoils and debris off jobs and deliver fill dirt, caliche, base and gravel by the load.
Learn MoreGlobal Contractors has been on commercial and government job sites since 2006, from airport excavation to county and school projects. That background comes with us on a single driveway or a full development site.
Excavators with thumbs and demolition attachments, dump trucks, skid steers and a forestry mulcher. The machines and the trucks are ours, so one call covers the equipment the job takes.
Clearing, demolition, excavation, utility trenching, hauling and the finish grade run under one scope. That keeps the job on one schedule with one number to call.
Call and we come up from the Pleasanton yard to look at the job. The estimate is free and the quote reaches you in writing, with the scope spelled out.
Tell us where the property is and what needs to happen: a lot cleared, a slab out, a pad built. Call (253) 606-9497 or send the form, and we will line up a time to come look.
Tell us about the job. We will get right back to you.
