Brush Clearing & Mesquite Removal

Mesquite Is a Land Tax. Stop Paying It.

Every acre mesquite takes is grass you don't grow, water your soil doesn't keep, and value your land doesn't hold. Grubbing it out is the fix that lasts.

Mesquite moved into South Plains rangeland over the last century and never left on its own. It out-competes grass for moisture, shades out forage, tears up equipment, and spreads through every pasture a cow carries beans across. Texas landowners collectively spend millions every year fighting it — and the mechanical fix, grubbing the tree out below the root crown, is still the one that actually kills it. Cut mesquite at the surface and it resprouts multi-stemmed and meaner; grub the crown and that plant is done.

What the crews handle

• Mesquite grubbing — skid steer or excavator with a grubbing attachment, lifting the root crown, at densities up to a couple hundred trees per acre
• Redberry juniper (cedar) — grubbed or sheared depending on terrain and regrowth tolerance
• Salt cedar along draws and playa edges — removed to recover water and access
• Mulching in place — a forestry mulcher head turns standing brush into ground cover, no burn piles, no haul-off
• Fence line & pivot corner clearing — brush out of wire, corners squared back to farmable

Mulch it or grub it?

Mulching is faster and cheaper per acre and leaves organic matter on the ground — but it cuts at the surface, so mesquite will be back in a few seasons unless you follow with chemical treatment. Grubbing costs more per acre and disturbs the surface, but it removes the root crown: that tree is gone for good. Many jobs mix both — grub the mesquite, mulch the light brush. The quote will lay out both numbers so you pick with real prices in front of you.

Timing and follow-up

There's no wrong season for mechanical work out here — crews run year-round, and dry ground is actually the best digging. If you're planning follow-up seeding of cleared ground, tell the operator up front; how the ground is left (rough vs. smoothed) changes what your drill can do next spring.