Land clearing in Cookeville and the Upper Cumberland
A wooded or overgrown lot has to be opened up before anything else can happen on it. We clear trees, brush and stumps on residential property across the Upper Cumberland, most often to make room for a house pad, a driveway or a shop, and we grade what is left so it drains and is ready for the next step.
What land clearing involves
Clearing starts with a walk to mark what stays and what goes. Most homeowners want to keep specific trees, and the lot lines, the house footprint and the driveway route decide the rest. Joe flags the boundaries of the clearing with you so nothing comes down that you wanted to keep.
The crew then takes down the trees and brush inside the marked area, pulls or grinds the stumps, and deals with the material. Depending on what you want and what the county allows, that means hauling it off, piling it for burning, or chipping brush on site. Stump holes are backfilled and the cleared ground is rough graded so it does not hold water.
How Morgan's clears land
The people on the machines are our own W2 employees, with the person who bid the job supervising on site. There is no day labor and no subcontracted crew working on your property, which matters most on clearing jobs, where one operator misreading a boundary can take down a tree you cannot get back.
Licensed and insured Clearing is usually the first step of a larger residential project, and because Morgan's also does the grading, the septic work and the concrete, the lot is cleared with the whole plan in mind. The driveway route is cut where the drive will actually go, and the pad is opened to the size the footings need.
Questions homeowners ask
Can I keep some of the trees?
Yes. Marking what stays is the first thing Joe does on the site walk. Trees close to the house footprint or the driveway are worth a conversation, because roots under a slab and limbs over a roof both cause problems later, and Joe will say which ones he recommends keeping.
What happens to the trees and brush?
The options are hauling the material away, piling it on site for you to burn where the county allows it, or chipping the brush. If there is saleable timber on the lot, Joe goes over how it is handled at the site walk. The choice affects the price and goes in the estimate.
Do you clear lots that are not being built on?
Clearing an overgrown lot to make it usable, or opening up a fence line or a view, is the same work as clearing for a pad. Send the details through the request form and Joe will say whether the job fits the schedule.
How long does clearing take?
Time depends on the acreage, the size of the trees and what happens to the debris. Clearing can go ahead in weather that would stop grading, though the ground still has to be firm enough to carry the equipment without rutting.