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Bulldozer clearing brush and small trees at the edge of tall pine woods

Land clearing and lot clearing in Arkansas

Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service clears lots, pasture, hunting land, and overgrown acreage statewide from three Google listings, rated 5.0 on Google.

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Ask any land clearing company these six questions

We read the 1-to-3-star Google reviews of 88 Arkansas clearing and tree companies, and 172 of them were about the work itself. These six questions cover what went wrong most often, and each answer is a promise the person running your job carries out.

  1. 01

    Will the quote list every charge?

    12 of 172 reviews: the price changed with nothing in writing

    You get a written quote before any work. It lists every charge, travel included. The price changes only if you approve the change in writing first.

  2. 02

    What happens to the cut material?

    29 of 172 reviews: the crew left the mess behind

    Your written quote says what happens to every bit of cut material: mulched in place, piled, or hauled away. We walk the site with you before we call the job done.

  3. 03

    How will the stumps be left?

    11 of 172 reviews: stumps left that the owner expected gone

    Your quote says how the stumps will be left (ground level, below grade, or removed) and about how thick the mulch will be. We check it with you at the walkthrough.

  4. 04

    When will the work start?

    15 of 172 reviews: no firm date, only "next week"

    Your quote comes with a start week. If the weather moves it, we call you.

  5. 05

    Who calls me back?

    61 of 172 reviews: the crew stopped answering

    Every call or text gets a call back the same working day, from the person running your job.

  6. 06

    What if something gets damaged?

    21 of 172 reviews: damage the crew wouldn't own

    If we damage anything (a fence, a gate, a line, a culvert), we tell you before we leave that day, and the fix goes in writing.

Quick answers about land clearing

What Arkansas landowners ask Google before they hire someone to clear land. Each answer starts with the answer.

How long does it take to clear an acre of land?

It depends on what's standing on that acre, so we won't guess at hours over the phone. Scattered brush and standing timber are different jobs. Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service walks the land first, and your written quote comes with a start week. If the weather moves it, we call you.

Do I need a permit to clear land on my property?

Sometimes. Arkansas's construction stormwater permit, ARR150000, covers construction that disturbs 1 acre or more, and 5 acres or more needs a Notice of Intent filed first. On the first visit, Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service tells you which Arkansas rules may touch your job and who handles each.

Is land clearing and grading the same thing?

No. Land clearing takes the trees, brush, and stumps off the ground, and grading shapes the soil underneath so it sits level and drains. Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service does both, and your written quote lists every charge, travel included.

What is the difference between land clearing and excavation?

Land clearing works on what grows on the ground: trees, brush, and stumps. Excavation digs into the ground itself, for a building pad, a trench, or a septic tank. Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service does both, from the first cleared acre to septic installation.

Two tracked loaders, one with a mulcher head, parked in thinned pine woods
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Over 20 years clearing land

Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service is fully licensed and insured. We carry liability insurance and send the certificate on request.

We have the equipment for any land clearing or earth-moving job, so a lot that needs clearing, then grading, then a driveway stays with one crew. The estimate is free, and our lines are open 24/7.

We work statewide from three Google listings: Hindsville, Greenbrier, and Hot Springs. The crew comes to your land.

How the job goes, from your first call to the walkthrough

Six steps, in order, and what you see at each one.

  1. 01

    Your phone rings back

    Every call or text gets a call back the same working day, from the person running your job. If we can't take your job, we say so on the first call.

  2. 02

    We walk your land

    You walk it with us and show us what you want cleared. Before we quote, we tell you what the ground will look like the day we leave.

  3. 03

    A quote in writing

    You get a written quote before any work. It lists every charge, travel included. Your quote comes with a start week.

  4. 04

    Two calls, then flags

    We call the day before, and again when the crew pulls in. Before the machine starts, we walk and flag the boundaries and anything you want saved.

  5. 05

    The clearing

    If the ground is too wet to work without rutting, we tell you and reschedule. Any ruts we make are smoothed before we leave.

  6. 06

    Walkthrough, then payment

    We walk the site with you before we call the job done. Final payment is due after the walkthrough. Every payment gets a receipt.

Lot clearing, forest clearing, and overgrown acreage

Some call it lot clearing, some call it wood clearing or scrub clearing. These are the five kinds of Arkansas land we clear.

  • Skid steer pushing a bucket of red dirt on a wooded lot being cleared to build on

    Lots to build on

    Trees, brush, and stumps come off a house site, a shop pad, or a driveway path, so the site prep and dirt work can start.

  • Open field under fresh wood mulch after clearing, a line of cedars behind it

    Pasture the cedars took

    Grazing ground the cedars crept over, cleared back to open ground. For cedar thickets and fence rows on their own, see brush removal.

  • Two whitetail deer in autumn hardwoods on hunting land

    Hunting land

    Forest clearing for shooting lanes, food plot openings, and trails, with the timber you hunt around left standing.

  • Skid steer clearing brush along the edge of a gravel road through autumn woods

    Fence lines and gravel-road edges

    Growth cut back from road shoulders so a truck gets through. Fence-line work alone is brush removal.

  • Red and white excavator with a mulching head clearing brush on a steep hillside among tall pines

    Overgrown acreage

    Acreage that sat for years, steep ground included, cleared to usable land with the trees you want left standing.

Land clearing, forestry mulching, or brush hogging

All three get called ground clearing, but each leaves your land looking different. Here is what each one takes off and what it leaves behind.

Land clearing

Takes off
Trees, brush, and stumps
Leaves behind
Open ground. Cut material is mulched in place, piled, or hauled away, as your quote says.
Stumps
Ground level, below grade, or removed, written on your quote
Fits
A lot to build on, pasture, a road, or a pad

Forestry mulching

Takes off
Brush and small trees, ground up where they stand
Leaves behind
A layer of mulch on the soil, not bare, seed-ready dirt
Stumps
Usually cut at ground level, with the roots left in the soil
Fits
Opening up woods and brushy ground when nothing needs hauling off
Forestry mulching

Brush hogging

Takes off
Grass, weeds, and light brush
Leaves behind
Chopped stems lying on rough stubble
Stumps
They stay, along with every root
Fits
Keeping ground you've already cleared from growing back
Brush removal

What cleared land looks like the day we leave

Land clearing leaves open ground you can build on, graze, or drive. Three things decide how it looks, and your quote settles each one before the machine starts.

Drawn cross-section of cleared land: two flagged trees kept, a stump taken out below grade with the hole filled, open ground, and a pile of cut material 1 2 3
  1. 1Trees you keepWalked and flagged with you before the machine starts, or shown to you in photos.
  2. 2StumpsGround level, below grade, or removed. Your quote says which, and we check it at the walkthrough.
  3. 3Cut materialMulched in place, piled, or hauled away, named on the quote for every bit of it.
Before we quote

Before we quote, we tell you what the ground will look like the day we leave and what it will need afterwards to keep the brush from coming back.

If we have to leave

If we have to leave before the job is finished, you get the return date before the crew leaves.

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What landowners say about the work

Every review on our three Google listings is five stars.

Mark and his team are outstanding! They were quick to get back with us, and did an excellent job. We had them clear some land near Fayetteville by mulching. We are so happy with the job!

Noela May Tiansay, Google review
  • A great job they did on my farm.

    Erin Mitchell
  • We had hired them to do some forestry mulching around Conway. They did a superb job and the crew completed the job on time. Thank you!

    Rashel Reece Liu
  • I will recommend it to everyone and my family

    Mariz Morada

Arkansas rules that can touch a land clearing job

On the first visit we tell you which Arkansas rules may touch your job (burn bans, the 1-acre stormwater permit, septic permits) and who handles each.

  1. Burn bans

    County judges declare burn bans county by county, and a ban can start or lift any day. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture's Forestry Division shows every county on its fire danger and burn ban map. Owners who plan an open fire for their own brush piles check that map first.Source: Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division
  2. Stormwater

    The Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality's construction stormwater permit, ARR150000, covers construction that disturbs 1 acre or more. Sites of 1 to under 5 acres are covered automatically but must post a notice and keep a stormwater plan on site. At 5 acres or more, a Notice of Intent goes in at least 10 business days before work starts.Source: Arkansas DEQ, ARR150000 fact sheet, permit effective November 1, 2026
  3. Septic

    A septic system needs an Arkansas Department of Health permit for construction before it goes in. A Designated Representative certified by the Department does the soil work and fills out the application, and a licensed installer builds the system. See septic installation.Source: Arkansas Department of Health, Rules Pertaining to Onsite Wastewater Systems

Land clearing near you, region by region

Each region page lists its towns and the line nearest you. All three of our lines reach the same crew.

Northwest Arkansas

Benton, Washington, Madison, and Carroll counties

Central Arkansas

Pulaski, Faulkner, Saline, Lonoke, Perry, Conway, and Grant counties

Arkansas River Valley

Crawford, Sebastian, Franklin, Logan, Johnson, Scott, Pope, and Yell counties

Ozarks and North Central

Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Baxter, Stone, Izard, Fulton, Sharp, Van Buren, and Cleburne counties

Hot Springs and the Ouachitas

Garland, Montgomery, Hot Spring, Clark, Pike, and Polk counties

Northeast Arkansas

Randolph, Lawrence, Clay, Greene, Craighead, Mississippi, and Poinsett counties

White River Valley

Independence, Jackson, White, and Woodruff counties

Arkansas Delta

Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis, Lee, Phillips, Monroe, Prairie, and Arkansas counties

Southwest Arkansas

Miller, Hempstead, Little River, Sevier, Howard, Lafayette, and Nevada counties

South Arkansas

Union, Columbia, Ouachita, Calhoun, Dallas, Bradley, and Cleveland counties

Southeast Arkansas

Jefferson, Lincoln, Drew, Ashley, Chicot, and Desha counties

Towns we serve, A to Z

Every Arkansas town with its own page, and the line nearest each one

More land clearing questions

The rest of what landowners ask before the machines arrive.

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Can I clear my land myself?

Yes, for small jobs. Plenty of owners clear a fence row or a few saplings with a saw, while stumps and standing timber are machine work. Before we quote, Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service tells you what the ground will look like the day we leave, so you can weigh it against doing it yourself.

How to clean up woods?

Clear the underbrush, take out the dead and leaning trees, and keep the ones you want. Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service walks and flags the boundaries and every tree you want saved before the machine starts, or sends you photos of them.

Can a skid steer clear land?

Yes, for brush and small trees. A tracked skid steer with a forestry mulcher head grinds that growth where it stands, while big timber and stump removal can need an excavator or a dozer. Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service has the equipment for any land clearing or earth-moving job.

Can you clear land without a permit?

Often, yes. Clearing that disturbs less than 1 acre falls under Arkansas's construction stormwater permit only when it's part of a larger plan of development. Septic work starts with an Arkansas Department of Health permit. Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service names the rules that may touch your job on the first visit.

Tell us about the land you want cleared

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