Fence line clearing gets your boundary ready for fencing of any kind, whether you’re securing a ranch, defining a property line or stopping brush from creeping over from next door. In Bertram, TX and across Central Texas, overgrowth moves fast, and it doesn’t take long to lose sight of your own fence.
We clear everything in the way, from thick mesquite and cedar to tangled vines and underbrush. On an existing fence we work carefully so the wire stays up. On a new line we open a clean path for the fence crew. An owner walks the line with you first, so you know which stretches get machines, which get the hand crew and where the brush will go.
Why fence rows fill in so fast
It’s the birds. They eat berries, sit on your fence and drop well-fertilized seeds right along the line. That’s why a fence row turns into a hedge of cedar and brush while the pasture next to it stays fairly open.
Left alone, that growth pushes on the wire, rots posts, hides damage and makes every repair a fight. By the time a cow finds the gap, you may not be able to see it from the truck.
Vines are part of the problem as well. They climb the wire, pull it down and hide rot in the posts underneath, so they come out with the brush.
Machines where they fit, a hand crew where they don’t
On open fence rows, the Cat D1 dozer mulcher and the skid steer mulching heads clear along the line. The Timberpro TL725C can reach over a fence or a drainage with its boom-mounted head without crossing it.
Right against the wire, or where a big machine just can’t fit, we send a hand crew with chainsaws. What they cut gets piled into windrows, and those windrows are mulched by our machines or hauled away.
New fence lines cleared to spec
Starting from scratch or reclaiming an old boundary, we work from your surveyor’s marks or your existing plat map so the line is cleared where the fence belongs.
We can level uneven ground along the perimeter and open an access path so the fence crew can drive the line. Where regrowth would be a problem, roots come out too, not just the tops.
That’s the difference between pushing growth aside and removing it. A line cleared to the roots stays open far longer and gives the new fence a fair start.
Clean lines help in fire season
In a dry season, an overgrown fence row can act like a fuse running across your property. Keeping it clean is one of the simplest ways to cut that risk.
A clear line also protects livestock, keeps brush from damaging fence materials, and helps settle where a boundary really is before it turns into a dispute.
It also makes everyday ranch work easier. A clear fence row lets you drive or walk the line, spot a downed wire or a leaning post from a distance and fix it before livestock find the gap.
One acre or the whole perimeter
Some jobs are a single stretch along the road. Others are the full perimeter of a ranch plus the cross fences inside it. Either way, the owner walks the line with you, looks at what’s growing and how close the brush sits to the wire, and lays out which parts go to machines and which go to the hand crew.
Fence line clearing pairs well with pasture work and ranch road clearing, since the same machines are already on site.
Once the line is clean, keeping it that way is much easier. A touch-up every few years catches the cedar the birds plant before it gets big enough to lean on the wire again.
What the job can include
- Fence line and fence row clearing
- Fence row mulching
- Hand-crew clearing along existing fence
- Property boundary clearing
- Right of way mulching
- Leveling uneven ground along the perimeter
- Access path for fence installation
- Windrows mulched or hauled away
