Forestry Mulching InDuluth, MN
CJ Forestry Mulching clears brush, saplings and small trees on Duluth lots and acreage. One machine grinds it where it stands. No burn piles and nothing hauled off.
Clearing Land Around Duluth
Duluth is built on a rock hillside above Lake Superior, and the land shows it. Lots are steep, soil is thin, and brush fills in fast wherever the sun gets through. Forestry mulching in Duluth fits that ground. A tracked loader with a mulching head grinds alder, popple and balsam where they stand, so nothing gets dragged uphill to a pile. Over the top of the hill, in Woodland, Lakeside and Piedmont Heights, lots get bigger and the woods come right up to the back door. That is classic land clearing ground for St. Louis County.
City jobs are usually small and tight. A homeowner wants the back third of the lot opened up. A builder needs a wooded parcel cleared enough to see the slope and stake a house. Somebody bought the empty lot next door and can't walk through it. For those we do lot and site clearing with one machine and no fire, which matters when the neighbors are close. We leave the mature maple, birch and pine you point out and take the tangle underneath. What is left is a layer of mulch, not a row of brush piles.
What We Clear In Duluth
North of town the properties change. Out toward Rice Lake, Gnesen and Lakewood you find five and ten acre homesteads, old pasture and wooded back forties. Owners there want paths to the back line, cleaner edges along a driveway, and thick underbrush knocked down so they can use what they own. Our brush and underbrush clearing handles that without tearing up the ground. Duluth clay stays soft after rain, so we look at each site first and pick the right time to bring the machine in.
- Wooded city lots before building
- Overgrown backyards on the hillside
- Driveway edges and openings
- Acreage north of town
- Trails on wooded homesteads
Most Asked For Around Here
These four fit most Duluth properties. See all eight services.
Forestry Mulching
Brush, saplings and small trees ground into mulch where they stand. One machine, one pass.
Land Clearing
Overgrown acreage opened up and left clean, with no piles to burn.
Brush & Underbrush
Thick understory taken out so you can walk, see and use your woods again.
Lot & Site Clearing
Home sites, cabins and yards cleared and ready for the next step.
Duluth Questions
Can you work on steep or rocky lots in Duluth?
Often, yes. The machine runs on tracks and handles a fair amount of slope, and the mulching head works above the ground, so ledge rock is less of a problem than you might think. Some Duluth hillsides are too steep to run safely. Calvin walks the lot first and tells you straight.
Do I need a permit to clear a lot inside Duluth city limits?
It depends on the lot. City zoning, shoreland and wetland rules can limit what comes off a property, mostly near streams and the lake. We are not the ones who decide that. Check with the city or St. Louis County, or the DNR for anything by water, before we set a date.
Will mulching a lot in Duluth bother the neighbors?
Less than the other ways of clearing. There is no burning, so no smoke drifts over the fence. There are no trucks running loads of brush down the street. It is one machine working for a while, then a clean lot with mulch on the ground.
Also Clearing Near Duluth
Duluth is part of our St. Louis County service area. We also work in:
Clearing Land In Duluth?
Call or text (218) 461-7376 or tell us where the property is and what you want cleared. Calvin walks the land with you before you get an estimate.
- Free estimate after we walk the land
- Acreage, lots, trails and fence lines
- Rather talk now? Call or text (218) 461-7376