Sweet Home, OR's Trusted Land Clearing & Brush Removal Experts

Turn overgrown property into clean, usable land with forestry mulching, timber-edge Scotch broom clearing and lot preparation across Sweet Home and the Mid-Willamette Valley.

Why Choose Us

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Land Clearing Before & After

Ground you could not walk through, turned into ground you can use.

Drone view of a roadside lot choked with vines and brush before clearing BEFORE
The same roadside lot opened up to bare ground with the mature trees left in place AFTER
Overgrowth pressing in on the margin of an open area BEFORE
The margin pushed back to usable ground with the large trees left standing AFTER

What Our Customers Say

Real Cut Brush customers, in their own words.

5.0
★★★★★
5-Star Rating on Google

Amanda Elliott

Forestry Mulching

★★★★★

We hired Cut Brush for approximately three acres of forestry mulching and couldn't be happier. Communication was outstanding from the very beginning, the crew was professional and efficient, and we loved the regular updates and photos throughout the project. It's refreshing to work with a company that values communication and quality workmanship. Highly recommend!

Jessica Richardson

Brush Clearing

★★★★★

They did an amazing job getting rid of them pesky vines!

Stan Creech

Land Clearing

★★★★★

Greg did a fantastic job with our land that was overgrown with vines, brush and trees. It took about 1 1/2 days of constant work with the machine to get this 0.6 acres under control. Greg was here at 8am sharp, just as promised. Very professional and reliable. 100% satisfied customer! I highly recommend Cut Brush for land clearing.

From Overgrown to Usable in 3 Steps

A straightforward process from the first conversation to land you can use.

1

Request a Free Quote

2

We Clear Your Land

3

Enjoy Your Property

See Cut Brush in Action

Watch our crew transform overgrown properties with professional forestry mulching equipment.

  • Before & after project walkthroughs
  • Professional equipment on real jobs
  • See the land clearing process start to finish

Land Clearing & Forestry Mulching Across Sweet Home and the Mid-Willamette Valley

Sweet Home sits at the foot of the Cascades, with Green Peter Lake about ten miles northeast of town and more than half the land within 15 miles under evergreen forest. Our crew clears land for owners from Sweet Home and Lebanon out to Brownsville, OR, Albany, OR and Harrisburg, north to Lyons, Stayton and Sublimity, and south to Coburg, Junction City and Springfield. Close to town, a common job is ground that was logged and has grown back in broom, brush and young trees.

Most of it is forestry mulching: our crew grinds the broom, brush and saplings where they grow and leaves the chips over the soil. We also offer land clearing, Scotch broom and brush clearing and lot and homesite prep.

Two things set the calendar here: rain that soaks the ground from fall into spring, and fire season rules on wooded land in summer. Request a free quote; we'll contact you to discuss your property, access and the clearing you need.

Sound Familiar?

  • Scotch broom shoulder high on ground that was logged a few years back
  • A back field closing in with brush and young trees
  • Brush you cannot burn near town without a DEQ letter permit
  • Ground that stays soft from November into spring

Cut Brush Delivers

  • The broom cut before its pods ripen, and a return visit for seedlings
  • The field opened to the line you choose, with the trees you flag left up
  • Everything mulched on the spot, so there is nothing to light or truck away
  • The machine booked for the dry months, when the ground carries it

Why Mid-Willamette Valley Landowners Choose Cut Brush

A landowner with three brushy acres around Sweet Home usually needs the broom and saplings gone, the soil left in place, and a plan for what comes back.

  • Clearing, not logging. We mulch and clear land; we do not buy or harvest timber.
  • Nothing to burn. Sweet Home is one of the Linn County cities where a three-mile ring is a special open burning control area, so clearing debris needs a DEQ letter permit to burn. Mulched brush needs none.
  • Rates in print. Every band is listed on the Sweet Home pricing page before you call, and a seedling visit shows as its own line in the quote.
  • What the price covers. Forestry mulching grinds brush, small trees and stumps into mulch on site, leaves stumps flush and hauls nothing away. Full stump removal below grade and cutting and hauling very large trees are discussed and priced in the quote; grading and build pads are not part of our price.

Planning a budget? The Sweet Home forestry mulching cost guide covers broom ground and the second visit, the Oregon Scotch broom removal guide explains why broom returns from seed once a stand is cleared, and the Oregon land clearing cost guide covers burning, fire season and forest conversion statewide.

What to Know Before Clearing Land Around Sweet Home

Forestland comes with its own paperwork. Clearing forestland for another use is an operation under Oregon's forest rules, and the State Forester must be notified at least 15 days before it starts. In fire season the Oregon Department of Forestry also issues permits to use power driven machinery; both are filed online, and ODF's Sweet Home Unit office is on US 20. Other state and local rules can apply to the new use, so build the lead time into your start date.

The burn ring and the rainy half of the year. Oregon rule OAR 340-264-0110 makes the ground within three miles of Sweet Home, Lebanon, Albany and five other Linn County cities a special burning control area, where clearing debris needs a DEQ letter permit. At one acre or more of disturbed soil, DEQ's 1200-C stormwater permit applies. Around Sweet Home more than 7 inches of rain falls a month from November through January and under an inch in July, so machine work fits the dry months. Requirements vary by parcel, scope and jurisdiction, and the governing authority makes the determination.

Broom follows the saw. Scotch broom is the most extensive forest weed in Oregon: it moves into disturbed sites and forestland and can smother young planted trees. On cutover or replanted ground near Sweet Home, plan for seedlings after the first clearing. Our Oregon Scotch broom removal guide sets out the follow-up, and the Sweet Home cost guide shows how to budget it.

Serving Sweet Home & the Mid-Willamette Valley

Linn County from Sweet Home and Lebanon to Albany and Mill City, Lane County from Coburg to Springfield, and Marion County at Jefferson, Stayton and Sublimity.

Sweet Home Lebanon Brownsville Tangent Harrisburg Albany Coburg Jefferson Lyons Millersburg Mill City Springfield Junction City Stayton Santa Clara Sublimity

Sweet Home Land Clearing FAQ

It depends on what the land is and what happens to the brush. On forestland, the Oregon Department of Forestry takes a Notification of Operation at least 15 days before work starts, and in fire season a permit to use power driven machinery. Inside three miles of the Sweet Home city limits, burning clearing debris needs a DEQ letter permit, and disturbing an acre or more of soil brings in DEQ's 1200-C stormwater permit. Requirements vary by parcel, scope and jurisdiction, and the governing authority makes the determination.
Most work runs $1,500 to $4,500 an acre. Broom and brush on an open field edge prices toward the bottom, and a slope crowded with young trees and old slash toward the top. Small jobs carry a minimum charge of about $1,500, which is where they start, not a fee added on top. The bands are on the Sweet Home pricing page, and the Sweet Home forestry mulching cost guide explains how to budget the first pass and the seedling visit on broom ground.
From seed, yes, for several seasons. Broom seed lives in the soil ten years or more, and clearing a stand lets that seed sprout. The mulcher takes the standing broom down in one pass; a later visit for seedlings keeps the ground open. Our Oregon Scotch broom removal guide sets out the cut, mulch and check plan.
Small jobs are welcome. Our crew does clearing and mulching, not logging or timber harvest. Work below the minimum charge of about $1,500 is billed at that minimum in place of an acre rate.
Linn, Lane and Marion counties. In Linn County: Sweet Home, Lebanon, Brownsville, Tangent, Harrisburg, Albany, Lyons, Millersburg and Mill City. In Lane County: Coburg, Springfield, Junction City and Santa Clara. In Marion County: Jefferson, Stayton and Sublimity.

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