Land Clearing
We clear wooded lots, overgrown property and old pasture around Statesboro. Trees, brush and stumps come out, and you get ground you can use.
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Storm cleanup in Statesboro starts the morning after the wind quits. Pines are down across fences, driveways and yards, and the tops are tangled in what is still standing. Watson Outdoor Living clears that mess with a CAT 308 excavator and a CAT 275 track loader. The excavator lifts whole trunks off a fence or a shed and sets them down clear. The loader rakes limbs and debris into piles, and the dump trailer hauls it off. Call or text (912) 712-6034 and we will come look at the damage.
We handle the part of storm damage that takes machine weight. That means fallen tree removal, root plates dug out and backfilled, and debris removal from the whole property. Trees still standing but leaning belong to our tree removal work. Lots that were already grown up before the storm often turn into brush clearing once the downed timber is out. Estimates are free.
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Hurricane Helene answered that on September 27, 2024. The storm tracked up through Middle Georgia, and Bulloch County took tropical storm winds most of the night. The Reidsville airport logged a 79 mph gust before its sensors went down. The National Weather Service later said interior Southeast Georgia likely saw gusts over 80 mph. Georgia Power reported 19,153 of its 22,553 Bulloch County customers lost power. County crews counted 65 closed roads that Friday morning.
The debris was the long part. Bulloch County first estimated 250,000 cubic yards of limbs and sawed up trees along county roads. By February 2025 the county had collected more than 324,000 cubic yards, and pickup ran into March. Tropical Storm Debby brought the flooding two months before Helene, and Hurricane Matthew took its share of pines in 2016. Storm cleanup is a regular part of owning land in Bulloch County.
A fallen pine is not lying still. The trunk is loaded against whatever it landed on, and the root plate is often tipped up with dirt still on it. We work it in stages. The excavator grabs the trunk with the thumb and takes the weight before anyone cuts. Then the sawyer bucks the tree into sections the machine can lift clear.
Sections go on the dump trailer or into a pile. The tipped root plate gets dug out whole and the hole is filled and smoothed. Fence wire and shed metal wrapped in the top get pulled out by hand and by grapple. The yard gets raked back out with the root rake before we load up. We take stumps out by digging, the same way as our stump removal work, so a storm stump never becomes a grinding job later.
Two ways, and you pick. The dump trailer hauls limbs, trunks and root wood off your property. Or we stack it in one burn pile away from the trees with a cleared dirt break around it. That is how we handled a recent property covered in fallen trees and scattered lumber. Bulloch County is not one of the 54 counties under Georgia's May through September burn ban. Burning yard debris is legal here most of the year.
Hand piled yard debris, meaning leaves and limbs, has needed no permit in Georgia since July 2021. Storm debris is different: the Georgia Forestry Commission requires a call first, for notification or a permit, at 1-800-GA-TREES. Either way the pile sits at least 25 feet from woods and 50 feet from any structure. You burn between sunrise and sunset, stay with the fire, and keep water or a tool ready. We tell you which rules fit your pile before we build it.
We work out of Statesboro and cover about 50 miles around it, from Brooklet and Portal out to Claxton, Metter, Sylvania and Pembroke. Savannah, Pooler, Rincon and Hinesville sit inside that circle too. After a storm the closest calls get worked first, so a downed tree on a Bulloch County drive usually gets seen fast. Emergency tree removal on a house or a power line has its own order: the utility clears the line, then we clear the tree.
Homeowner policies often pay toward removal only when the tree hit a covered structure, and many cap the debris part of the bill. Take photos before anything moves, then call your carrier and us. Published 2026 guides put fallen tree removal in an open yard around $300 to $800 and a tree on a fence or shed at $700 to $2,500. We price each job after seeing it. Call or text (912) 712-6034 for a free estimate.
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(912) 712-6034From the first look at the property to the last pass of the grapple, here is exactly how it goes.
We come see the property first: the growth, the ground under it, access for the machines, and what you want the land to become. Clearing prices live in details a phone call cannot see.
You get a real number and a real timeline, and what it covers is spelled out: clearing, stumps, grading, debris. It holds unless the scope changes, and you hear about any change before it costs anything.
The CAT 275 and 308 show up when we said they would. Brush gets mulched or piled, trees and stumps come out, dirt gets shaped, and debris leaves on the trailer.
We go over the finished ground with you before we leave. Smooth dirt you can mow, grade or build on, and a property that looks better than the day we pulled in.
Common questions about storm cleanup across Statesboro & Southeast Georgia. Don't see yours? Call and ask.
We clear wooded lots, overgrown property and old pasture around Statesboro. Trees, brush and stumps come out, and you get ground you can use.
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Forestry mulching grinds standing brush and small trees into mulch on the spot. We run a CAT 275 with a mulcher head, and the chips stay on your ground as cover.
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We clear brush and underbrush around Statesboro, GA. Overgrown fence lines, property edges, and back yards get opened back up, with the trees left standing.
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Machine based tree removal in Statesboro and Southeast Georgia. We fell the tree, then dig the stump and roots out when you want them gone.
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We dig stumps out with a CAT 308 excavator instead of grinding them. The stump and root ball come up whole, get hauled off, and the hole gets backfilled and leveled.
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We run a CAT 308 excavator on homes and small sites near Statesboro. Trenching, footings, pits, stump dig-outs and loading spoil out.
View DetailsYou deal with the same crew from the first call to the last pass. Questions get answered at the property by the people doing the work.
The CAT 275 mulches and grapples, the CAT 308 digs, lifts and loads. Clearing, trees, stumps, grading and haul-off finish as one project with one estimate.
Estimates happen at the property because clearing prices live in the details. You get a number that holds, and any change in scope gets discussed before it costs anything.
Sandy loam, pine thickets, wet bottoms and summer regrowth: this is the ground we work every week, from Bulloch County out about 50 miles in every direction.
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Watson exceeded our expectations with his attention to detail and his ability to meet our timeline. I will recommend them to anyone!
Truly one of the best young men I’ve worked with. Him and his team exceeded my expectations. I’ve had them come for landscaping and debris removal, and each time I’m pleased. I recommended him to a few co-workers of mine and they consistently thought the pricing was reasonable.
Excellent, professional work!
Do you need a tree removal permit in Georgia? Usually not on a home lot. See the rules for Statesboro, Savannah, Chatham County, Richmond Hill and Pooler.
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HomeGuide puts most tree removal at $400 to $1,200 and Angi averages $750. What moves the price around Statesboro and what an excavator changes.
Read more →Land to clear, brush taking over a fence line, a stump that needs to come out whole, or a lot you want build-ready? Call, text, or send the form. We come look at the property, you get a free estimate with a real number, and the same crew handles the job start to finish.
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