How To Clear Land By Hand. Mark the area of land to be cleared. See typical tasks and time to clear land, along with per unit costs and material requirements.
Leave stumps in place and let grass grow around them for the first year or two. A brush grubber is a fun little tool which you can attach to a tree, and then pull it out of the ground, roots and all, with a 4×4 or a truck. Land clearing involves, at various points, clearing brush, cutting down and hauling away large trees, digging up rocks, filling in large holes with dirt, smoothing furrows and hills, removing shrubs and small trees, and either burning, grinding, or otherwise removing the leftover stumps.
Pushover, cut, grind and burning are three of the most used land clearing methods.
For a heavily forested lot the prices to clear the trees can be $7,000 or more. See professionally prepared estimates for land clearing work. Removing other land features such as concrete or tree stumps, the size of the land, and land grading all affect the total cost of land clearing. First use a very sharp spade to.