Land Clearing
Brush, undergrowth and small trees cleared off lots and acreage with forestry mulchers and brush rakes, leaving ground you can use.
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Ground grows back fast around Albany. Wet winters on valley silt loam push growth hard, and dry summers turn it to fuel. A back pasture east of I-5 or a fence line along the Calapooia closes in over a few seasons. Himalayan blackberry leads the way, and brush and small volunteer trees fill in behind it.
Willamette Valley Land Clearing works out of Lebanon, about 11 miles southeast of Albany on US-20. We take on land clearing across Linn County, from town lots to back acreage. Our skid steer and excavator both carry mulcher heads, so forestry mulching handles most of the growth on site. Call or text (541) 936-4687 for a free estimate.
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Albany sits in the middle of Linn County farm country. The county calls itself the Grass Seed Capital of the World, and the fields toward Tangent show it. Around that farm ground sit smaller rural parcels. Linn County zones rural residential land in blocks of one, two and a half, five and ten acres.
Those parcels are the ones that get away from people. A five acre place with a house on the front often has back ground nobody has touched in years. Our Bobcat skid steer carries a forestry mulcher head, and the excavator takes a mulching head or a brush rake. Ground that is only grass and light weeds is usually a brush hogging and field mowing job instead.
Timing matters here. Valley silt loam holds water, and Dayton silt loam stays soggy through the wet months. Heavy machine work on soft ground tears it up, so we pick the drier windows. Summer ground carries the machines better, and we typically plan around the season's fire restrictions.
Albany grew up at the confluence of the Calapooia and the Willamette. Water runs through the whole town. Oak Creek, Periwinkle Creek, Cox Creek, Burkhart Creek and Truax Creek all feed the system. Those low, damp edges grow blackberry the way a field grows grass.
Canes climb fence lines, swallow field corners and close off the back of a lot. Cutting them once buys a season. Our blackberry removal work mulches the mass down and pulls root balls with the excavator where it makes sense. Regrowth control is repeat mowing or mulching, since we work with machines rather than chemicals.
We stay on the upland edges. Oregon regulates removal and fill work in streams and wetlands, and the east side of Albany holds several of both. Where a job runs close to water, we plan the scope with the property owner before anything starts.
Albany counted 56,472 people in the 2020 census, up from 50,158 in 2010. That growth pushes out to the edge of the urban growth boundary. The city's East Albany plan covers about 2,800 acres inside the boundary east of I-5. Much of that ground is still open field and low density housing near the Knox Butte interchange.
North Albany runs the other way, across the Willamette into Benton County. The city annexed the rest of it in 1991, and it climbs toward Gibson Hill and Spring Hill. Those places hold real yard ground, and back corners go to brush.
Clearing a homesite is its own kind of work. We take brush, small trees and stumps off the building footprint and the access. Stumps come out with the excavator as part of the same clearing job. The builder or excavation contractor takes it from there, and we hand off ground that is ready to shape.
It starts with a call or a text. We come look at the property, talk through what you want left standing, and give you a free estimate. Then we set a date that fits the ground and the weather.
Oregon ended most grass seed field burning in the western valley back in 2009. Linn County typically opens burning from March 1 to June 15 and from October 1 to December 15. Those dates move with fire conditions, and the county runs a daily burn line. Grinding the material in place keeps a job off that calendar.
Before ground disturbing work, Oregon typically calls for an 811 utility locate, and we plan around it. Dry summer grass and old blackberry canes stack fuel against shops and outbuildings. Cutting that back before the hot months is steady work here. We do the same job in Lebanon, Sweet Home and the other towns we cover.
Communities and areas we serve around Albany: Monteith Historic District, Hackleman Historic District, North Albany, Gibson Hill, Spring Hill, Thornton Lake, Knox Butte, East Albany, Periwinkle, Millersburg, Tangent, Oakville.
Albany ZIP codes served: 97321, 97322.
Free estimates throughout Linn County and the surrounding area.
(541) 936-4687 Brush, undergrowth and small trees cleared off lots and acreage with forestry mulchers and brush rakes, leaving ground you can use.
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A mulcher head grinds brush and small trees into chips in one pass. You get the ground back under a layer of chips.
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We clear thick brush, undergrowth and small trees off lots, field edges, fence lines and back acreage. The material gets mulched in place or raked into a pile.
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We clear Himalayan blackberry off fields, fence lines, yards and back acreage with mulcher heads. Blackberry regrows from its root crowns, so we plan the follow-up mowing with you.
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We brush hog overgrown fields, pasture and heavy weeds with a skid steer brush mower. Free estimates across the mid-Willamette Valley from our base in Lebanon.
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We clear homesites and building lots before construction starts. Brush, small trees and stumps come off the footprint and the access.
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Driveways, farm lanes and access roads that brush has closed in, opened back up. We cut the edges and the overhead, then mulch what comes off.
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We clear brush, blackberry and small trees back from homes, shops and barns. Machine work across the mid-Willamette Valley, with free estimates.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Albany. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Tell us where the property is and what you want cleared, and we will set up a look at it. You can also call or text (541) 936-4687.
Tell us about the job. We will get right back to you.