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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Junction City sits on the valley floor, close to the Willamette River. The farm ground around town grows grass seed, hay, hazelnuts and Christmas trees. When a field or a back pasture stops being worked, blackberry takes the fence lines first. Land clearing in Junction City often starts there, before brush and young trees close in on the rest.
Willamette Valley Land Clearing is based in Lebanon and grew out of an established Oregon commercial construction operation. Land clearing is our main work: brush and small trees off lots and acreage, with stumps dug out. Around Junction City, we also run brush hogging on grass fields and blackberry removal on fence lines. Call or text (541) 936-4687 for a free estimate.
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Railroad builder Ben Holladay named the town. It was where the valley's east-side rail line would meet the line on the west side. The west-side line was not built as planned, so the rail junction never came. Junction City later became the meeting point of the east and west branches of U.S. Route 99.
Route 99E crosses the Willamette almost as soon as it leaves the city limits, on its way to Harrisburg. Route 36 runs the other way, out to Mapleton in the Coast Range. Land in the Long Tom River watershed is zoned mostly forest and farm, with rural homes mixed in.
When a grass seed or hay field sits idle, brush and blackberry move in from the edges. Young trees come next, and a few seasons later the field is hard to mow. Our Bobcat skid steer runs a forestry mulcher head that grinds that growth into mulch where it stands. Forestry mulching leaves the chips on the ground, and our excavator digs out the stumps.
The Long Tom River is a tributary of the Willamette. It runs through Fern Ridge Reservoir, then north into the valley, roughly parallel to and west of the Willamette. Cheshire sits near the Long Tom, southwest of Junction City on Route 36. The river's watershed also takes in the farm communities of Alvadore, Crow, Franklin and Noti.
Fence lines and ditch banks out here fill in with invasive Himalayan blackberry. We cut or mulch the canes to the ground, then a brush rake pulls up the root balls. Blackberry sprouts again from root crowns left in the soil, so plan on follow-up passes. Repeat mowing and mulching keep the regrowth down.
Both rivers draw brush and blackberry to their banks. Near the Willamette or the Long Tom, our machines stay on upland ground above the bank. Work any closer to the water gets planned with you before it starts.
Valley clay hardens when it dries and turns sticky and heavy when it is wet. West of the Cascades, about half the year's precipitation falls from December through February. Tracks and tires on soft winter clay leave deep ruts across a field.
Summers in Junction City are warm and dry, and the clay firms up. Late spring through early fall is the easiest window for heavy machine work. We check your ground on the estimate visit and pick dates when it will carry the machines.
Dry summers also turn grass and brush near a house into fuel, and defensible space clearing cuts it back. On forestland, Oregon Department of Forestry fire-season rules typically limit equipment hours. At IFPL III, ground-based equipment typically runs only between 8 p.m. and 1 p.m. We plan the job around those hours.
West of the Long Tom lies the Lower Long Tom AVA, a wine region. It runs from south of Cheshire to south of Monroe, and most of it lies in the Junction City area. Ridges run in from the Coast Range and end just short of the river. Three of them end at Cox Butte, Rose Butte and Monroe Butte.
Slopes in the Lower Long Tom average about 20 percent, and the steepest run near 45 percent. Much of the soil there is Bellpine, a fast-draining type. Here, hillside clearing puts our excavator on stable footing, and its mulching head reaches out over the slope.
Closer to town, a new house on acreage needs open ground first. Lot clearing takes brush and small trees off the house site, and our excavator digs out the stumps. Where brush has closed in a long farm lane, driveway and access road clearing cuts it back from both sides.
Communities and areas we serve around Junction City: Cheshire, Harrisburg, Monroe, Coburg, Franklin, Alvadore, Veneta, Crow, Noti.
Junction City ZIP codes served: 97448.
Free estimates throughout Lane 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 clear poison oak off acreage, fence lines and wooded lots with mulcher heads and an excavator. It sprouts back from the roots, so we plan follow-up passes with you.
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We clear brush and small trees off steep slopes and banks with an excavator that works from stable ground. The brush is mulched in place, and estimates are free.
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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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We rough grade cleared ground, building pads and gravel driveways. The same machines that clear a property handle the dirt work.
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We regrade gravel driveways and farm lanes and put the crown back so water runs off. You order any new rock from a quarry, and we spread and grade it.
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Hire our skid steer with an operator from our crew for mowing, mulching, brush raking and rough grading. Several tasks can go into one visit, and estimates are free.
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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 Junction City. 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.