Land Clearing and Forestry Mulching in Benton, AR
Sweetgum, volunteer pine, privet grown to the fence line: we grind it where it stands and leave ground you can use. Free estimates. Call (501) 208-6399.
Acreage around Benton has a habit: turn your back on it for three summers and it goes to thicket. Sweetgum comes up first, then volunteer pine, then privet fills in underneath until you can't walk your own land. We fix that. Brice Contracting grinds brush, saplings, and standing scrub into mulch right where it grows. No burn piles waiting on the weather. No dump trucks hauling debris past your neighbors. You get ground you can walk, mow, build on, or fence.
We're based in Hattieville, up in Conway County, and we work all of Arkansas, with most of our jobs in Central Arkansas. Benton is a planned trip for us, not a swing-by, and we treat it that way: when the machines come down, they stay until the work is finished. We own the whole fleet, excavators, forestry mulchers, bulldozers, skid steers, so no rental schedule decides your timeline and the right machine is on the trailer the first time. Austin Brice answers the phone himself, and he typically calls back within 10 minutes during business hours.
On cost, here it is straight: forestry mulching projects start at $2,500. Loading and hauling heavy equipment isn't free, and below that floor the math doesn't work for anybody. Most acreage jobs around Benton clear it easily. The estimate costs nothing either way: Austin walks the property with you, you point at what goes and what stays, and you get a real number before anything starts. If your job's too small for us, he'll tell you on the phone and save you the wait.
From the Saline River Bottoms to the Pine Hills
Benton sits where two kinds of country meet. North and east it's the I-30 corridor: the Saline County seat, subdivisions going in, Bryant next door ranking among the fastest-growing cities in the state, new parcels getting carved off old ground every year. South and west, out toward Tull and Traskwood and the Ouachita foothills, it's pine timber country, land that's been logged and let go more than once. Different ground, same problem. Cutover regrowth comes back so thick you can't see thirty feet into your own property, and the river bottoms grow privet and vines like it's their job.
A lot of buyers around Benton right now are buying for room: a few acres past the city limits because in-town lots got tight and expensive. That land usually comes rough, and a forestry mulcher is the right first tool on most of it. It takes the brush and small timber, leaves the big pines and hardwoods you want standing, and turns everything it grinds into ground cover that holds the soil instead of a scraped scar that washes every time it rains. When you need more than mulching, a bare-dirt build site, a driveway cut, a pad, stumps out of the ground, we bring the excavator and dozer and handle the dirt work on the same trip. One crew, one estimate, your call on how far to take it.
See what our finished jobs look like on our work gallery, or read the cost guide before you call.
What We Clear in Benton
Cutover Regrowth
Old timber ground that was logged years back and came up in sweetgum and volunteer pine, thick as hair. We mulch it back to open ground you can walk, mow, or build on, and you skip the burn pile entirely.
First Cut on a Wooded Parcel
You bought acres outside Benton and need a way in before anything else can happen. We open the driveway, clear the build spot, and cut sight lines so you can finally see what you own.
Thinning Under Standing Pine
You don't want it scalped, you want it park-like. The mulcher takes privet, briars, and saplings out from under your big pines and leaves the trees you bought the place for.
Brush Off the Boundary
You can't string fence through a wall of brush, and you can't find your pins in it either. We cut clean lines along your boundaries so the fence crew, the surveyor, and you can get through.
Saline River Bottomland
Bottomland along the Saline grows privet and vines faster than anywhere else on a place. We knock it back to usable ground: food plots, four-wheeler access, or just a clear path to the water.
Every Service, One Crew
We bring our own equipment to every Benton job: forestry mulching, land clearing, and site development. No subcontractors, no rental delays.
"Thank you so much for the work you did on our land! You helped us see what is possible by giving us space to create. We will definitely recommend you to our friends and family!"
- Ben S., Brice Contracting customer
Benton Questions, Straight Answers
Also serving: Bryant, Little Rock, Maumelle, and all of Central Arkansas. We work all of Arkansas.
Get a Straight Price on Your Benton Acreage
Call Austin Brice at (501) 208-6399. Free walk-the-property estimate, licensed and insured, and he typically calls back within 10 minutes during business hours.