Forestry Mulching
A mulching head grinds brush, saplings and small trees into mulch where they stand. The roots stay in the ground, and the mulch stays on top as cover.
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The pasture has gone to briars and weeds, and the fence line is lost in brush. That is bush hogging work. Presto Contractors cuts pasture, fields, overgrown lots, fence lines, road frontage and food plots with a bush hog. We take on one-time cleanups and seasonal mowing.
We are based in Waynesboro in Wayne County and work about 70 miles out across southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama. When the growth is too heavy for the cutter, we bring the mulching head or the dozer instead. Call or text (601) 410-5339, and we will look at the site and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the land, the lot or the job. We look at the site and put the quote in writing.
Bush hogging is mowing with a rotary cutter, a heavy mower built for tall grass and brush. People call the cutter a bush hog, and the job took its name. Its blades spin flat under a steel deck and chop the growth down to an even stubble. MSU Extension's forestry guide describes bush hogging as cutting growth near ground level, thin woody stems included.
The cuttings fall back on the ground and break down there. The roots stay, and the same guide notes that mowing does not typically kill what it cuts. Woody brush sprouts back too.
Bush hogging cuts the growth and leaves it. Brush removal takes it off the property, and that is land clearing with a dozer and root rake. The stumps and roots come out, and the debris leaves on our own trucks.
Wayne County is mostly forest, but USDA's 2024 cropland map puts about one acre in eight in grass and pasture. NOAA normals give Waynesboro about 60 inches of rain a year. Pasture grass and weeds grow through a long season in the Piney Woods.
An MSU Extension forage article notes that mowing weeds can take several cuttings in a season. So we do bush hogging two ways. A one-time cleanup opens up a field or a pasture that has gone to brush. Seasonal mowing brings the cutter back as the grass grows, so the pasture stays ahead of the weeds.
A pasture that has sat for a few seasons often needs the cleanup first and seasonal mowing after. The written quote lays out both.
A lot or a field that has sat for years hides things. Old wire, stumps, holes and trash sit under the grass, and they are hard on a cutter. So we look at the site, or at your photos and a pin, before we write the quote.
The cutter takes grass, weeds, briars, cane and young brush. Saplings too thick for it are a job for forestry mulching, which grinds them down where they stand. Bigger trees come down with the tree shear or the excavator as part of land clearing.
If the lot will carry a house, cutting the brush is only the first pass. The stumps come out, and the ground gets graded and built up into a house pad.
Call or text for a written quote anywhere across southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama, about 70 miles around Waynesboro.
(601) 410-5339From the first call or text to finished ground, here is how it goes.
Call or text (601) 410-5339 and tell us about the land and the job. Send photos and a pin if you like.
We come out to see the ground and how the equipment gets in. For a simple job, photos and a pin may be enough.
You get the quote in writing, with the job spelled out. We start when you say go.
We do the clearing, mulching, dirt work, utilities or demolition the quote calls for. Fill and rock come in on our own trucks when the job needs them.
The debris is gone, and you have clean, graded ground or mulched ground with the trees you chose still standing. We take a final look at it with you.
Common questions about bush hogging across southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama, about 70 miles around Waynesboro. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
A mulching head grinds brush, saplings and small trees into mulch where they stand. The roots stay in the ground, and the mulch stays on top as cover.
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We take a raw lot to a site ready to build, with the pad built up and shaped to drain. Fill dirt and gravel come in on our own trucks.
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Excavators and dozers for cut and fill, digging, ditches, drainage and grading. Dirt comes in and goes out on our own trucks.
Learn MoreExcavators, dozers, skid steers, a mulching head, a tree shear, root rakes and a bush hog do the work. Our own dump trucks haul the debris off and bring the fill in.
One company clears the land and builds the pad on the same job. Underground utilities and demolition fit in when the site needs them.
We look at the site, or you send photos and a pin, and we put the quote in writing. It spells out the work before a machine rolls in.
We are based in Waynesboro in Wayne County, about 15 miles from the Alabama line. We work about 70 miles out across southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama.
Tell us about the land or the job, and text photos if you have them. Call or text (601) 410-5339 or use the form, and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the land, the lot or the job. We look at the site and put the quote in writing.