Brush Hogging — Heavy-Duty Field Clearing
Tractor-mounted rotary cutter for grass, weeds, and light brush under 3 inches. Not mulching — this is heavy-duty mowing for fields, meadows, pastures, and vacant lots. Flat $624 per acre.
Land recovery and property protection · Northeast Ohio
We give you your land back, and we make it safe to use.
The brush, thorn and poison ivy that grew up under your good trees comes out, and what you get back is ground you can walk without watching your step.
From $295 for an afternoon's work to full estate restoration.
Heavy Mowing, Not Mulching
Brush hogging is a tractor-mounted rotary cutter that mows tall grass, thick weeds, and light brush up to 3 inches in diameter. It is the service you need when a regular lawn mower cannot handle the growth but you do not have trees or heavy brush that require forestry mulching.
The key difference: brush hogging mows vegetation at ground level. Forestry mulching grinds it — trees, stumps, and all — into fine mulch below grade. If your vegetation is thicker than your arm, you need forestry mulching. If it is grass, weeds, and thin saplings, brush hogging does the job at a fraction of the cost.
Brush Hogging Is Right For
Simple Flat Rate Pricing
No project minimum — smaller areas are flat-priced from $295. No brush density multipliers. No terrain surcharges. Brush hogging is simple work with simple pricing.
Every Brush Hogging Job Includes
When to Upgrade to Forestry Mulching
Brush hogging handles grass, weeds, and saplings up to 3 inches. Once vegetation exceeds that threshold — established trees, woody brush, stumps that need to be ground below grade — you need forestry mulching. The Cat 275 XE and HM418 Mulcher grind trees up to 8 inches in a single pass.
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Common Questions
How much is brush hogging per acre?
$624 per acre, with no project minimum. It is our simplest and cheapest service — a flat per-acre rate with no density surcharge, because open field knockdown does not vary the way wooded mulching does.
What is the difference between brush hogging and forestry mulching?
Brush hogging is heavy-duty mowing for tall grass, weeds, and light brush on open ground. It cuts material and drops it. Forestry mulching grinds standing woody growth and trees up to 8 inches into a fine mulch layer. If your field has real saplings and woody stems in it, hogging will not hold — you want mulching.
How often should a field be brush hogged?
Once or twice a season keeps a field from reverting. Ohio brush puts on 2 to 3 feet a year, so a field left alone for more than two seasons usually has woody stems thick enough that mowing no longer touches them and the job moves up to mulching.
Can you brush hog a field that has not been cut in years?
Sometimes. If it is still grass, weeds, and light brush, yes. Once saplings are established the mower will ride over or bounce off them, and we will quote mulching instead rather than take your money for a pass that does not work.
Do you remove the cut material?
No — cut material is left on the field where it breaks down and returns organic matter to the soil. That is normal for hogging and is part of why the per-acre rate is a fraction of full mulching.
Is there a minimum charge?
No. Smaller areas are flat-priced instead, starting at $295 for an edge up to 500 sq ft and $750 for up to a quarter acre, so a small patch is a real job at a real price rather than a minimum charge.
Brush Hogging Near You
Ready to Reclaim Your Field?
Get an instant estimate based on your acreage. Brush hogging is our simplest service — flat per-acre rate, no surprises, no upsells.
You own the land. You just cannot use it.
That is one layer of brush, and it comes off in a morning.
We'll tell you what it costs. From $295, no project minimum.
Ground you can walk without watching your step — because we take the cover out.
Without losing a tree worth keeping.