Forestry Mulching
The forestry mulcher head on our track loader grinds brush and trees up to about 7 inches where they stand. The wood stays on the ground as a layer of mulch.
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Land clearing in Ashland City usually means steep, wooded ground. The town sits in the Cumberland River bottoms, and its neighborhoods climb the hills north of the floodplain. Federal soil maps put about half the land in and around town on 20 to 60 percent slopes. Those hillsides carry oak, hickory, hackberry and red cedar, and an idle lot fills in with briars and saplings.
Phillips Land Services does land clearing around Pleasant View, and Ashland City is part of our service area. We run a compact track loader with a forestry mulcher head and a brush cutter. Forestry mulching in Ashland City grinds brush and trees up to about 7 inches where they stand. Call or text (931) 265-1151, and we look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the brush, field, yard or driveway and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Ashland City sits in a bottomland on the northeast bank of the Cumberland River. Marks Creek meets the river less than a mile from downtown. The Harpeth River joins the Cumberland about 5 miles west of town. Cheatham Lake, a 7,450-acre Corps of Engineers reservoir, runs from Nashville past town to Cheatham Lock and Dam.
On the soil survey, the steep ground around town is a Hawthorne-Sulphura association. Hawthorne soils formed over cherty limestone and siltstone on highly dissected hillsides. The series notes rate their runoff medium to high. Down by the river and the creeks, the survey maps soils that flood now and then.
That mix shapes the work here. On a hillside lot, the mulcher head grinds brush where it stands, and the mulch stays on the ground. For a yard or a creek bank, brush clearing takes out briars, honeysuckle, privet and vines. Bottom ground clears best in a dry spell, when the soil is firm.
Ashland City became the seat of the new Cheatham County in 1856, and its brick courthouse dates to 1869. The town grew from 4,541 people in 2010 to 5,193 in 2020, by the Census count. Census survey estimates say more than half its homes were built in 2000 or later. About one home in three went up in 2010 or later.
The 37015 ZIP code reaches well past the town limits. The 2020 Census counted 18,761 people in that ZIP code area but only 5,193 inside the town. So most people with an Ashland City ZIP code live outside the town limits. Out there, the county's largest farm incomes come from tobacco and beef cattle, per the Tennessee Encyclopedia.
On a wooded lot, site prep for a new home starts with the footprint and the access up the slope. On pasture that grew up in brush, forestry mulching opens the fence lines and the field again. The mulcher handles brush and trees up to about 7 inches, and larger trees go to a tree service.
Inside the town limits, the town's Building and Codes Department is the office to ask. The town code sets small-job limits, such as 100 cubic yards of material, and bigger jobs need a grading permit. Its residential page says to call about grading or filling in a floodplain or on more than an acre. The grading permit form asks who is responsible for erosion control and how much ground gets disturbed.
The town's driveway rules call for a driveway permit before any building permit. A home driveway off a paved road must be paved for its first 15 feet, at least 12 feet wide. The rules allow no driveway slope steeper than 20 percent, which matters on these hills. The paved apron is another trade's job, and our gravel driveway cut-ins take the drive from there to the house.
Outside the town limits, in the unincorporated county, the county's Department of Codes, Building Safety, and Land Use handles permits. Its grading permit applies when fill or a cut changes how water flows onto or off another owner's land. Fill trucked over county roads needs a county permit once one site takes more than 10 loads in 180 days. Anywhere in Tennessee, a construction site that disturbs an acre or more needs a TDEC stormwater permit.
FEMA's flood maps put about 30 percent of the town in the 100-year floodplain. The town's grading code bars development in a designated floodplain, apart from accepted farm practices. Outside town, the county's grading form sends flood hazard lots to a separate flood hazard development application.
Marks Creek and Sycamore Creek both run down to the Cumberland near town. On a creek bank, brush clearing cuts the brush and leaves the roots in the ground. Reshaping the bank itself or filling a wetland needs the state's stream permit from TDEC first.
At Cheatham Lock and Dam, downriver from town, NOAA's normals make May the wettest month at about 5.6 inches. August is the driest at about 3.3 inches, and late summer into fall is the firmest time for low ground. The median last spring freeze there is April 9, and the first fall freeze is November 1. That leaves about 206 days between freezes for brush to grow back.
Communities and areas we serve around Ashland City: Downtown and the courthouse square, Cumberland River bottoms, Cheatham Lake, Marks Creek, Sycamore Creek, Bearwallow, Marrowbone, Chapmansboro, Bethlehem, Lockertsville, Petway, Highway 12 and Highway 49.
Ashland City ZIP codes served: 37015.
Ashland City is part of our service area. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
(931) 265-1151 The forestry mulcher head on our track loader grinds brush and trees up to about 7 inches where they stand. The wood stays on the ground as a layer of mulch.
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We clear briars, privet, honeysuckle and vines off yards, lots, fence rows and creek banks. The mulcher head grinds the brush where it stands and leaves the mulch on the ground.
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Bush hogging for overgrown fields and pastures with a rotary brush cutter on our track loader. We open a grown-up field and keep it open with a cut once or twice a year.
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Land grading fixes yards that hold water or send it toward the house. We fill the low spots and slope the ground so rain runs off.
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Dirt work with a compact track loader around Pleasant View. We spread fill dirt and topsoil, shape swales, backfill and clean up after a build.
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We clear the building footprint and grade it into a level pad. Your builder gets a site with a way in for the trucks.
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We cut in new gravel driveways and grade the stone to a crown. We also regrade worn drives and fix ruts and washouts.
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We clear downed limbs and small blown-down trees off your land after a storm. The mulcher head grinds the debris in place, or we push it into piles.
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We knock down old sheds and carports with a compact track loader. Then we haul the debris off your property.
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When Middle Tennessee gets a snow, we push parking lots and private drives clear with the track loader. Call or text for a written quote before winter.
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Skid steer services around Pleasant View with a compact track loader and its mulcher head, bucket and brush cutter. We bring the machine and run it, from a few hours of machine time up to full-property clearing.
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Phillips land services did fantastic work clearing trees and brush from around my pond. Showed up on time, great communication about what they were going to do to get what I wanted done accomplished. Very respectful of my property, leaving surrounding areas as good or better than when they arrived.
Phillips land services does amazing work. They are dependable and professional. Very easy to work with, great people
Did a great job clearing my one and moving dirt. Highly recommended.
A few of the questions we hear most around Ashland City. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Tell us the town and a few words about the land, and we will look at the job. You can also call or text (931) 265-1151.
Tell us about the brush, field, yard or driveway and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.