Forestry Mulching
A mulching head on our compact track loader grinds brush and small trees into mulch where they stand. The mulch stays on your land as ground cover, and the big trees you pick stay standing.
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Land clearing in Burlington covers river lots in the city and farm ground out in the Town of Burlington. The city sits in Racine County along the Fox and White Rivers. FEMA flood maps mark flood zones along both. Past the city limits, fence rows and woodlots go to brush and buckthorn when nobody keeps after them.
Burlington is part of the Paulin Land Solutions service area, which reaches about 40 miles around North Prairie. For land clearing, we run a compact track loader with two mulching heads and a brush hog. Forestry mulching turns brush and small trees into mulch that stays on the ground. Call or text (262) 527-7619 and tell us where the land is.
Tell us about the land you want cleared or graded and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Beside the two rivers, Honey Creek and Spring Brook carry FEMA flood zones too. Parts of the city sit in a mapped floodway. The city also reports more frequent heavy rains that overwhelm its storm sewers.
Echo Lake sits just northwest of downtown, behind the city's Echo Lake Dam. The federal soil survey maps muck and poorly drained silt loam in low spots around town. That ground stays soft, so a track loader works it best once it freezes in winter.
Clearing near a river or a lake can fall under shoreland and floodplain rules. Inside the city, ask the city's zoning administrator before the work starts. In the Town of Burlington, zoning runs through Racine County's Development Services office. Work in a wetland also answers to the Wisconsin DNR.
Burlington's first land claim, about December 1835, was marked by names carved on trees, the city's history says. The city had 11,047 people in the 2020 census. Census figures put the median year built for its homes at 1970, and about one in five predates 1940.
City zoning sets minimum lot sizes of 8,000 to 14,000 square feet in the single-family districts. On a lot that size, the job might be a back corner or a fence line gone to brush. City rules bar burning yard waste in fire pits, and mulched brush stays on the ground instead.
The city's 2025 housing report counts about 98 acres of vacant land zoned for homes. It notes that sites near wetlands or woodlands may face limits on building. Outside the city, the Town of Burlington adds about 6,500 people on farm ground and lake lots. Browns Lake and Bohners Lake are lake communities inside the town.
Brush hogging keeps a pasture or a hobby-farm field cut before saplings move in. Once saplings grow too thick for the brush hog, forestry mulching takes over. Back acreage can also need a hunting path opened or brush mulched under a power line.
Woodlots and fence rows are where buckthorn removal comes in. The Wisconsin DNR lists common buckthorn as a restricted invasive species. Its leaves stay green into fall, and birds and other animals spread the fruit.
We mulch the thicket to the ground so light reaches the woods floor again. Mulching does not kill the roots, so the stumps resprout. Plan on follow-up cuts, and ask a licensed applicator from another company about treating the regrowth.
The federal soil survey maps loam over sand and gravel on much of the ground around Burlington. Casco and Fox soils drain well, and steep Casco and Rodman soils cover some of the gravelly hills. Those soils sit on old glacial outwash plains and moraine hills.
The same survey lists frost action as a limit for roads on almost every soil type here. Frost heave lifts a gravel drive in winter, and the thaw leaves it soft in spring. We grade the base for gravel driveways and crown the gravel so water runs off. A supplier delivers the gravel, and we spread and grade it.
Inside the city, driveway work in the public right-of-way needs a right-of-way permit from the Department of Public Works. Wisconsin law counts grading as digging. Anyone who digs contacts Diggers Hotline at 811 at least three working days before the work starts.
Communities and areas we serve around Burlington: Town of Burlington, Browns Lake, Bohners Lake, Echo Lake, Downtown Burlington, Rochester, Waterford, Honey Creek, Lyons, Kansasville, Tichigan.
Burlington ZIP codes served: 53105.
Burlington is part of our service area. We look at the job first, then put the quote in writing.
(262) 527-7619 A mulching head on our compact track loader grinds brush and small trees into mulch where they stand. The mulch stays on your land as ground cover, and the big trees you pick stay standing.
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We cut overgrown fields and pastures with a brush hog on our compact track loader. Tall weeds and saplings up to a few inches thick come down so the land stays open.
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We mulch honeysuckle and buckthorn out from under your mature trees. The trees stay standing, and you can see and walk through your woods again.
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We mulch common and glossy buckthorn thickets to the ground with a track loader and a mulching head. The woods open up, and the regrowth gets easier to keep after.
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We level rough ground and grade pads with a compact track loader. We also backfill around new foundations and spread fill a supplier delivers.
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We mulch brush and small trees off the building spot and the drive, and leave the mature trees you want. Then we grade a rough pad with our compact track loader.
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We build gravel driveways and driveway pads on a graded base. We also regrade rutted, washed-out driveways and put the crown back so rain runs off.
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We cut hunting trails and ATV lanes through brush and saplings with a mulching head. We also reopen old trails and lanes that have grown shut.
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We mulch brush and saplings under power lines and along utility easements on private land. The lines and the trees near the wires stay with the utility.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Burlington. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Send us the town and a few words about the land, and we will look at the job. You can also call or text (262) 527-7619.
Tell us about the land you want cleared or graded and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.