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 New Berlin covers two kinds of ground. Most of the west side is planned as country land, at about one home per five acres. Across the city, about half the homes date from before 1980. On older lots and country land alike, buckthorn and brush can fill the back edges and fence rows.
Paulin Land Solutions offers land clearing in Waukesha and the towns around it. New Berlin is part of our service area. Our forestry mulching grinds brush and small trees into mulch, and the mulch stays on the ground as a layer. Call or text (262) 527-7619, and we look at the job and put the quote in writing.
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.
New Berlin is a city of about 40,000 people on about 36 square miles of land. The Census counts 69 percent of its homes as detached single-family houses. The median home was built in 1978, and only about 16 percent date from 2000 or later. The city's 2025 housing report says many homes were built on lots of 10,000 square feet or more.
The city's land use plan calls most of the west side Country Residential, at about one home per five acres. It notes a large number of farm operations in that area. The plan also says hobby farming there should be encouraged.
On country land, field edges and fence rows fill in between mowings, and brush hogging keeps them cut. In an older yard, buckthorn and honeysuckle can crowd the back lot line. Our buckthorn removal mulches that thicket to the ground so you can see into the trees again.
The soil survey maps much of New Berlin as Ozaukee and Mequon silt loam. NRCS rates Ozaukee moderately well drained and Mequon somewhat poorly drained. Houghton muck sits in the lowest spots, and NRCS rates it very poorly drained.
The city says New Berlin sits at the headwaters of its creeks, and flash floods are the usual kind here. In the June 2008 storms, the city counted 80 road closures. It tied most of that flooding to local drainage and a lot of water in a short time.
Wet silt loam ruts under a heavy machine, so timing matters. On a low lot, frozen winter ground carries the track loader with less rutting. When the brush is down, we grade out ruts and low spots with the same loader. The city's Water Resource Management Utility is the office that looks into drainage complaints.
Permits in New Berlin run through the Department of Community Development on the second floor of City Hall. The Engineering Department's permit list covers grading and erosion control, culverts, curb and ditch work, and driveway approaches. The city asks you to check with staff whether your project needs a permit.
The grading and erosion control permit form lists grading or removal of groundcover as one type of work. It asks for the total area to be disturbed. It also says grades set along the lot lines before a lot is sold are not to be disturbed. We point you to the city before any grading starts.
Wisconsin law says anyone who digs, a homeowner in their own yard included, must contact Diggers Hotline first. Call 811 at least three working days before the work starts. Weekends and state holidays do not count. The law's definition of excavation includes grading.
The Census Bureau counted permits for 32 new single-family homes in New Berlin in 2024 and 33 in 2025. The city's 2025 housing report counts more than 1,500 acres of vacant land zoned for one home per five acres. The city's plan also backs infill, meaning new homes on vacant lots in existing neighborhoods.
The plan says most new subdivisions from 2015 on are conservation style. They average one home per five acres, with 50 to 75 percent left as open space. Quarry Park, an 18-lot conservation subdivision, sits on National Avenue. Five Fields, a subdivision proposed on Coffee Road, had a Plan Commission concept review in May 2026.
On a wooded lot, the building spot and the drive need to be opened first. Our site preparation mulches brush and small trees off that ground, and the mature trees you mark stay standing. Then we grade a rough building pad or shed pad with the track loader. The city's permit list includes sheds of 144 square feet or less, so check before the pad goes in.
Communities and areas we serve around New Berlin: Prospect Hill, Deer Creek, Moorland Road, National Avenue, Racine Avenue, Coffee Road, Calhoun Road, Sunny Slope Road, Beloit Road, Upper Kelly Lake, Malone Park, Valley View Park.
New Berlin ZIP codes served: 53146, 53151.
New Berlin 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 New Berlin. 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.