Utility Line Clearing
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.
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Trail clearing turns woods you can't get through into trails you can walk or ride. We cut hunting trails and ATV lanes with a mulching head on a compact track loader. We also reclaim old trails that have grown shut. The mulch stays on the trail as a layer over the soil.
Paulin Land Solutions serves Waukesha County and Southeast Wisconsin, about 40 miles around North Prairie. Trail clearing is one part of our land clearing around Waukesha. It runs on the same machine as our forestry mulching. Call or text (262) 527-7619 to talk about your trails.
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.
A hunting trail gives you a clear walk to your stand before first light. The mulching head grinds brush and saplings down where they stand, and the trail opens up behind the machine.
The same work opens a walking path through the woods. It also opens an access lane to a back field or down to a pond. Tell us what will travel the trail, on foot or on an ATV, and we cut it to fit.
Old trails grow shut when brush and buckthorn move in. The mulching head reopens them and widens an overgrown lane back out. Open stretches of tall grass and light brush get the brush hog, the tool we use for brush hogging fields.
Trail building around the Kettle Moraine means working with hills and wet low ground. The Wisconsin DNR describes the Kettle Moraine State Forest's Southern Unit as forested glacial hills and kettle lakes. Inside the village of North Prairie, the NRCS soil survey maps some ground at 20 to 30 percent slopes.
Water follows a trail downhill. The DNR's forestry field manual warns that roads and skid trails can funnel runoff and cut gullies. It advises keeping skid trails, the paths logging machines use to move logs, under 15 percent grade where possible. We plan the route with you to follow the lay of the land.
Some of the low ground between the hills is wetland. The same manual says skid trails in a wetland need firm or frozen ground. It adds that any wetland work must follow DNR and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rules. The DNR's online permit viewer lets you screen your land for wetlands first.
Start with the hunting calendar. The DNR's season dates put the archery deer opener in September and the gun deer season in late November. Plan the trail clearing so the work is done well before you hunt.
In oak woods, the trees keep a second calendar. The DNR says oak wilt is widespread in southern Wisconsin. Its greatest risk of spread runs from April through July. Sap-feeding beetles then carry the spores to fresh wounds and recently cut oak stumps.
That makes late summer a good window in oak woods, after July and before the archery opener. Late winter works too, after deer season closes. Frozen ground carries the loader over soft spots with less rutting. Our loader runs on tracks, which the DNR manual says can help limit soil compaction.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 40 miles around North Prairie across Waukesha County and Southeast Wisconsin.
(262) 527-7619From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (262) 527-7619, or send the form. Tell us where the land is and what you want done with it.
We look at the land before we price it. The thickness of the brush and the lay of the ground shape the plan.
We put the quote in writing and spell out what it covers. You decide once you have it in hand.
We set a start date with you and bring in the compact track loader. The mulching head grinds the brush and small trees where they stand.
Where the job calls for it, we grade the ground once the brush is down. The land is open and ready for its next use.
Common questions about trail clearing around Waukesha and the Kettle Moraine. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
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.
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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.
Learn MoreThe mulching head cuts brush and small trees and grinds them into mulch in one step. The cleanup is part of the clearing.
The track loader that mulches the brush also grades the ground. One company handles the clearing and the rough pad.
We look at the job first, then put the quote in writing. You see what the work covers before you decide.
North Prairie sits at the center of our service area. Waukesha and the Lake Country towns are inside it, and so are Burlington and Elkhorn to the south.
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.
