How Much Does Brush Removal Cost in Arkansas?

A national cost guide puts brush removal at $800 to $3,000 per acre on average. Clearing trees and brush together runs up to $5,000 per acre in that guide. A contractor-facing cost guide gives a wider spread, from $500 to more than $10,000 per acre.

Hauling off a brush pile is often priced by the load. The national guide puts it at $150 to $200 per pickup-truck load. These are market numbers, not our price list.

Craig Land Management is based in Monette and does brush clearing across Northeast Arkansas. Use these ranges to plan, then get a number for your own ground.

How much does brush removal cost per acre?

Both guides price brush by how thick it is. They draw the lines in different places, so each one gets its own table. The national guide sorts land by how many trees grow in the brush.

The contractor-facing guide uses four bands. It also prices brush by region, and it puts Arkansas in its South Central region.

Every South Central figure sits a little under the guide’s national bands. For Arkansas ground, that column is the closest match on this page.

Why do the two cost guides disagree?

They measure brush in different ways. The national guide counts trees. Its heavy band is half brush and half trees, and its top band is a wild forest.

The contractor-facing guide goes by how thick and woody the growth is. Its light band is grass, weeds and small saplings. Its medium band is mixed shrubs, privet, young cedars, thick blackberry canes and small trees.

The widest gap is at the top. The national guide stops at $5,000 per acre for trees and brush cleared together. The contractor-facing guide runs past $10,000 per acre for very heavy, overgrown land.

So find the band that matches your ground and price from there. Once the trees have to come out too, the job is closer to full land clearing. See land clearing cost per acre in Arkansas for those prices.

What does each clearing method cost?

How the brush comes down changes the price too. The contractor-facing guide prices these three methods by the acre.

A bush hog mows. The guide says it handles growth up to about 2 to 3 inches across. Our bush hogging runs a brush cutter on the skid steer. Mowing grass and weeds on open ground prices differently, so see what bush hogging costs in Arkansas.

Forestry mulching grinds brush and small trees where they stand. The guide says it leaves no debris to haul. It adds that the mulch layer holds back regrowth for 2 to 3 years. For hourly and daily mulching rates, see forestry mulching cost in Arkansas.

Hand clearing costs the most per acre here. It is the fallback for ground a machine cannot reach. The national guide says brush on muddy or uneven ground that machines can’t safely reach may need hand work. Hand clearing also leaves piles, and hauling them adds $500 to $2,000 per acre in the contractor-facing guide.

What does it cost to haul brush away?

Haul-off is priced by the load, the hour and the ton. The national cost guide lists these market rates.

Local dump fees can run lower. The City of Jonesboro’s green waste drop-off charges county residents and businesses $27 per ton, with a $7 minimum. Jonesboro residents drop off yard waste there at no charge.

The drop-off takes tree limbs smaller than 12 inches across. Fees change, so check the city’s current rate before you haul.

On our jobs, the grapple loads what has to leave the property. It goes out on the dump trailer with the rest of the clearing debris.

Does mulching brush cost less than hauling it off?

The contractor-facing guide points that way. Forestry mulching runs $1,500 to $4,500 per acre, with nothing to haul. Hand clearing runs $2,000 to $5,000, and hauling its piles adds $500 to $2,000 more.

We grind brush and small trees in place with the drum mulcher, the same machine behind our forestry mulching. Larger timber is its own question, and we look at it on the estimate.

Haul-off still has its place. Some people want bare ground near the house instead of a mulch layer.

On Crowley’s Ridge, the mulch does a second job. The Ridge rises some 250 feet above the flat land around it, and its loess soil erodes very easily. A reference on Arkansas geography says those soils need plant cover to fight erosion. Cleared ground on a slope should not sit bare, and mulch keeps it covered.

What makes brush removal cost more in Northeast Arkansas?

Terrain comes first. The national cost guide treats muddy or uneven ground as a cost driver. On the Ridge, that means slopes. Around Monette, on the flat Delta ground, it means soft ground after a rain.

Ditch banks and fence rows are long, narrow strips. A per acre price fits them poorly, so ask for a price on the strip itself. Clearing the fence rows across a whole pasture is pasture and fence line clearing.

Access counts too. A narrow gate or a ditch to cross adds time before any brush comes down.

Can you burn brush instead of hauling it?

Burning comes with rules, and they can change with the weather. The state’s Division of Environmental Quality says state and local authorities may both limit open burning of yard waste. City or county officials can add their own limits. Burn bans can stop burning because of weather or other hazards.

The state posts a burn ban map on Arkansas.gov, so check it before you light a pile. We mulch brush in place or haul it off on the dump trailer.

How do you get a price for your brush removal?

The ranges above are a starting point. The price for your place depends on what is growing there and how we get to it. Craig Land Management is based in Monette, working about 50 miles around Jonesboro.

We clear brush with a skid steer running a drum mulcher, a brush cutter and a grapple. Call (870) 351-5107 to set up a look at your property. The estimate is free, and we write it out after we see the brush. Our brush clearing service page shows what the work covers.