Serving a 20-mile radius of Franklin, TN — south of Nashville
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Land Clearing in Franklin, TN

Land Clearing · Franklin, TN

From Overgrown to Build-Ready

Land clearing around Franklin, Brentwood, Spring Hill and across Williamson County is the first step of almost everything: a new homesite, a barn or shop pad, a pasture reclaim, or just taking back the half of the property you cannot walk anymore. We clear brush, cedar, saplings and trees, pull the stumps where the plan calls for it, and because we run our own dump trucks, the debris leaves with us instead of sitting in a burn pile by the fence.

Clearing here has been our bread and butter since 1996, and the equipment matches the job: excavators and track loaders do the heavy pulling, and forestry mulching handles the ground where grinding brush in place is smarter than hauling it. If your project keeps going after the clearing — a pad, a driveway, a finished yard — the same crew rolls straight into grading and site prep.

What We Handle

  • Overgrown lots and acreage
  • Homesite and building-pad clearing
  • Cedar, brush and thicket removal
  • Stump removal or grind-in-place
  • Fence rows and property lines opened
  • Debris hauled off in our own trucks
  • Selective clearing around keeper trees
  • Free on-site walk-through and quote

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Cleared Means Actually Cleared

A lot of “land clearing” around Middle Tennessee stops at knocked-over brush and a pile someone else has to deal with. Ours does not. We cut and pull the growth, dig the stumps where the ground needs to take a foundation or a driveway, load the debris, and haul it off the property. When we leave, you have open ground you can mow, stake, or hand to a builder — not a windrow smoldering for three weekends.

Where the plan is pasture, trails, or views instead of construction, we will tell you when mulching in place is the better buy: the brush gets ground into chips that feed the soil, nothing gets hauled, and the price usually comes in under a full clear-and-haul. That call — mulch it or move it — is the first thing we settle on the walk-through.

The Growth That Eats Williamson County Ground

Around here idle ground does not stay idle. Eastern redcedar seeds into any field that misses a few mowings, privet and bush honeysuckle fill the fence rows and creek edges, and hackberry and blackberry cane close the gaps. Give it five years and a usable field is a wall you cannot see through. It is exactly the kind of growth our crews have been cutting out of Williamson and Rutherford county ground for decades.

We clear it selectively when the property has trees worth keeping — the big oaks and maples stay, the junk growth underneath goes — and completely when the plan calls for open dirt. Either way the stumps are handled honestly: ground low enough to mow over, or dug and hauled when the ground has to be build-ready.

Clearing That Feeds the Next Step

Most clearing jobs are not the finish line — they are step one of a homesite, a shop, an arena, or a long gravel drive. Because we also do the excavation, grading and hauling, the lot does not sit torn-up waiting on the next contractor. The same equipment that cleared it cuts the pad, shapes the drainage, and leaves the site ready for the builder.

That single-crew handoff matters on the fast-moving ground south of Nashville. New builds in Spring Hill, Nolensville and Thompson’s Station move on tight schedules, and a lot that clears this week and grades next week keeps yours on it.

Aerial view of freshly cleared land along a creek in Middle Tennessee Excavator lifting a large tree root ball during land clearing

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How We Work

How a Job With E&S Runs

From the first walk of the property to the final one, here is exactly how it goes.

1

Walk the Property

We come out and walk the ground with you: what is growing, where the water goes, what the dirt is hiding, and what you actually want the property to become.

2

Straight Quote

You get a free written quote with a real timeline. It names what happens to stumps, spoil and debris, and it flags honest risks like shallow rock before any machine rolls.

3

We Do the Work

The equipment shows up when we said it would — machines and trucks both ours. We clear, dig, grade and haul to the plan, and you hear about anything unexpected immediately.

4

Final Walk-Through

We walk the finished ground together. Grades checked, debris gone, surface left seed-ready or build-ready as the plan called for. Done means you say it is done.

FAQ

Land Clearing Questions, Answered

Common questions about land clearing across Williamson & Rutherford counties, south of Nashville. Don't see yours? Give us a call — we're happy to help.

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How much does land clearing cost in the Franklin area?
It depends on how thick the growth is, how big the trees are, whether stumps come out or get ground, and how much has to be hauled. That is why we quote from a walk of the property, not over the phone. The walk-through and the written quote are free, and the number holds unless the scope changes.
Do you haul the debris away or burn it?
We haul it. We run our own dump trucks, so cleared brush, logs and stumps leave the property with us. If you would rather keep material on site — chips for ground cover, logs for firewood — say so on the walk-through and we will plan the job that way.
Can you clear around trees I want to keep?
Yes. Selective clearing is most of what we do on residential ground. Walk the property with us and flag what stays — the crew clears the brush and junk growth around your keeper trees without tearing them up.
Do the stumps come out?
Your call, and the plan decides it. If the ground is taking a foundation, a driveway or a septic field, stumps get dug and hauled. If it is going back to pasture or lawn, grinding them low and leaving the roots is cheaper and the ground stays stable. We price both ways on the quote.
How fast can you get to a clearing job?
Walk-throughs usually happen within a few days. Most jobs schedule inside a couple of weeks, faster when the ground is dry. Call (615) 599-7550 and we will get eyes on your property this week.
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Why Choose Mid South

Why Property Owners South of Nashville Call Us

Local Since 1996

Based on Lewisburg Pike in Franklin, working a 20-mile radius south of Nashville. Thirty years on this specific dirt, and the people who quote your ground run the machines on it.

Machines and Trucks, All Ours

Excavators, dozers, track loaders and our own dump trucks. Clearing, dirt work and hauling in-house means your job never stalls waiting on a subcontractor.

Straight Written Quotes

We walk the property, price it in writing with a real timeline, and flag honest risks like shallow rock up front. The number holds unless the scope changes.

Start-to-Finish Ground

Clear it, grade it, haul it, landscape it — one crew owns the whole sequence, so nothing falls between contractors and the finish actually gets finished.

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Get In Touch With Mid South Mulch

Overgrown lot, yard that will not drain, pad that needs cutting, or a landscape ready for a redo? Call or send the form and we will walk the property with you and hand you a free written quote.

  • (615) 599-7550
  • 430 Lewisburg Pike, Franklin, TN — Open 24/7
  • Free on-site quotes, straight answers

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