Forestry mulching and land clearing in Lincolnton, NC

Ground you can use again

Oak Ridge Land Management works out of Lincolnton. Lazaro Creagh answers the phone, comes out to walk the property and prices the job himself, so the person you talk to is the person running the machine.

Most jobs in and around town are some version of the same problem: ground that used to be open has grown shut. A back lot gone to briars and privet, a pasture edge creeping in, a fence line you cannot find any more. The mulching head takes that growth down where it stands and leaves it on the ground as mulch, with no burn pile and no trailer loads hauled away.

Lincolnton sits on the South Fork of the Catawba River, and a lot of the land around town is rolling Piedmont ground with red clay under it. Clay holds water, so cleared ground that is left bare tends to rut and wash. Leaving the mulch layer down after clearing covers that soil instead of scraping it, which is a big part of why forestry mulching suits this area.

Out toward the county roads the work leans toward acreage: woodlots that need the underbrush opened up, pasture that needs taking back to the tree line, and long drives that turn soft every winter. In town it is more often a single overgrown lot or a back yard that has been let go for a few years.