From a building envelope on a wooded lot to a view cut or reclaimed field, we clear Plymouth land right — stumps out, debris handled, grade left ready for what’s next.
Plymouth sits on glacial outwash — deep sandy terraces laid down by the Baker and Pemigewasset — and that geology is a gift to excavators: fast digging, easy trenching, soils that drain almost too well. The flip side is the floodplain; both rivers claim real estate in a big spring, so we check flood zone lines early on any low-lying project and set grades accordingly. The rental economy around Plymouth State drives a steady, particular kind of work: gravel parking pads behind multi-unit houses, built with fabric under the base so four winters of plowing don’t churn them into mud, plus drainage fixes for backyards that six parked cars have compacted into ponds. Village lots are tight, with the usual old-town underground, so 811 marks come first. Summer is our Plymouth window for rental work — students gone, driveways empty, and eight clear weeks before the leases turn over in late August.
Building a parking pad for a Plymouth rental? Put geotextile fabric under the gravel — it’s a small line item that keeps the base from pumping down into the subsoil under daily traffic and plowing. A fabric-based pad is still a pad in ten years; a gravel-on-dirt pad is a mud problem by year three.
Clearing is more than dropping trees. We take the lot from standing woods to usable ground: trees down and hauled or milled, stumps pulled and removed (not buried — buried stumps sink and leave holes years later), brush chipped or hauled, and the topsoil stripped, saved, and re-spread where you want it. The job ends with a lot that’s actually ready — rough-graded, drained, and clean.
Near the water we work within the NH Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act — the waterfront buffer has a tree-point system and clearing limits, and we plan cuts so your project stays legal and your frontage stays compliant.
Wooded-lot clearing in the Lakes Region typically runs $3,000–$8,000 per acre depending on tree density, terrain, and haul-away; lighter brush clearing runs less. Every job gets a free site walk and a flat quote before a machine moves.
Most heavily wooded Lakes Region acres run $3,000 to $8,000 to clear completely — trees, stumps, and debris — depending on density, terrain, and access. Light brush and sapling clearing costs far less. A site walk pins the number down, and the quote is flat.
Within 250 feet of a lake, NH's Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act limits cutting — the first 50 feet uses a tree point system and the area beyond it must keep a percentage of natural vegetation. Plenty of clearing is still allowed; it just has to be planned. We handle that planning on every waterfront job.
We pull stumps and haul them with the rest of the debris — chipping brush on site where it makes sense. We don't bury stumps on the lot; buried wood settles and leaves sinkholes in a lawn years later.
Free site walks, test pits before quotes, flat pricing, and a crew that knows Lakes Region ground.
Tell us where the property is and what you’re trying to do. We’ll walk the site, talk it through, and give you a straight, flat quote.
