Bush Hogging
Rotary cutting for overgrown fields, pastures, vacant lots and fence lines across southeastern North Carolina.
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Hampstead sits along US 17 in Pender County, between Wilmington and the bridges over to Topsail Island. Coastal Brush Mowing runs out of Burgaw in that same county, and has cleared land in Hampstead since 2013. The area grew fast: the 2020 census counted 7,016 residents in Hampstead, up from 4,083 in 2010. Almost all of that new housing landed on wooded lots that someone had to clear and grade first.
Homes keep going up around Olde Point, Belvedere Plantation, Castle Bay and WyndWater, and out along Sloop Point Road. Older places on those same streets have back acreage that grew over while nobody was cutting it. We handle both: raw lot clearing for a new build, and cleanup on ground that got away from someone. We look at the ground before we price it, so the estimate matches the job.
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Most Hampstead lots start as pine and mixed hardwood, with thick brush and vines under the canopy. We clear the building pad, the driveway path and the yard, then haul the wood out by dump truck. When you want to keep the tall trees, forestry mulching grinds the understory and leaves the mulch on the ground. Stumps come out whole with the excavator before anything goes on top of that spot.
Pender County ranks among the fastest growing counties in North Carolina, and Hampstead carries a big share. The county approved permits for 5,117 new housing units between 2020 and 2024 alone. US 17 is changing with it: the 12.6 mile Hampstead Bypass is not due to finish until 2030. We work through that traffic every week, on job sites either side of US 17 in Hampstead.
Soil here runs sandy coastal plain, and in the low spots the water table sits close to the surface. A lot that looks dry in August can hold standing water for days after a hard rain. We shape the ground so water runs off the pad and the driveway instead of sitting on them. That is grading and dirt work: cutting the high spots down and filling the low ones.
An excavator handles the heavier jobs: footings, ditch lines, culvert pipe and utility trenches. We also build ponds where a low corner already holds water and the owner wants it deeper. Brush grows back fast on this coast, so cleared ground gets bush hogged once or twice a year. Old sheds and mobile homes come out too, and that is demolition on the same lot.
Communities & areas we serve around Hampstead: Olde Point, Belvedere Plantation, Castle Bay, WyndWater, Washington Acres, Sloop Point.
Hampstead ZIP codes served: 28443.
Rotary cutting for overgrown fields, pastures, vacant lots and fence lines across southeastern North Carolina.
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Excavation for building pads, trenches, culverts and drainage cuts. We dig it, load it out, and leave the ground at the grade your plan calls for.
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Houses, mobile homes, sheds, barns and old slabs taken down and hauled away, with the ground left clean and level.
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Land grading, house pads, gravel driveways and drainage swales across Pender County. We cut and fill the ground so water runs off it and away from the house.
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We grind underbrush and small trees into mulch on site, so the wood stays as ground cover.
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We dig and shape ponds on residential and rural land across Pender, New Hanover, Onslow, Brunswick and Duplin counties. That covers farm ponds on private land and retention ponds on commercial sites.
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Gravel driveway installation, regrading, parking pads and farm lanes across Pender County, built on fabric and packed ABC stone that sheds water.
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Driveway culvert installation, culvert replacement, ditching and drainage swales across Pender County, so standing water leaves your lot and the drive stays dry.
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Land to clear, an old structure to take down, brush that's won too many summers, or a pond you've been thinking about for years? Call or send the form. We come look at the property with you and the estimate is free, from a company that has worked this ground since 2013.
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