Field guide

A Land Clearing Estimate App for Acres That Don't Match Their Photos

Every clearing customer describes their land as "just brush and a few trees." The walk tells the truth: cedar thickets, a dozen twenty-inch oaks, and a root mat that wants grubbing. Clearing estimates go right when the walk is captured — density, counts, debris plan — and priced in tiers while you're still standing in it.

The clearing tier structure

• Per acre by density: light brush, medium mixed, heavy timber — three machine-hour realities, three rates from your tracked jobs.
• Trees over threshold: per-tree pricing above a stated diameter (commonly 6–12"), counted on the walk — the line that keeps the oak grove from eating the acre rate.
• Grubbing: stumps and roots out for buildable ground, priced separately from cut-and-drop clearing.
• Debris: chip on site, burn where legal (permit line), or haul — loads × your cycle math. On heavy ground this line rivals the cutting.
• Finish state named: rough-cleared vs. root-raked vs. seed-ready — three deliverables, three prices.

Walk it out loud

"Two point three acres, medium density with a cedar thicket the back half-acre — call that heavy; fourteen trees over twelve inches, counted; grub the building envelope only, one acre; chip everything, no burn; rough grade finish." FieldSquire drafts tiered lines at your saved rates with the thicket photos attached — signable before you're back at the truck.

Boundaries and keeps, in writing

Flag and photograph the keep-trees and the property lines the customer points out. The signed quote that names "the two oaks by the drive stay" is the quote that survives a chainsaw misunderstanding — cleared trees don't reattach.

The excavation estimating app is free for 14 days, no credit card — take it on one walk.