Forestry Mulcher Rental in Alice, TX
Hub of the South Texas oilfield and gateway to some of the state’s biggest ranches. Alice clearing supports rigs, ranches, and the roads between them.
What gets cleared around Alice
- Oilfield pad, road, and facility clearing
- Ranch brush eradication at scale
- Pipeline gathering system ROW
- Fence line and boundary maintenance
Jim Wells County brush is the classic South Texas mix — mesquite, huisache, blackbrush and granjeno — but the oilfield is what shapes the work. Most Alice clearing is cut to a shape rather than an area: pad envelopes, lease roads and gathering-line corridors, surveyed and staked, where straying outside the stake line becomes a surface-damage problem. Caliche and buried flowline are the two things that find teeth out here. On the ranch side the scale flips entirely and it becomes brush eradication measured in pastures rather than acres.
Solar work in Jim Wells County is scoped by schedule, not by acreage. Mesquite and blackbrush come off the array footprint, the fence lines and the access roads in a fixed order so civil crews are never held up. If that is the job rather than pasture reclamation, the solar site clearing page has the detail.
The right machine for Alice projects
Oilfield schedules and heavy brush both argue for dedicated machines: mid-size for gathering systems and pads, high HP for ranch campaigns. Energy contractors here typically rent monthly and keep machines moving.
Not sure where your project lands? The machine finder applies the same logic in seven questions, or read the full decision guide.
Rent the machine, or hire it done
Ranch clearing, oilfield support, and pipeline work drive this market. Energy contractors rent monthly and keep machines busy. Ranch owners clearing senderos and pasture usually price both ways and land on turnkey unless they have equipment crews already. The honest math on both paths is in our rent vs hire guide.
If you want the numbers first, the cost guide breaks down what mulching runs per acre and per day, and the rent vs buy calculator shows the point where owning a machine starts to beat renting one.
| Option | Rate | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| High HP dedicated rental | $14,000/wk · $34,000/mo | Most popular: 25+ acres, heavy stems, deadlines |
| Mid-size dedicated rental | $11,000/wk · $32,000/mo | Lighter brush, 10–25 acre projects |
| CAT 275 XE rental | $1,750/day · $8,000/wk | Under 15 acres, tight access |
| Turnkey, high-HP with operator | $4,000/day + transport | Big acreage, no operator |
| Turnkey, skid steer with operator | $3,000/day incl. transport | Small projects, hands-off |
Rates are the same in every market we serve. See the full rate card for what the rate excludes and how transport is quoted.
Machines we send to Alice
Mesquite, huisache and brush country around Alice take more horsepower than the acreage suggests. Here is the fleet, and what each machine is for.
- Barko 930B — high-horsepower dedicated mulcher
- Tigercat M726G — high-horsepower dedicated mulcher
- Weiler M860A — high-horsepower dedicated mulcher
- CAT 275 XE + FAE forestry mulcher — skid steer, tight access
- Primetech PT-175 — mid-size dedicated mulcher
- CMI 175 — mid-size dedicated mulcher
- Fecon 150 — mid-size dedicated mulcher
Insurance for Alice rentals
Dedicated machines: $500,000 inland marine + $2,000,000 general liability. CAT 275 XE: $250,000 inland marine + $2,000,000 general liability. Turnkey service requires none of it. Full requirements →
Alice forestry mulching questions
Rates are the same across Texas: high-HP dedicated mulchers at $14,000/week, mid-size dedicated at $11,000/week, and the CAT 275 XE at $1,750/day or $8,000/week. Transport to Jim Wells County is quoted separately by distance. See the full rate card.
Yes. Our operators run high-HP dedicated mulching at $4,000 per 8-hour day plus transport, or skid steer mulching at $3,000/day with transport included. Ranch clearing, oilfield support, and pipeline work drive this market. Energy contractors rent monthly and keep machines busy. Ranch owners clearing senderos and pasture usually price both ways and land on turnkey unless they have equipment crews already.
Dedicated mulchers require $500,000 inland marine coverage and $2,000,000 general liability; the CAT 275 XE requires $250,000 inland marine and $2,000,000 general liability. Certificates must name Pierce Equipment Rentals as loss payee and additional insured before delivery. Our insurance guide walks through getting certificates issued fast.
Oilfield pad, road and facility clearing, ranch brush eradication at scale, gathering-system right-of-way, and fence line maintenance. Most oilfield work is cut to a staked shape rather than an acreage, which changes how it gets quoted.
Clearing land near Alice? Let's talk.
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