Fecon 150 Rental in Texas
Fecon’s purpose-built mulching tractor, the name that defined the industry, sized for real-world Texas projects.
Ideal projects
- Cedar and brush clearing on family ranches
- Lot clearing for custom home builders
- Trail and access road cutting
- Fence line clearing and boundary work
- Selective clearing that preserves mature trees
Best vegetation
- Cedar, juniper, and mesquite
- Yaupon and greenbriar thickets
- Brushy regrowth and saplings
- Mixed vegetation with selective-save requirements
Why contractors rent it
- Fecon head technology delivers a fine, even mulch finish customers notice
- Agile in selective clearing, work around oaks and keep-trees with confidence
- Low ground pressure protects root zones and minimizes soil disturbance
- Simple daily service points keep rental days productive
Rental rates
| Term | Rate |
|---|---|
| Weekly | $11,000 |
| Monthly | $32,000 |
Fuel and transport not included. See all rates →
Insurance requirements, Mid Size Dedicated Mulchers
- $500,000 Inland Marine rental coverage
- $2,000,000 General Liability
We’ll need a certificate of insurance naming Pierce Equipment Rentals as loss payee and additional insured before the machine ships. Read the full insurance guide →
Transport
Standard lowboy transport with no oversize permits on most routes.
How it compares
Choose the Fecon 150 when finish quality and selective clearing matter, estate work, park-like results, keep-tree jobs. The PT-175 and CMI 175 edge it slightly on raw production in heavy stems. All three rent at the same rate, so match the machine to the finish you need.
The name that defined the category
Fecon is the brand most people in this industry name first, and largely on the strength of the heads rather than the carriers. The FTX150-2 is the purpose-built tractor sized for real Texas jobs, and what customers notice about it is the finish: a fine, even mulch rather than the coarse chunk a less refined head leaves behind.
That sounds cosmetic and is not. A fine mulch mat settles and breaks down faster, it is easier to walk and drive on, and on a homesite or a lot you intend to sell, it is the difference between land that looks finished and land that looks cleared.
Selective clearing is what it is for
The 150 is agile in a way the bigger carriers are not. If the brief is take the brush and leave the oaks, work around a keep-tree list, or thin an understory without scarring the trunks that stay, this is the machine we recommend in the dedicated classes. Low ground pressure protects root zones on the trees you are preserving, which is a real consideration when the whole point of the job is the trees.
It is not the machine for a thousand acres of mesquite. That is a high-HP job and pretending otherwise costs you weeks.
Where it earns the rate
Cedar and brush clearing on family ranches, lot clearing for custom home builders, trail and access road cutting, fence line and boundary work, and any job with a selective-save requirement. Ten to seventy-five acres is the comfortable range, with production of one and a half to two and a half acres a day depending on how much you are asking it to leave standing.
Selective work always runs slower than open clearing. Budget for that rather than being surprised by it.
Typical work we send it to
Homesite and view clearing where mature trees stay, cedar removal around oak mottes, fence line work on moderate mileage, and lease improvement where the cut needs to be careful rather than fast.
Fecon 150 rental questions
Yes. We rent the Fecon FTX150-2 dedicated mulching tractor statewide at $11,000 per week or $32,000 per month, with transport quoted separately by project location. We rent it as a complete machine rather than renting heads separately.
Rates are $11,000 per week or $32,000 per month for the mid-size dedicated class, the same across Texas. There is no daily rate in this class. Fuel and transport are not included and transport is quoted by project location. See the full rate card.
One and a half to two and a half acres on typical brush. It sits at the careful end of the mid-size class, and if the job involves working around trees you are keeping, expect the lower end or below it. Selective clearing is slower by nature, and that is a function of the brief rather than the machine.
Yes, noticeably, and it is the most common reason customers ask for this machine by name. A finer mulch settles faster, breaks down faster and leaves ground that is easier to walk and drive. On a homesite, a lot you are preparing to sell, or anywhere the customer will see the result, it is worth something real. On a thousand-acre brush job where nobody will look at the ground again for two years, it is worth much less than production.
That is its best use. Low ground pressure protects the root zones of the trees that stay, and the machine is agile enough to work a keep-tree list without the operator constantly repositioning. Mark what stays before the machine arrives, because a mulching head does not distinguish between a volunteer and a specimen, and the mistake is not reversible.
Standard lowboy, which is the main practical advantage of this class. A mid-size dedicated machine avoids the RGN, the heavy-haul permits and the wider turning requirements the high-HP carriers bring, and on a shorter job that transport difference can be a meaningful share of the total bill. The transport guide covers what your site access needs to look like.
Mid-size dedicated machines carry the same requirement as the high-HP class: $500,000 inland marine rental coverage and $2,000,000 general liability, with a certificate naming Pierce Equipment Rentals as additional insured and loss payee before the machine ships. The insurance guide covers what to ask your agent for.
Yes. Turnkey pricing depends on machine class and is listed on the rate card; it covers machine, operator, fuel and maintenance in one number. If nobody on your crew has real seat time in a mulcher, it is usually the better value, and the rent or hire break-even works through where the line sits.
Where we deliver the Fecon 150
Transport is quoted by project location and we coordinate the haul. Popular markets for Fecon 150 rentals:
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