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Land Clearing Contractors in Burns, TN — Working Our Own Backyard

Owner-operated land clearing, forestry mulching, excavation and demolition for homeowners, landowners and builders along Highway 96, out Spencer Mill Road, and on the ridges around Montgomery Bell State Park.
Based right here in Burns since 2019. The owner runs every job, and every estimate is free and on-site.
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Burns, TN Land Clearing & Earthwork Services

Burns is a small town in southeastern Dickson County, sitting on the Western Highland Rim about five miles east of downtown Dickson. It began as a railroad grade camp called Grade 42 and became Burns Station in 1866, and the town still grows along its old routes: State Route 47 runs straight through the middle of town between Dickson and White Bluff, and Highway 96 bends around the west and south sides on its way to I-40 at Exit 182. North of town, Montgomery Bell State Park fills the hollows around Lake Acorn, Creech Hollow Lake and Lake Woodhaven, while Beaverdam Creek and Will Hall Creek wind through the low ground closer in.

That mix of parkland, creek bottoms and ridgetop parcels is why so many projects in Burns start with clearing. The stretch of Highway 96 between downtown and the interstate keeps filling in with new homes and commercial lots, and subdivisions like Hickory Cove, Porter Road Place and TD Equestrian Acres off Spencer Mill Road sit next to acreage that has not been touched in years. Whether it is a five-acre wooded homesite off Garton Road or a back pasture off Eastside Road that has gone to cedar and briar, a land clearing contractor in Burns has to open the ground, deal with the roots and rock, and leave a surface that drains on Highland Rim silt.

Freedom Land Management does not drive in to do that work. Josh Tant started the business here in Burns in January 2019 and still runs the machine on nearly every job, so a Burns estimate is a short trip across town instead of an hour on I-40. Over the years that has meant clearing acreage, tearing down and clearing old structures, and getting homesites ready to build across town and out toward the park — work done in front of the neighbors.

Our Services in Burns, TN

Every service Freedom Land Management offers is available in Burns and the rural ground around it, from lots in town to acreage out toward Montgomery Bell. If your project needs more than one of them, they get sequenced into one job with one mobilization from a yard that is already in town.

Lot Clearing & Land Clearing in Burns

Most clearing in Burns is building-site work: a one-to-five-acre wooded lot off Garton Road or Porter Road that has to be opened up before a builder can stake the house. We fell the timber, pull the stumps and root balls out instead of grinding them at grade, and work around the hardwoods you want to keep. On ridge ground the chert comes out with the roots, so we price that in after walking the lot rather than finding it halfway through.

Services include:

  • Traditional land clearing and lot clearing
  • Brush clearing and underbrush removal
  • Clearing land to build a home or barn
  • Pasture and farm clearing
  • Fence line clearing
  • Overgrown property reclamation
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Lot Clearing & Land Clearing in Burns

Local Expertise in Burns — We Know This Area

Burns ground is Western Highland Rim ground: two to four feet of silt over limestone residuum loaded with chert, and a slow-draining fragipan in the Dickson silt loam a few feet down. Bare slopes rut fast here after a wet week, and the low ground along Beaverdam Creek, Will Hall Creek and the upper reaches of Jones Creek stays soft well into spring. North of town, the Montgomery Bell State Natural Area protects some of the best oak-hickory forest on the Rim — the same hardwood mix that covers most wooded lots in Burns.

Most of our jobs here are minutes from the yard. State Route 47 carries us through the middle of town and east past the park’s southern entrance at Bakersworks, and Highway 96 takes us down toward I-40 and the newer homes along Camp Ravine Road and Eastside Road. We work lots off Spencer Mill Road, Garton Road, Porter Road, Iron Hill Road and Lena Loop, and we know which county roads get tight for a lowboy.

The work in Burns follows the town’s growth. The Highway 96 corridor between downtown and the interstate is turning over from pasture and timber to homesites and commercial lots, with Stuart Burns Elementary and the new Burns Middle School pulling families toward that end of town. Out on the bigger parcels — horse pasture around TD Equestrian Acres, wooded acreage backing up to the park — the jobs are pasture reclamation, fence lines, long driveway cuts and building pads set back from the road.

A few local rules shape every job. Inside town limits, building and demolition permits go through the Town of Burns; outside them, Dickson County. Disturbing an acre or more needs coverage under TDEC’s Construction General Permit, every dig gets a Tennessee 811 locate first, and burning debris between October 15 and May 15 needs a Division of Forestry permit. Parcels that border Montgomery Bell or drain toward Lake Woodhaven, now being restored as a fishery, deserve extra care with erosion control and property lines.

Why Burns Homeowners and Contractors Choose Freedom Land Management

Burns Is Home Base, Not a Service Area

We are based in Burns, so there is no Nashville commute built into your price. Estimates happen the same week you call, and a two-day dry window between rains is one we can actually use.

The Owner Runs Every Job

Josh Tant quotes the job and runs the machine. The person who walked your Burns property with you is the person clearing it, so nothing gets lost between the estimate and the work.

We Know What Is Under Burns Ground

Chert in the ridges, a fragipan under the silt, and creek bottoms along Beaverdam and Will Hall Creek that stay wet into spring. We price those conditions at the walkthrough instead of discovering them mid-job.

Equipment That Leaves a Clean Finish

A drum-style mulching head on a high-flow track loader takes stems up to six to eight inches in one pass and grinds stumps flush, so you are not left with stobs to catch a mower. Excavation equipment handles the pads, driveways and trenching on the same job.

Straight Answers, Including When You Need Less

If mulching does what you want for less than full clearing, we say so. Mobilization is in the quote up front, and if a job is outside what our equipment does well, you hear that before a deposit.

Serving Burns and Surrounding Areas

Freedom Land Management works as land clearing contractors in Burns, TN and everywhere within about 60 miles of town, with Dickson and Williamson Counties as home turf. From Burns, State Route 47, Highway 96, US-70 and I-40 put us in all of these communities without a long haul:

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does land clearing cost per acre in Burns, TN?

There is no flat rate, because an acre of light brush on a flat lot and an acre of mature hardwood on a chert ridge are different jobs. Across Tennessee, traditional clearing generally runs about $1,300 to $4,500 per acre, with stump and root removal at the top of that range. Burns ridge ground tends to land toward the upper end because chert in the residuum makes root balls heavier and slower to pull. We walk your property and give you a firm number for free.
Forestry mulching in Tennessee generally runs about $1,105 to $1,950 per acre, usually less than traditional clearing because nothing is hauled off. Density is what moves the price: an acre of light brush can clear in a few hours, while thick cedar with eight-inch stems takes several times longer. Because we are based in Burns, there is no long-distance mobilization added to a local job. We price the density after a free walkthrough.
Yes. A good share of our Burns work is on wooded parcels near the park, from the Bakersworks area along State Route 47 to lots that back up to the park boundary. Inside Montgomery Bell sits a state natural area managed for minimal intervention, and the park’s lakes and creeks, including Lake Woodhaven, receive runoff from nearby ground. On adjoining parcels we confirm property lines before anything runs and put in erosion control on slopes, so nothing washes onto protected land.
Yes — that is some of the most common work we do in Burns. A typical job clears the house footprint and driveway corridor, pulls stumps where footers and the septic field will go, cuts the driveway in from the road, and builds and compacts the pad. Doing it as one project means one mobilization and no gap waiting on a second contractor. If your lot is in a newer subdivision, we also check for any HOA or plat restrictions on clearing before we start.
It depends on size and location. Disturbing one acre or more requires coverage under TDEC’s Construction General Permit, along with erosion controls on the ground. Inside town limits, building and demolition permits go through the Town of Burns; outside them, Dickson County. Burning debris between October 15 and May 15 needs a Division of Forestry permit, which is one reason many Burns landowners choose mulching. We flag what applies to your job during the estimate.