Land Clearing & Site Preparation in Spring Hill, TN

Back40 Land Services provides professional land clearing throughout Spring Hill and Thompson's Station — a corridor that straddles the Williamson–Maury County line and has become one of the fastest-growing communities in all of Tennessee. We're a veteran-owned company that has worked across both counties for years, and we understand the terrain, the regulations, and the specific land management challenges this area presents.

Spring Hill's unique position on the county line means land clearing projects here can fall under either Williamson County's or Maury County's jurisdiction — and occasionally both, for parcels that straddle the line. Williamson County's stormwater regulations are among the strictest in Middle Tennessee, requiring erosion and sediment controls and grading permits for most disturbances over half an acre inside incorporated limits. Maury County's requirements are less restrictive in unincorporated areas but still require compliance with TDEC stormwater rules near the Duck River watershed. We navigate both permit environments routinely and can help you understand what applies to your specific parcel.

The terrain in and around Spring Hill reflects the transition between the two counties' geology. The Williamson County side of Spring Hill features the rolling limestone ridges and shallow-bedrock soils typical of the Highland Rim's eastern escarpment — conditions where conventional bulldozing strips thin topsoil and leaves an erosion-prone surface. The Maury County side transitions into the deeper Nashville Basin silt loams, which are more productive but equally prone to cedar encroachment. Our tracked forestry mulchers handle both conditions: they work the slopes that wheeled dozers can't access, grind cedar and hardwood to a protective mulch layer, and leave the soil structure intact.

Eastern red cedar encroachment is the defining land management challenge for agricultural landowners throughout the Spring Hill corridor. The rapid residential expansion of the 1990s and 2000s drove many small farms out of production, and cedar moved into the abandoned pastures quickly. We specialize in large-scale cedar eradication and pasture reclamation — grinding stands of cedar to root-crown level and preparing the ground for fescue or native grass overseeding in the same visit. Most fields are productive again within one growing season.

Thompson's Station, just north of Spring Hill on the Williamson County side, has a number of larger rural parcels and horse properties where selective clearing, fence line maintenance, and pasture edge management are ongoing needs. We work with equestrian property owners to maintain open pastures, clear overgrown tree lines, and restore fence line corridors without disturbing established pasture grass or existing landscape trees.

All estimates are free and performed on-site. We serve all of Spring Hill, Thompson's Station, Fairview, Brentwood (south), and the surrounding communities across both Williamson and Maury County. Call (615) 609-0053 to schedule your estimate.

What's Included

• Residential lot and development parcel clearing
• Cedar thicket eradication and pasture reclamation
• Fence line clearing and right-of-way restoration
• Tree removal and stump grinding to grade
• Rough grading and drainage preparation
• Serving both Williamson and Maury County sides of Spring Hill