Forestry Mulching
We grind standing brush, saplings and small trees into mulch with a mulcher head on our tracked loader. The chips stay on the ground and hold the soil in place.
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Woodstock sits along the Seven Bends, where the North Fork of the Shenandoah River makes seven sharp, tight loops. Fields and fence rows fill the ground inside those loops, and brush moves in when the mowing stops. East of town the land climbs toward Woodstock Tower, with Fort Valley past the ridge. Land clearing in Woodstock, VA covers all of that ground.
Marloy Hill Enterprise works out of Augusta, in Hampshire County, West Virginia. As the crow flies, Woodstock is about 30 miles from Augusta, well within the 50 to 75 miles we cover. The mulcher head on our track loader does the forestry mulching, while a mini excavator handles stumps and trenches. Call or text (540) 327-1400 to book a free estimate.
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In earlier days, the town was known for the Seven Bends. Along this stretch, the North Fork flows 48 miles to cover just 16 miles as the crow flies. The county plan says the river terraces along the North Fork are used mostly for crops and pasture.
A river field that goes a few seasons without mowing turns to brush and saplings. Brush clearing knocks it back down so a mower can run it again. Along the field edges, fence line clearing opens the row up so the wire and posts can be reached. Taller saplings go to the mulcher head, which leaves its chips spread across the field.
Seven Bends State Park covers 1,066 acres about 2 miles southeast of town. It opened to the public in late 2019, and it is public land we never work in. Our work stays on private fields and fence rows.
Fort Valley lies east of Woodstock, on the far side of Powell Mountain. People call it the valley within a valley. Mountain ridges close it in almost all the way around. It runs 23 miles long and about three miles wide at its widest, with Passage Creek down the middle.
Fort Valley is entirely rural and mostly private farmland, with 1,259 people on about 70 square miles. The George Washington National Forest covers the slopes and ridges around it. We work private land only, never the national forest.
The county plan notes that the lay of the land isolates Fort Valley. A wooded home or cabin site out here needs a way in before anything else. Lot clearing opens the building spot, and a gravel driveway runs in from the road. Worn lanes get gravel road grading, which rebuilds the crown so water runs off to the edges.
Woodstock Tower stands on Powell Mountain, between the town and Fort Valley. The Civilian Conservation Corps built it in 1935, on a 2,000 foot mountain that looks out over Woodstock. The town itself sits at about 784 feet.
The road up to the tower is gravel, with several switchbacks on the western slope. In March 2019, part of that road crumbled from erosion. It reopened in November 2019 after repairs. Water coming off a slope is hard on any lane or building site.
Ground that slopes 15 to 25 percent covers about 45 percent of Shenandoah County. On a sloped lot, grading and site prep cuts a level pad and turns runoff away from it. Drainage trenches catch water coming down the hill and carry it around a house or drive. Where brush covers a bank, the mulcher head chews it down and leaves the chips as ground cover.
Woodstock has been the county seat since Shenandoah County formed in 1772. Its courthouse on Main Street is the oldest still in use west of the Blue Ridge. The county fair has been held at the fairgrounds here since 1917. Past the town line, the county plan says, the valley still has a very open, agricultural feeling.
The plan puts the county's largest area of prime farm land in its central part, around Woodstock. Clay near town was once used to make brick. Limestone lies under much of that ground, and in places rock outcrops and sinkholes are numerous. On our jobs, a sinkhole is never a place to dump brush or stumps.
Old stumps in a valley pasture get in the way of mowing. Stump removal here means digging each one out of the ground with the mini excavator. We fill each hole and smooth it so mowing can pick back up.
Communities and areas we serve around Woodstock: the Seven Bends, Fort Valley, Passage Creek, Maurertown, Edinburg, Columbia Furnace, Conicville, VA 42, I-81.
Woodstock ZIP codes served: 22664.
Free estimates throughout Shenandoah County and the surrounding area.
(540) 327-1400 We grind standing brush, saplings and small trees into mulch with a mulcher head on our tracked loader. The chips stay on the ground and hold the soil in place.
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We cut overgrown fields, pastures and fence rows back down to open ground. A brush cutter on the mini excavator reaches banks, ditch lines and fence rows from level footing.
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We clear wooded and grown-up building lots for a house, a cabin, a mobile home or a shop. Brush gets mulched where it stands, and stumps come out where the house and the drive go.
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We dig stumps out with a mini excavator, root ball and all. The hole gets backfilled and bladed level so the spot can be mowed or built on.
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Mini excavator digging for trenches, ditches, driveway cuts and dirt work. We clear and dig on the same job across Hampshire County and the Eastern Panhandle.
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We level pads, smooth rutted ground and shape lots after clearing. The finished grade sends water away from your buildings instead of toward them.
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We cut in new gravel driveways and lanes on rural lots, and regrade drives that have rutted or washed out. The surface gets crowned so water runs off the drive instead of down it.
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We regrade private gravel roads that have washed out or worn into ruts and potholes. The crown goes back in and the ditch lines get cleaned out so water leaves the road.
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We install French drains and drainage trenches that move water away from houses, cabins, barns and driveways. The mini excavator digs the line, then pipe and washed stone go in so the ground drains.
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We clear grown up fence rows and property lines on farms and acreage across Hampshire County. The row comes back to a clean line your fence crew can work from.
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We bring our tracked skid steer to grade yards and lanes, spread gravel and topsoil, and fill washouts. A forestry mulcher head on the same loader grinds brush and saplings where they stand.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Woodstock. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Tell us where the property is and what you want the ground to do. Call or text (540) 327-1400, or fill in the form and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the job and the ground. We will get right back to you.