Questions, answered plainly.

We are an independent lead service for forestry mulching and land clearing work in the Knoxville area of East Tennessee. We are not a contractor and we do not perform clearing work. We publish information about the work, collect quote requests from property owners, and pass them to local contractors who do the job.

Yes. There is no charge to property owners and no obligation to hire anyone. Contractors pay us for the introduction, which is how the service is funded.

No. There is no account, no login and no password. You fill in one form and you are done.

Your request is stored and sent straight to contractors who cover your county. One of them contacts you using the phone number or email you provided. From there the conversation is directly between you and that contractor — we are not in the middle of it.

That depends on the contractor and how busy the season is. We send your request as soon as it comes in, but we do not control when a contractor calls, so we will not promise you a window we cannot keep. If nobody has reached you and you provided an email address, reply to the confirmation and we will follow up.

No. Your details go to contractors so they can quote your job. We do not sell or rent them to unrelated marketers, data brokers or advertisers. The privacy policy spells this out.

Forestry mulching grinds standing brush and small trees where they stand and leaves the material on the ground as mulch, with root systems intact. Land clearing removes everything including stumps and root mass and leaves workable soil. Mulching is faster and cheaper and suits reclaiming overgrown ground. Clearing is what you need when something is getting built, graded or planted.

Yes, and this is common. Describe what is standing on the property and what you want to do with the ground afterward. Pick whichever service is closest — the contractor will scope it correctly when they look at it.

No. A mulching head grinds vegetation at or slightly below the surface but leaves the root system in the ground. If you need stumps out, say so on the form so it is priced in from the start.

Some of it will. Species that resprout from roots or runners — Chinese privet, bush honeysuckle, kudzu, multiflora rose, autumn olive — push new shoots after a first pass, and privet in particular comes back readily from cut stumps. Keeping ground open long-term usually means mowing on an interval once it is accessible, a follow-up pass, or a targeted herbicide program. Any contractor promising one pass is permanent is overselling it.

Because we would be making it up. We do not perform the work and we have not seen your property. Clearing prices swing enormously with acreage, density, stem size, slope, access, ground conditions, stump removal and debris disposal. A number from us would be a guess dressed up as information.

How much ground is involved, how dense the growth is, how big the stems are, how steep or wet the terrain is, whether equipment can get close, whether stumps and root mass have to come out, and what happens to the debris. Each service page lists the drivers specific to that kind of work.

Generally yes, for anything beyond a small job. Quotes on the same property can differ a lot depending on how each contractor plans to approach it. Comparing two or three tells you whether a number is reasonable and often surfaces a better way to scope the work.

No. You never pay us, and no payment ever goes through this site. Anything you pay goes directly to the contractor you hire, on terms the two of you agree.

It depends on your county, your parcel and the scope of work, and it can change on steep ground, near floodplains and streams, or on a TVA reservoir shoreline. Requirements differ across Knox, Blount, Anderson, Roane, Loudon and Sevier counties, and city rules often differ from county rules. In Knox County it is also worth asking whether the parcel sits inside the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Area. Check with your local planning, engineering or building office before work begins. We cannot make that determination for your property.

If you are clearing anywhere near a boundary, yes. Clearing onto a neighbour's land or inside an easement is expensive and slow to put right, and no contractor can undo it afterward. If the pins are set and findable that is usually enough; if they are not, a survey is cheaper than the alternative.

Utility locates are required before ground is disturbed, and they are free. In Tennessee the request goes through Tennessee 811, the statewide one-call service, and state law requires at least three working days' notice before you dig. Confirm with your contractor who is placing the request and that locates are complete before equipment moves.

Late fall through winter is usually easiest here. Leaves are down so the crew can see what is actually standing, the ground is firmer, and there is less growth to work through. Summer work happens constantly, but a wet stretch will push a schedule regardless of season — saturated slope is unsafe to work, and bottom ground along the French Broad, the Holston and the Little rivers is slow to dry.

If you can, yes. A walkthrough is where you point out what stays, where the lines are, where the drainage and septic sit, and what you actually want the ground to look like when it is done. It is the single best way to avoid a misunderstanding that costs money later.

No, and we want to be plain about that. Your agreement is with the contractor, not with us. We are not a party to the contract, we do not supervise the work and we cannot warrant it. What we can do is set requirements for the contractors we route requests to, and stop routing to anyone who does not meet them.

Ask for proof of general liability insurance and confirm the certificate is current. Ask who is doing the work and whether any of it is subcontracted. Get the scope in writing, including what happens to debris, whether stumps are included and what condition the ground is left in. Ask about payment terms and be cautious about large sums up front.

Submit again with an email address if you did not include one, or reply to the confirmation email. Coverage varies by area and by season, and there are stretches when local crews are booked out. We would rather tell you that than pretend otherwise.

Yes, at any time. Reply to any message asking to be removed and we will delete your request from our system. If a contractor is contacting you directly, ask them to stop as well — once your request has been passed on, their records are theirs, not ours.