Forestry Mulching
Forestry mulching grinds brush and small trees into a mulch layer where they stand. Nothing gets hauled off and nothing gets burned.
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Land clearing in Fallston usually means gently rolling farm ground with rich soil and woods grown up around it. The town covers about 2.2 square miles of northeast Cleveland County. Its 2020 census count was 627 people. Some large farm and wooded tracts remain around town, while new homes keep going in around them. Those tracts are what we clear, for house and shop sites, driveways and fields gone to brush.
LDS Solutions is based in Shelby, about 10 miles south-southwest of Fallston, and we are veteran owned and fully insured. NC 18 runs north from Shelby through the middle of town, where it goes by Fallston Road. NC 182, the old stagecoach road, crosses it at the town's one stoplight. The brushy woodlots between Fallston's fields are forestry mulching work. Free on-site estimates cover the town and the farm country out toward Beam's Mills.
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Fallston grew where a north-south road out of Shelby toward Morganton met an east-west stagecoach route. That route ran between Lincolnton and Rutherfordton. The spot was first called Kitchen Corners, and its post office took the Fallston name in March 1886. Sheriff John Z. Falls, the town's namesake, built a store, a grist mill and a sawmill at the crossroads. The state incorporated the town in 1893. Its two-story 1927 brick store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
The middle of town sits on high ground at about 1,027 feet. USGS watershed maps put it right on the divide between the Buffalo Creek and First Broad River watersheds. Rain on one side runs to Buffalo Creek. Rain on the other side drains toward the First Broad. USGS stream maps show Buffalo Creek, Magness Creek and Long Branch within 3 miles of the crossroads. Farming still fits this ground, and hay led Cleveland County's crops by acreage in 2022, at 18,817 acres.
The rule to watch on an old Fallston farm tract is the one-acre line. NCDEQ says a job that will disturb more than one acre needs an erosion and sedimentation control plan. NCDEQ wants that plan submitted at least 30 days ahead of the first cut. A house pad, a drive off NC 18 or NC 182, and a yard can top an acre together. NCDEQ requires erosion control on smaller jobs too, whatever the size. On the Fallston divide, dirt that washes off a site heads for Buffalo Creek or the First Broad River.
NCDEQ treats farm land differently: land used to raise crops and livestock is generally exempt from the state sediment law. Timber harvesting on forest land is exempt too, as long as it follows the state's forestry water quality guidelines. Reclaiming a grown-up Fallston pasture for grazing or hay? Ask NCDEQ whether the exemption applies before work starts. At the estimate, we look at how much ground the job will disturb. Digging waits until NC 811 has had three full working days of notice, as state law requires.
You can, but check the permit rule first if the pile sits near a Fallston woodlot. The NC Forest Service requires one from midnight to 4 p.m. in or within 500 feet of woodland it protects. The permit is free online, or you can get one at a Forest Service county office. The Forest Service calls it a notice that a burn may happen. Permits can be canceled when fire danger is too high. A state burn ban stops all open burning, permit or not, and only natural vegetation may go on the pile.
Mulching and hauling skip the fire. The forestry mulcher leaves brush and saplings as a layer of mulch on the ground, so no burn pile forms. Logs and brush that have to leave go out on our grapple trucks as debris removal. Storm cleanup around Fallston works the same way. In February 2020, a tornado ran from west of Lawndale to northeast of Fallston and snapped or uprooted trees. An EF1 tornado in May 2024 snapped and uprooted trees as it passed south of town.
Communities & areas we serve around Fallston: Beam's Mills, Buffalo Creek, Magness Creek, First Broad River, NC 18 (Fallston Road), NC 182 (Stagecoach Trail).
Fallston ZIP codes served: 28042, 28090.
Forestry mulching grinds brush and small trees into a mulch layer where they stand. Nothing gets hauled off and nothing gets burned.
Bush hogging for fields, pastures and overgrown lots around Shelby, NC. Our rotary cutters take down waist high growth, briar and small saplings, and put the ground back in shape.
Tree removal in Shelby, NC for leaning, dead and storm-downed trees. We drop them with machines and haul the wood off.
We grind stumps below grade so the spot can be mowed and seeded. When the ground has to be build-ready, we pull the stump and its roots out.
Land grading in Shelby, NC. We cut, fill and compact so your yard, pad or gravel drive sits flat and sheds water instead of holding it.
Excavation around Shelby, NC. Footings, driveway culverts, drainage trenches, pond banks and site prep, with the spoil hauled off in our grapple trucks.
Straight from the landowners we've cleared, graded and dug for.
Highly recommend Dewey and the team at LDS Solutions! They have done phenomenal work for us at Wallace Haven LLC clearing downed and dying trees, cleaning up overgrown areas, and helping transform our property. They've been dependable, hardworking, professional, and easy to work with from start to finish.
We couldn't be happier with the work this crew did on our property! They handled land clearing, forestry mulching, brush hogging, and even some skid steer and excavator work. The land clearing and mulching made such a huge difference; it looks like a whole new space now. We'll definitely be using them again!
Hurricane Helene took down many of our trees, preventing us from enjoying our space by the creek. These folks came, developed a plan, reviewed it with me, provided a fair price, and restored my access to the woods and creek. They also left the property spotless once the project was completed. CLEAN!
Dewey came to my home in Shelby. He used his forestry mulcher and cleared my back yard and fence line. He also removed all the roots and vines running up on my house. Before, I could not see my fence or shed. I recommend anyone to use him and his services.
I fought a yard slope for our above ground pool for a few years now. Dewey showed up and solved it all within a day and the grading is top notch. 100% recommended!
Dewey forestry mulched for 11 days. They also excavated and dug out two 24 inch culvert pipes to allow us access on land. Amazing job, highly recommended to anyone needing work done! On time every day and under budget!
These guys do great work at a great price! Thank you!
A few of the questions we hear most around Fallston. Don't see yours? Call us and ask.
Land to clear, a field to mow, trees down from a storm, or a building that needs to come down? Call or send the form. We come look at the ground in person and the estimate is free. We clear land. You build dreams.
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