Serving homeowners, ranchers, and builders along US Highway 69, near Lake Jacksonville, and throughout Cherokee County — just up the road from our home base in Rusk.
Owner Michael McAuliffe has spent three decades working in land clearing and the oil industry before starting Glass Finn LLC. That experience means fewer surprises, faster problem-solving, and a crew that knows how to handle challenging terrain.
We run both a dedicated large-acreage forestry mulcher and a Cat 299 land management machine for smaller properties, so you're not paying for more machine than your project needs — or waiting on equipment that's too small to get the job done.
From the first tree cleared to the final grade, Glass Finn LLC handles land clearing, site prep, grading, excavation, and trenching under one roof, so you're not coordinating multiple contractors for a single project.
You'll work directly with the owner, reach us by call or text, and get a free estimate before any work begins — no call centers, no runaround.
Glass Finn LLC provides full-scope land services across East Texas — from initial land clearing and forestry mulching through site prep, grading, excavation, trenching, and specialized environmental cleanup. Whether you’re preparing a home site, developing commercial acreage, or managing farm and ranch land, we bring the right equipment and experience to get your property ready. We serve Rusk and the surrounding region, with project work extending south toward San Antonio for larger acreage jobs.
Whether you’re clearing a few acres or a few hundred, our land clearing services turn overgrown, wooded, or brush-covered property into usable land. We run a dedicated forestry mulching machine for large tracts and a Cat 299 land management machine for smaller lots, so the equipment always matches the job. From pasture reclamation to lot clearing ahead of construction, we clear efficiently while leaving the ground in better shape for what comes next.
Once your land is cleared, we prepare and grade it so it’s ready to build on, farm, or develop. Our site prep and grading services level uneven ground, establish proper drainage, and create a stable base for foundations, driveways, or agricultural use. We work closely with landowners and contractors to make sure the site meets the specific requirements of the next phase of the project.
Our excavation and trenching services cover everything from basement and foundation digs to residential pool excavation and utility line trenching. We handle the groundwork accurately and efficiently, whether you’re building new or upgrading existing infrastructure. Every excavation project is scoped ahead of time so there are no surprises once equipment is on site.
With three decades of experience in the oil industry, we provide environmental clean-up and remediation services for spills, drilling site incidents, and land affected by industrial operations. Our team understands the EHS requirements involved in oil field site cleanup and works quickly to restore affected land. This specialized experience sets Glass Finn LLC apart from general land clearing companies that don’t have an oil field industry background.
Jacksonville sits in the Cherokee County Piney Woods, on hilly terrain that ranges from 250 to 570 feet in elevation, where sandy and clay loam soils interspersed with alluvial bottoms support the shortleaf and loblolly pine forest covering more than half the county — the same forest that helps give the surrounding region its reputation as the “Tomato Capital of the World.”
That mix of hilly terrain, dense pine cover, and mixed soil is exactly what Glass Finn LLC’s mulching equipment is built to handle — rural acreage along US 69, US 175, and the FM roads branching off toward Lake Jacksonville regularly needs clearing before it can be farmed, built on, or opened back up to pasture.
Because Rusk sits just south of Jacksonville, Glass Finn LLC treats Cherokee County as home turf — we bring 30 years of hands-on land-clearing and dirt-work experience to jobs ranging from a residential lot near downtown to multi-day ranch tracts out toward Love’s Lookout.
Cherokee County’s terrain runs hilly, from 250 to 570 feet in elevation, with sandy and clay loam soils and alluvial bottoms near the Neches River, which forms the county’s western boundary, and the Angelina River, which marks the southeastern line — Glass Finn LLC’s crews adjust grading and clearing approach to that slope and soil mix on every job.
We run equipment along US 69, US 79, US 175, and the FM roads that reach into Cherokee County’s rural areas, working property from inside Jacksonville’s city limits out toward Love’s Lookout and the Lake Jacksonville recreation area.
We’ve cleared and graded lots near Lake Jacksonville, worked ranch acreage off FM 347 and FM 768, and handled brush clearing on rural tracts toward New Summerfield and the Angelina River bottoms.
Property near Lake Jacksonville, Striker Creek Reservoir, and the Neches and Angelina river corridors can sit close to floodplain boundaries, so we factor drainage and runoff into every grading job near water, and we watch for wetland considerations on bottomland tracts.
From forestry mulching and land clearing to grading, excavation, and environmental cleanup, Glass Finn LLC is ready to help you get your property where it needs to be. Every project starts with a free estimate — no obligation, no pressure.
Reach out by phone, text, or the form on this site, and we'll walk you through the scope of your project. Most estimates for larger tracts are based on satellite imagery and available plat information, since many landowners don't have a formal survey on hand.
We review the site, confirm boundary lines and any environmental considerations, and coordinate any permitting your project requires before equipment ever hits the ground.
Our crew clears, mulches, grades, excavates, or trenches according to your project scope, working efficiently to keep large tracts and multi-day jobs on schedule.
Once work is complete, we walk the site with you, address any final questions, and leave the property ready for what's next — whether that's building, grazing, or resale.
Glass Finn LLC provides land clearing services and full sitework to landowners throughout East Texas, based in Rusk and reaching south toward San Antonio for larger acreage projects. Our primary service area includes the following communities:
Pricing depends on acreage, brush density, and access, but most Cherokee County land clearing jobs run in the range of $2,700 per acre. Every estimate is free, so Jacksonville landowners get an exact number before any equipment shows up. Larger acreage and multi-day jobs typically see a lower effective rate than small, one-off lots.
Yes. We regularly clear and grade lots near Lake Jacksonville, and we factor drainage and shoreline setbacks into every job near the water.
Yes — we clear and grade rural acreage along the US 69 corridor toward Love’s Lookout, including ranch and pasture tracts on the hillier ground north of town.
We can take on jobs of any size within Jacksonville city limits since travel distance is short, but our equipment is best suited to a half-acre and up. Give us a call and we’ll tell you honestly whether it’s a good fit.
A one-acre residential lot usually takes a single day; larger acreage or rural tracts toward New Summerfield can run several days depending on brush density. We’ll give you a realistic timeline with your free estimate.
Yes. Cherokee County sits within Texas’s historic East Texas oil field, and Michael McAuliffe brings 30 years of oil-industry environmental cleanup experience to spill remediation and land cleanup jobs.
