A family company in Cocoa
Harrack Trucking & Land Clearing has been family owned since 1988. We run our own dump trucks and earthmoving machines, from a compact track loader up to a dozer and a roller compactor, so a clearing job and the dirt work after it don't have to wait on another company's schedule.
The number on this site, (321) 638-4636, is our own line. Call it during office hours and you're talking to us.
City of Cocoa or Brevard County?
A Cocoa mailing address doesn't settle which rules apply. Port St. John is unincorporated Brevard County, and so is some of the land west of the city along SR 520. Out there the county's land clearing code applies, not the city's. Your tax bill or the property appraiser's record for the parcel shows which one you're in.
Inside the city, Cocoa's tree rules are aimed at vacant and undeveloped land, open space and rights-of-way. They don't apply to single-family or duplex lots (Cocoa Code, App. A, Art. XIII, s. 22). An empty lot in town is where a tree removal or land clearing permit comes into it, so check with the city before we put the job on the calendar.
What land around Cocoa tends to need
Near the river most lots are built on, and the jobs are smaller. A vacant lot between two houses has gone to palmetto and Brazilian pepper. A back yard hasn't been touched in years. Underbrush clearing opens that kind of ground up and leaves the live oaks standing.
Farther out, in Port St. John and the wooded land west of town, parcels get bigger and the work turns into land clearing. Pine, palmetto and scrub oak come down, the stumps come out where something will be built, and we haul the debris away.
One company from clearing to finished dirt
Because the trucks are ours, clearing can roll straight into dirt work. Once a lot is clear we can build the building pad, deliver fill dirt for the low spots, or lay asphalt millings on a drive that turns to mud every summer.
If a builder is handling the house, we work to their plans and elevations. Site prep for builders covers how that goes.
Good to know locally
Cocoa's tree rules apply to vacant and undeveloped land, open space on developed property and rights-of-way, and not to single-family or duplex lots.
Port St. John is unincorporated Brevard County, where a land clearing permit is needed before clearing unless the property is exempt.
Questions people ask
Is my lot in the City of Cocoa or the county?
Check your property tax bill or the Brevard County Property Appraiser's record for the parcel. Port St. John and some of the land with a Cocoa address outside town are unincorporated, so county rules apply there.
What are your office hours?
Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM. We're closed Saturday and Sunday. Call (321) 638-4636, or send a quote request any time and we'll pick it up when the office opens.
Can you clear a lot and build the pad as one job?
Yes. Clearing, hauling off the debris, bringing in fill and building the pad can all be one job with us. The pad height still has to come from the builder's plans or the survey. See how a building pad gets built.
Last reviewed October 15, 2026. General information, not legal or professional advice. Check the linked sources for the current rules.