Land Grading
We level and grade yards, lots and acreage around Bastrop. Low spots get filled, high ground gets cut, and the surface is sloped so water leaves.
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Land clearing turns a grown-up piece of ground back into something you can use. We clear house lots, home sites, fence lines, pasture edges and acreage that has gone to brush. Our tracked excavator carries a bucket, a hydraulic thumb and a grapple. Trees and brush get pushed over and pulled out by the roots. The skid steer works the smaller growth and cleans up behind it.
We are based in Bastrop and work Bastrop, Monroe and about 60 miles around. Clearing usually runs ahead of something else, like a house pad or a new drive. The excavator, the skid steer and the dump truck are ours, so one company clears, digs and hauls. We look at the site before we price it, and the estimate is free. Call (318) 614-2073.
Tell us about the job. We will get right back to you.
A lot that has gone to brush hides what is under it. We start at the edge and work in, pulling the growth out with the excavator. The thumb and grapple hold a tree the way a hand would, so it comes out whole. The roots come with it, and that is what keeps the ground from settling later.
The ground changes fast around here. Perry clay is the biggest soil in Morehouse Parish, and the NRCS rates it poorly drained. Hebert silt loam sits on the old natural levees. Its seasonal water table runs 1.5 to 3 feet down from December through April. A ridge lot works most of the year, and a wet flat waits on the weather.
Once the growth is off, the lot gets rough graded so it drains. If an old house or barn is still standing on the tract, demolition comes first. Finish work like land grading ahead of sod or a slab is a separate pass.
Stump removal here is a digging job. The excavator digs in around the stump and works the roots loose. Then it pulls the whole root ball out of the ground. The hole is backfilled and packed so the spot does not sink.
That matters if anything goes on top of that ground later. A stump taken off at ground level still has its root ball under the dirt. Wood left buried rots out and leaves a soft place in the fill. Wood buried in a levee gives water a path out. That is why pond construction starts with a cleared basin.
Stumps and root balls go out with the rest of the debris. On a tract headed for a dirt pad or a new drive, the roots have to go.
Most of it gets piled, loaded and hauled off in our dump truck. If you want the wood, we stack it where you tell us and leave it on the place.
Burning is the property owner's call. Louisiana starts from a rule against outdoor burning, with an exception for land clearing debris that carries conditions. Piles sit at least 1,000 feet from any dwelling other than the one on the property. Only plant growth goes on the fire, and the window runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A parish or state burn ban shuts all of that down.
If the timber on the place is worth selling, check before the machines start. The NRCS calls loblolly pine the main commercial species on the hill ground west of here. A consulting forester can tell you whether a logger will pay for what is standing. The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry keeps a list of consulting foresters.
Free estimates and site visits across Bastrop, Monroe and about 60 miles around.
(318) 614-2073From the first call to the final grade, here is how it goes.
Call (318) 614-2073 and tell us what the property needs. We ask a few questions about size, access and what you want at the end.
We come out and look at the ground, the access and where the water sits. Seeing it is the only way to price it right.
You get a price for the work and a plain list of what is included. The estimate is free.
Louisiana 811 is called before we dig, and any permit the job needs is sorted out first. Then the machines and the truck go to work.
The ground is graded back out and the debris is gone. We take a last look over it with you before we pull off.
Common questions about land clearing across Bastrop, Monroe and about 60 miles around. If yours is not here, call and ask.
We level and grade yards, lots and acreage around Bastrop. Low spots get filled, high ground gets cut, and the surface is sloped so water leaves.
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We pick up storm debris with the grapple on our excavator and haul it off in our dump truck. Damaged sheds and barns come down, and the lot gets graded back out.
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We build raised dirt pads for houses, shops, barns and mobile homes. Topsoil comes off, select fill goes in, and the pad is compacted and sloped.
Learn MoreWe are based in Bastrop and work northeast Louisiana, from Minden on the west side to Tallulah on the east.
The tracked excavator, the skid steer and the dump truck belong to us. Digging, grading and hauling all come from the same company.
Clearing, the pad, the drive and the final grade all run through us. You deal with the same company the whole way.
We come out and look at the ground before we put a price on it, and that visit is free.
Tell us where the property is and what you want done, and we will set a time to come look. Call (318) 614-2073, or fill out the form and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the job. We will get right back to you.
