Excavation
General land excavation with the excavator: digging and shaping ground, pulling stumps and roots, cutting ditches and moving dirt. Free on-site estimates around Monticello and about 40 miles out.
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Gravel driveway installation on rural land is dirt work first and rock second. A drive that was never cut and crowned will rut and wash out. The fix starts under the rock, in the base and the ditches. We build gravel driveways, farm roads and access roads around Monticello and across North Florida.
A long drive to a homesite and a road back to a barn start the same way. We clear the route with the same machines we run for land clearing in Monticello. Then we cut the base down to firm ground and shape a crown so rain sheds off. Ditches go in along the road where the water needs a path out.
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Every drive starts with the route. We look at where the road has to run, where the ground stays wet, and where water crosses it. A route through woods gets cleared first, and the brush, stumps and roots come out. On a new homesite, the drive usually follows right behind clearing the building lot.
Then we cut the base. Topsoil, roots and soft dirt come off the roadbed so rock sits on firm ground. Dirt gets moved and shaped until the road sits where it should. Florida law says to notify Sunshine 811 before digging starts, and the call is free.
Shape is what keeps a road alive. The middle sits higher than the edges so rain runs off. Federal road guides put that crown at about a half inch for every foot of width. Where the water needs somewhere to go, a ditch gets cut along the road.
Limerock is the base rock most Florida road work is built on. It is crushed limestone mixed with fines that let it pack down and lock up. State road specs list limerock as a base material, and it is hauled all over North Florida. Crushed concrete gets used the same way as a base on plenty of drives here.
Good surface rock needs stone, sand and fines together. Stone alone rolls out from under tires and ends up in the ditch. Sand alone will not carry a load. The mix is what binds, which is why washed stone by itself makes a poor drive on soft ground.
How much rock a road needs depends on what runs over it. A drive that only sees pickups is built lighter than a road hauling loaded trucks. Clay hill ground in the Red Hills and sandy flatwoods soil act differently under a road. Both show up around here, and we sort that out on the estimate.
Farm roads carry a different load than a driveway to the house. A road to a back field or a hunting camp has to hold trucks and tractors in wet weather. We cut those roads across pasture and timber and keep them draining to the low side.
A drive that ruts and holds water has usually lost its shape. The crown flattens and water sits in the wheel tracks until the base turns soft. Dumping more rock on top only buries that for a season. We cut the surface back into shape, pull the ditches open, and rock it again.
Summer storms are hard on a dirt road. Gullies cut across the surface and rock ends up in the ditch. That is dirt work, the same as any other excavation work on rural property. We shape the road back, move dirt where it is short, and give the water a path.
Free, no-obligation estimates across North Florida and South Georgia.
(850) 815-0054From the first call or text to the last load hauled off, here is how it goes.
Call or text (850) 815-0054 with where the property is and what you want done. A rough idea of the acreage helps.
We drive out and look at the ground, the growth and the access for the machines. That visit is the free estimate.
The land decides between mulching in place and a full clear with the debris hauled off. Thick understory usually mulches. Ground going under a building usually gets a full clear with the stumps out.
We haul the excavator and the skid steer in on our own trailers. Clearing, mulching, stump work and load-out run in whatever order the job calls for.
Debris is mulched in place or loaded into the dump truck and hauled off. We leave the ground open and usable, and you look it over before the machines leave.
Common questions about gravel driveways across North Florida and South Georgia. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
General land excavation with the excavator: digging and shaping ground, pulling stumps and roots, cutting ditches and moving dirt. Free on-site estimates around Monticello and about 40 miles out.
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We dig new drainage ditches and clean out old ones so standing water leaves your land. Excavator work on pastures, fields, lots and driveways around Monticello.
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We clear building lots and homesites down to open, usable ground. Brush, trees, stumps and debris come off so the next step can start.
Learn MoreWe run a mulching head on the skid steer and on the excavator. The skid steer covers open ground fast. The excavator reaches out over banks and wet spots that will not carry a machine.
Clearing, stump work, ditches and hauling all come from one company. You deal with one phone number from the first cut to the last load off the property.
We work about 40 miles out from town. That reaches Jefferson, Madison, Taylor, Leon and Wakulla counties, plus Thomas, Grady and Brooks counties across the Georgia line. Most of it is farm, timber and plantation land.
We come out, look at the land and tell you how we would run the job. The estimate is free and it comes from your actual ground.
Tell us where the property is and what you want cleared. Call or text (850) 815-0054, or send the form and we will set up a free estimate.
Tell us about the job. We will get right back to you.