Land Clearing
We clear lots and acreage of trees, brush, and stumps across Montgomery County and Middle Tennessee. The ground gets cleaned up so it is ready to build on or put back into pasture.
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Ground in Ashland City changes fast. The town sits in bottomland on the northeast bank of the Cumberland River, about 430 feet above sea level. Climb out of town and you are on Highland Rim hills, where chert and limestone sit close to the surface. One lot needs fill and drainage, and the next one hits rock in the footing trench.
Wilson Forestry and Excavating covers Ashland City and the rest of Cheatham County. We are based in Woodlawn, just west of Clarksville, and TN 12 brings us straight into town. Our excavation work here includes footings, building pads, gravel driveways, and site prep and grading for new builds. Call or text (931) 572-8673 for a free estimate on your property.
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Ashland City sits on flat bottomland in a bend of the Cumberland River. Downtown ground is river deposit, silty and soft. Across the river the land climbs into hills and bluffs held by the Cheatham State Wildlife Management Area. North of town it levels back out into higher country.
That split changes how a dig goes. On low ground near the river and the creek mouths, we are working silt and old river material. Up on the ridges we run into chert and limestone, sometimes only a foot or two down. Cheatham County sits on the Western Highland Rim, and bedded chert and cherty limestone lie under most of those hills.
So we look at the lot before we price it. A pad on flat river ground is a different job than a pad cut into a hillside above town. Rock, slope, and how far water has to travel all change the dirt work and the machine time.
The soil survey for Cheatham County maps a Sengtown, Mountview, and Dickson group across the county's rim ground. Dickson is the Tennessee state soil, and it carries a fragipan. That is a tight, brittle layer roughly 18 to 36 inches down that water moves through very slowly.
Rain sinks a foot or two, reaches that layer, and spreads sideways instead of going down. That is why a yard here can stay soggy days after the rain quits. The Sengtown soil in the mix is clayey and holds water too. Middle Tennessee takes about 50 inches of rain a year, so the ground gets tested often.
The fix is usually two parts. We regrade the elevation so water leaves the house instead of standing against the foundation. Then we install drainage pipe and French drains to carry it somewhere it can go. On low lots near Sycamore Creek or the river, where it can go is the first question we answer.
Ashland City has been growing. The 2020 census counted 5,193 people in town, up more than 14 percent from 2010. Cheatham County has climbed from about 9,400 residents in 1960 to more than 41,000 today. Nashville is a short drive southeast, and that pulls building this way.
Newer subdivisions like Bradley Bend, Crockett Hills, Sycamore Ridge, and City View sit beside older streets and farm ground. Many of the new lots are wooded and rolling. Getting one build ready starts with clearing trees and brush. Then we pull stumps with the excavator thumb and cut the pad.
Builders and general contractors bring us much of this work, from single houses to commercial buildings. We cut and fill, then set the pad to grade with a laser. From there we shape the lot so water runs off the right way. Trenching for water lines and electrical conduit happens on the same site.
TN 12 is the main road through Ashland City. It runs southeast toward Nashville and northwest toward Clarksville, and SR 455 carries the bypass around the edge of town. TN 49 crosses the Cumberland here, heading north through Pleasant View toward Springfield or southwest to Charlotte.
Plenty of property around here sits well back from those routes, down long gravel drives on hillsides. We build gravel driveways and access roads made to hold up on that ground. That means cutting a real road bed, laying base and gravel, and crowning it so water sheds into the ditches.
Culverts and crossings matter in Cheatham County, where creeks feed the Cumberland out of every hollow. Sycamore Creek, Brush Creek, and Marrowbone Creek all drain into Cheatham Lake on the river. A drive that crosses a wet weather ditch needs pipe sized and set right. Otherwise the first hard rain takes the gravel with it.
Communities and areas we serve around Ashland City: Bradley Bend, Crockett Hills, Sycamore Ridge, City View, Caldwell Estates, Eastland Farms, Hickory Hills, Maple Hills, Sugar Hills, Riverside Estates, Cheap Hill, Chapmansboro.
Ashland City ZIP codes served: 37015, 37035.
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(931) 572-8673 We clear lots and acreage of trees, brush, and stumps across Montgomery County and Middle Tennessee. The ground gets cleaned up so it is ready to build on or put back into pasture.
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A skid steer with a forestry mulcher head grinds brush, saplings, and undergrowth into mulch right where it stands. We also bush hog overgrown fields and pastures back to usable ground.
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We handle the dirt work before a build: building pads, cut and fill, rough and finish grading, and driveway cuts. The ground ends up level where it should be and sloped so water leaves the site.
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We build new gravel driveways, farm roads and access roads across Montgomery County and out toward Nashville. The road bed gets cut and stoned, then crowned so water sheds off instead of standing in the tracks.
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We install erosion control measures that keep soil on site and out of the ditch. Wilson Forestry and Excavating is an approved erosion control contractor with TDEC.
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Water standing in the yard or against the house needs a way out. We regrade the ground and put in French drains and pipe that carry it off.
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We trench and backfill for water lines, electrical conduit, sewer lines, and septic lines. Your plumber or electrician makes the connections, and we handle the digging and the ground work.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Ashland City. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Tell us what the job is and where the property sits, and we will get you an estimate. You can also call or text (931) 572-8673 if that is faster.
Tell us about the job and the ground. We will get right back to you.