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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Fairview sits in the northwest corner of Williamson County, up on the Western Highland Rim. The town stands about 823 feet above sea level, roughly 150 feet higher than Nashville. Under the silty topsoil is chert gravel and cherty limestone, so a dig turns up rock in places. Water leaves those slopes fast and heads for Little Turnbull Creek and Turnbull Creek.
Wilson Forestry and Excavating is based in Woodlawn, just west of Clarksville. We travel south to Fairview for excavation, dirt work, and clearing lots of trees, brush, and stumps. We dig footings, build pads, cut driveways, and shape ground so water runs off the right way. Call or text (931) 572-8673 for a free estimate on the property.
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The land here rolls hard and then drops into hollows where the slopes steepen. Inside Bowie Nature Park it falls from 900 feet on the east side to 720 feet at Little Turnbull Creek. Lots around town tilt somewhere in that range. A level building pad on tilted ground means cut and fill.
On a Fairview hillside lot we cut dirt off the high side and build the low side up. We compact as we go, and grade lasers hold the elevation across the pad. Chert and limestone sit close to the surface in places, so we look at the ground before pricing a dig. From there, site prep and grading sets the final shape and the fall for drainage.
Builders and general contractors bring much of this work. We also dig footings for home additions and for commercial buildings along Highway 100. Trenching and backfill for water lines, electrical conduit, and sewer or septic lines happen on the same sites. Tennessee 811 gets called before any of it.
Fairview has grown fast for a town its size. The 2020 census counted 9,357 residents, and the building has not slowed. About 3,200 housing units sit approved across roughly 19 active developments. A new fire station is planned where Horn Tavern Road meets Highway 96, near the largest subdivision yet.
Most of that ground started as woods or pasture. Oak, hickory, and pine cover the ridges, and cedar fills the old fence lines. We drop the trees and brush, pull stumps with an excavator thumb, and clean the ground up. That is how a wooded tract off Cox Pike or Chester Road becomes a build site.
Some jobs only need the brush knocked back. Forestry mulching grinds saplings, briars, and undergrowth in place and leaves the chips on the ground. It suits fence lines, trails, and Fairview pasture that has grown up in cedar. A brush cutter handles open fields that got away from you.
The state is rebuilding part of Fairview Boulevard with curb, storm drainage, and sidewalk. Private drives have the same job on a smaller scale. Places off Fernvale Road, Dice Lampley Road, and Crow Cut Road sit back on acreage. The drive has to climb and turn to reach the house.
A drive on a Fairview grade washes out when the base is thin. We cut the road bed down to firm ground and build it back in layers of stone. The road gets a crown so water sheds to both sides. Ditches carry it off, and a culvert runs it under the drive at a wet weather crossing.
Gravel driveways and access roads hold up when the water has somewhere to go. Farm roads and construction entrances around western Williamson County get built the same way. The company's roots are in building roads for a timber company's log trucks and heavy equipment. That is why the base under a road matters more to us than the gravel on top.
Everything off this town drains into the Harpeth River watershed. Little Turnbull Creek cuts through Bowie Nature Park from southeast to northwest and feeds Turnbull Creek. Turnbull reaches the South Harpeth River about eight miles north of the park. Middle Tennessee gets close to 50 inches of rain a year, and bare dirt on a slope moves with it.
Fairview has already seen what that costs. The land that is now Bowie Nature Park was farmed down to bare soil. Gullies there carried off 20 to 30 tons of topsoil a year. Dr. Evangeline Bowie filled the gullies, terraced the ground, and planted the pines that stand there now.
New building on a slope needs the same idea in current form. We are on TDEC's approved contractor list for erosion control and have done TDEC jobs. Silt fence, rock check dams, and a stabilized construction entrance keep dirt on the site. Riprap at pipe outlets, seeding, and matting hold the bare ground until it takes.
Communities and areas we serve around Fairview: Cumberland Estates, Castleberry Farms, Chester Estates, Sharpes Run, Meadow Wood, Fernvale Heights, Western Woods Village, Clearview Meadows, Kingwood, Cox Run, Valley Green, Pinecrest.
Fairview ZIP codes served: 37062.
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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 Fairview. 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.