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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Site prep and grading is the dirt work that comes before anything gets built. We cut and fill ground, build pads for houses and commercial buildings, and shape lots so water runs off. The work runs from Woodlawn and Clarksville out across Montgomery County. Builders, homeowners, farms, and general contractors all call us for it.
Every lot sits a little different. Some need land clearing first, so trees and stumps come out before a machine can set grade. Others are open ground that holds water in the wrong spot. We check the elevations with a grade laser, then move dirt until the pad is right and the ground drains.
Tell us about the job and the ground. We will get right back to you.
A build starts with the pad. We strip the topsoil, cut down the high side, and use that dirt to fill the low side. Fill goes in layers and gets packed so the pad does not settle under the slab.
Grade lasers hold the elevation the builder gives us. We keep the pad flat and true, and slope the ground around it away from the building. Footings and slabs go in cleaner when the pad is right, and the foundation excavation starts from it.
This is the same rough grading a shop, a barn, an addition, or a commercial building needs. Much of that work comes from builders and general contractors who bring us their next job too.
Finish grading is the pass that decides where water goes. The residential building code sets a minimum. The ground has to fall 6 inches in the first 10 feet away from a foundation. Where a slope or a lot line makes that impossible, a swale or a drain carries the water instead.
The ground here works against you. Dickson silt loam, Tennessee's state soil, sits across the Highland Rim. It has a dense fragipan layer 18 to 36 inches down. Water moves through that layer slowly, so after a hard rain it sits above it instead of soaking away.
So we shape the lot to send water to a ditch or an outlet away from the house. Where regrading alone cannot do it, a French drain goes in with the dirt work.
Plenty of jobs are smaller than a house build. A driveway needs its road bed cut and packed before stone goes down. That dirt work comes ahead of a new gravel driveway.
Septic areas are another one. We clear the ground and dig for the system, and the system itself is installed by a licensed septic installer. In Tennessee the permit comes from the state and the county after a soil and site evaluation. That step lands before the digging.
On open construction sites the dirt has to stay put while the ground is bare. Erosion control measures like silt fence and rock check dams go in with the site work. They stay until the ground is stable.
Free, no-obligation estimates across Clarksville, Middle Tennessee and the Nashville area.
(931) 572-8673From the first call or text to the finished property, here is how it goes.
Call or text (931) 572-8673 with what you need done and where the property sits. Photos and rough acreage help us size the job before we drive out.
We come out and look at the ground, the access, and where the water runs. Then we put a price on the work and go over it with you. The visit and the estimate are free.
Once you approve the estimate, we get you on the schedule. Weather and ground conditions set which week works, and we tell you where you stand.
Equipment comes in and the job runs in order, from clearing to digging to final grade. We keep the site drained and passable while we work.
We go over the finished job with you before the equipment leaves. Anything that needs another pass gets handled while we are still on site.
Common questions about site prep and grading across Clarksville, Middle Tennessee and the Nashville area. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
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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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.
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We install erosion control measures that keep soil on site and out of the ditch: silt fence, rock check dams, riprap and seeding.
Learn MoreWe clear the lot, dig and grade the pad, cut the driveway, and trench the utilities. One company handles the dirt work from the first tree to the final grade, so the job does not wait between contractors.
Much of our work comes from builders and general contractors, on house builds and commercial buildings. The same names call us back for the next site.
The company started out cutting roads for a timber company's trucks and equipment. Farm roads, construction entrances, haul roads, and timber roads are still a big part of what we build.
Estimates are free, and we come out to the site to give you one. We cover Clarksville and Montgomery County out to Dover, Springfield, Dickson, Nashville, and Franklin.
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Tennessee has no state land clearing permit. Burn permits, the one acre stormwater rule, county grading plans and Tennessee 811 still apply to most jobs.
Read more →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.