Cedar Removal
Mechanical cedar removal for pasture, ranch and hunting land around Ada. Dozer and excavator take the whole tree with the root, so grass has room to come back.
View Details
Dirt work is the heavy end of earthmoving, and it is most of what we do. We cut the high ground down, haul the spoil off, and spread it where you need it. A Cat D6 dozer moves the volume. Our 30,000-pound excavator digs and loads. A tracked skid steer handles what the big machines cannot get to. Most of our jobs sit outside town on ranches and rural home sites. We cover Pontotoc County and run about 50 miles out from Ada, and bigger projects pull us further. On an ongoing ranch job near Sulphur we are past 350 acres cleared. Four ponds and three rough building pads came out of that same dirt.
Ground around Ada is not the same from one job to the next. You get sandy topsoil in places and heavy red clay in others, sometimes on the same acre. Sandy ground cuts easy and washes easy. Red clay holds water, swells when it is wet, and cracks when it dries out. Those two behave differently under a dozer, and they hold fill differently. So we read the ground first, then set the cut and fill so water leaves the way it should. Call (580) 344-7473 for a free estimate on your dirt work.
Tell us about your property and we'll get back to you fast.
Dirt work covers the heavy moving of soil on a piece of ground. We cut dirt out of the high spots and put it in the low spots. We haul it across the property or off the property. Then we spread and rough shape it so the land drains and holds. On raw acreage the job usually starts with clearing the trees and stumps off first. On a build site, the dirt work sets up digging footings and utility trenches later. Most of what you pay for on a dirt job is machine hours and yards moved. The shape of the finished dirt matters more than how pretty the surface looks.
A Cat D6 dozer does the pushing. It moves big volume in long passes and holds an even cut across a slope. Our 30,000-pound excavator digs and loads trucks. It also pulls rock and old roots out of the dirt as we go. A tracked skid steer works the tight ground close to buildings and fence lines. Tracks matter on Oklahoma clay because they spread the weight and stay on top of soft ground. We leave the dirt roughed to the shape the next step needs. If you want a building pad roughed to grade, that is its own scope on the same visit. The pad gets left ready for your concrete crew.
Pontotoc County sits in the Cross Timbers, where sandy topsoil lies over reddish clay subsoil. The country rolls, so most acreage around Ada has some natural fall to work with. Sandy ground cuts fast and hauls clean. It also moves when water runs across it, which is how gullies start. Red clay is the other problem. Oklahoma clay swells when it takes on water and shrinks and cracks in a dry spell. Fill that goes under anything solid has to be placed in thin lifts and packed. Dumped deep and left alone, clay fill settles and takes your surface down with it. We look at what is under the grass before we plan the cut.
Weather sets the calendar here more than anything else. Ada averages about 41 inches of rain a year, and May is the wettest month at roughly 5 inches. The wet stretch runs from the middle of April into the middle of September. Wet clay will not pack, and loaded trucks rut it badly. After a heavy rain we wait for the ground to dry rather than tear up your place. July and August run average highs near 93 degrees, and the clay bakes hard. Hard ground is slower to break, but it hauls clean and packs well once it is opened up. Fall is usually the best window for a big move of dirt. We watch the forecast and tell you when the ground is not ready.
The cheapest fill is dirt you already own. On rolling ground we can often balance a job by cutting one area and filling another. That keeps trucks off the road and holds the yardage cost down. When a site is short on dirt, we haul fill in. Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and the trucking is often the bigger number on the bill. Distance from the pit to your gate drives that. We place fill in lifts and pack each one instead of dumping it all at once. Where there is enough topsoil on site, we strip it, stack it, and put it back over the finished dirt.
Washed out ground is steady work around here. Heavy spring rain cuts gullies across pasture and along fence lines, and they get wider every year. We fill the gully, rough shape the ground above it, and send the water somewhere it will not cut again. Rough driveway lanes work the same way. We cut the lane, crown it so water sheds off, and shape the ditch line beside it. Gravel and the final grade and smooth finish come after the dirt sits where it belongs. Before we dig, we call OKIE811. Oklahoma law requires excavators to give two business days notice, so buried lines get marked first. That matters on old places with water lines and electric running out to a barn.
Free, no-obligation estimates across Ada & South Central Oklahoma.
(580) 344-7473From the first look at the ground to the last pass of the blade, here is exactly how it goes.
Call (580) 344-7473 or send the form. Describe the land, what is on it, and what you want it to become. Photos help.
We meet you on the property, look at the growth, the ground and the access, and talk through the right way to do the job.
The estimate is free and comes from seeing the land. You know the price and the plan before any machine shows up.
The D6 and the excavator show up, the work gets finished, and the property is left clean and usable.
Common questions about dirt work across Ada & South Central Oklahoma. Don't see yours? Give us a call, we're happy to help.
Mechanical cedar removal for pasture, ranch and hunting land around Ada. Dozer and excavator take the whole tree with the root, so grass has room to come back.
View Details
We dig footings, trenches, storm shelter pits and pool holes on acreage around Ada, Oklahoma. The work runs on a 30,000-pound excavator, and the locate request goes to OKIE811 before the bucket moves. Rezz Built Construction Services has been doing this since 2023.
View Details
We take down houses, mobile homes, barns and old slabs with a 30,000 pound excavator. Debris goes to a permitted landfill and the ground gets left flat.
View Details
Pond construction for farms and ranches around Ada, Oklahoma. We dig new stock and fishing ponds with a dozer and excavator. We also clean out silted ponds and repair dams.
View Details
We strip the topsoil, cut and fill to your build elevation, and pack the dirt in lifts. The pad comes out level and above grade, ready for your concrete contractor.
View Details
We grade and level rough or washed-out ground around Ada, Oklahoma. A Cat D6 dozer does the heavy cutting and a tracked skid steer sets the finish. Water ends up draining away from your house and outbuildings instead of standing.
View DetailsThe person you call is the person in the machine. You explain the job once, the estimate comes from the one doing the work, and nothing gets lost in a handoff.
A Cat D6 dozer, a 30,000-lb excavator and a tracked skid steer under one name. Acreage, ranch and commercial ground is what the equipment was bought for.
We clear mechanically with the dozer and excavator, roots and all. The ground is left buildable and mowable instead of hiding stumps under a layer of mulch.
We look at the property, talk through what it needs, and hand you a real number. The estimate costs nothing and the price comes from seeing the ground.
What dirt work costs in Oklahoma: machine and operator hourly rates, fill dirt by the yard, haul-off, mobilization minimums and why wet red clay stops the job.
Read more →What a dirt building pad costs in Oklahoma: fill volume math, house and shop pads, mobile home pad rules, and how the pad differs from the concrete slab.
Read more →Excavation costs in Oklahoma: hourly machine rates, trenching per foot, foundation and pool digs, storm shelter pits and the SoonerSafe rebate.
Read more →
What land clearing costs per acre in Oklahoma in 2026: light brush to heavy cedar, stump removal, debris options and the burn ban factor. Real market ranges.
Read more →What land grading costs in Oklahoma: yard leveling, regrading around a foundation, and rough-grading acreage, plus the 10x per-acre trap in online numbers.
Read more →
What farm and fishing ponds cost to build in Oklahoma, the clay and depth rules that decide it, free fish stocking, and what a pond does to land value.
Read more →Cedar taking the pasture, a pad to build, an old house to take down, or a pond you have been thinking about for years? Call or send the form. We come look at the property with you, and the estimate is free, from the owner who runs the machines.
Tell us about your property and we'll get back to you fast.