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.
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Excavation is the digging side of our work, and it runs on a 30,000-pound excavator. We dig footings and foundation holes, trench for water and power lines, and cut drainage. We open pits for storm shelters and swimming pools, set culverts, and dig out old stumps. Most of that work sits outside town, on acreage and rural home sites within 50 miles of Ada. The same machine loads spoil into trucks when the dirt has to leave the property. Call (580) 344-7473 for a free estimate, and we will come look at the site first.
A dig is only right when the bottom is right. We cut to the depth your builder, plumber, or shelter installer gives us, and we keep the walls clean. Spoil gets stacked out of the way, spread on site, or loaded out. Ada ground often runs sandy loam over a clay loam subsoil, and it digs fast. Southwest toward Sulphur, the Arbuckle country turns to limestone, and rock changes the plan and the price. Before any bucket goes in the ground, the locate request goes to OKIE811 and we wait on the marks.
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Yes, on every job. Oklahoma law says the notice goes in no less than 48 hours before excavation starts. That count leaves out the day we call, plus Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. We file the locate request with OKIE811, and the utility crews come mark their lines in paint and flags.
The notice runs out 14 calendar days from the excavation start date, so the dig gets booked inside that window. Where a marked line crosses our dig, hand-dug test holes find it before the bucket works there. Powered equipment stays off a marked route until the line is exposed and protected. On a rural site the marks often show a gas service or a water line nobody remembered.
Ada sits in Cross Timbers country. The soil series mapped 12 miles northwest of town runs loamy fine sand over sandy clay loam. Sand like that digs fast, and trench walls can slough while you work. Wet weather turns the clay layer greasy, so deep work gets planned around the forecast. Stumps, root balls and buried junk come out of the hole while we are in there.
Southwest toward Sulphur, the Arbuckles come up, and the ground changes. That country is limestone and dolomite, with shallow soil and rock outcrops. Rock slows a dig and moves the price, so we check what is under the grass before quoting. Some sites also need heavy dirt work and grading or a new pond dug while the machines are on the ground.
Pontotoc County has recorded 74 tornadoes since 1950, and shelters get dug here every year. We open the pit for a precast shelter or a safe room and keep the bottom flat and square. On the ranch job near Sulphur we set a storm shelter and dug a swimming pool. Footings go in the same way once the pad is roughed in and leveled to grade.
After the shelter is in, register it with the City of Ada and Pontotoc County Emergency Management. That list is used by rescue crews after a storm, and it is not open to the public. Underground shelters and above-ground safe rooms both go on it. If an old barn sits where the hole goes, we start by taking the structure down.
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 excavation 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.
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We move, haul, and spread dirt on acreage around Ada with a Cat D6 dozer and a 30,000-pound excavator. That covers cut and fill, fill dirt placement, washed out ground, and rough driveway lanes on rural property.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Excavation costs in Oklahoma: hourly machine rates, trenching per foot, foundation and pool digs, storm shelter pits and the SoonerSafe rebate.
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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.
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