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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We clear land in Holdenville and across Hughes County, and we have run this work since 2023. Ada sits about 37 road miles southwest of Holdenville, so this counts as close to home work for us. We take SH-1 east out to Allen, then turn north on SH-48 through Atwood into town. Most jobs inside the 74848 ZIP are a short haul, which keeps drive time off your bill.
Holdenville Lake sits a few miles south of town and supplies most of the drinking water in Hughes County. The ground around it is Cross Timbers, and it grows brush faster than most people expect. Post oak and blackjack oak stand on sandy soil over sandstone, and eastern redcedar fills the pasture between. Cedar shades out grass, so a quarter left ungrazed for a few years can turn into solid brush. Most of what we do here is mechanical clearing, done with a dozer and an excavator. The machines pull stumps out of the ground instead of grinding them off at the top. Ground cleared that way can be mowed, planted, fenced, or built on without a second trip. We also do cedar removal on grazing ground, dirt work, grading, excavation, demolition, ponds, and building pads.
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Eastern redcedar is the main brush problem on Hughes County grazing ground. Almost nothing grows under a closed cedar canopy, so grass thins and stocking rates fall. Oklahoma State research on Cross Timbers stands puts the added wildfire fuel load from cedar near 38 percent. A pasture full of cedar carries fewer cows and burns hotter.
We take cedar out with the dozer and the excavator, root ball and all. Stumps left in the ground catch mower blades and get in the way of a building site. Roots also make it hard to run a fence line or a water line later. Pulling them now saves a second trip with a machine. Debris gets piled and burned on site when the county allows it, or hauled off. We have cleared 140 acres of cedar on a USDA contract, so the volume does not surprise us. A tracked skid steer handles tight work near a house, a fence, or a tree line you want to keep. Bigger acreage goes to the D6 dozer.
Hughes County is pond country, and digging a new stock pond is regular work for us. On an ongoing ranch project near Sulphur we have cleared more than 350 acres. That job included four ponds, a swimming pool, a storm shelter, and three roughed in building pads. We read the draw, set the dam, and key it into ground that will hold.
Water in the Holdenville Lake watershed carries a lot of fine colloidal clay. The state fish hatchery on SH-48 near the lake has worked around that clay since 1938. Fine clay stays suspended in water, so a fresh pond can run muddy for a while. Once it holds water, the state can stock largemouth bass, channel catfish, and bluegill for qualified owners. Building pads get roughed in and cut level to grade. The pad is left concrete ready, and your concrete crew takes it from there. The same dozer and excavator shape driveways, pond dams, and drainage that moves water away from a slab. Sandstone shelf shows up around here, and the excavator deals with it.
Oklahoma law says to give OKIE811 two business days before anyone digs. The call is free, and it gets buried gas, power, and phone lines marked. We place that ticket on jobs that put a bucket in the ground. Old family places out in Hughes County often hide lines and septic that nobody remembers.
Burning is the other rule to watch here. Hughes County commissioners can pass a burn ban, and a governor's proclamation overrides county action. Oklahoma Forestry Services keeps a county map of active bans, and we check it before lighting a pile. When burning is closed, debris gets piled and left, or hauled off the property. Inside the Holdenville city limits, the city runs a building code and a code enforcement office. Outside the limits, permitting authority sits with the Hughes County commissioners. Most of the acreage we clear sits well outside town, out toward Spaulding, Yeager, and Atwood. Call us at (580) 344-7473 and we will come look at the ground and give you a free estimate.
Communities & areas we serve around Holdenville: Wetumka, Calvin, Atwood, Spaulding, Yeager, Dustin.
Holdenville ZIP codes served: 74848.
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 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.
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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.
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.
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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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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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