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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Stratford sits where US-177 crosses SH-19, in the northeast corner of Garvin County. The town lands about halfway between Ada and Pauls Valley. Our shop in Ada is about 16 miles east on that same highway. A job in Stratford is a 20 minute drive for us. We can come look at your acreage the same week you call, then price the work. The 74872 ZIP covers almost 148 square miles and reaches into Pontotoc and McClain counties. We run jobs across all of it, from town lots to whole sections.
The ground here is sandy, and it grows two things well. Peaches are the first. Stratford calls itself the Peach Capital of Oklahoma. Something like 900 acres of orchard sit in and around town. The Peach Festival has filled the city park every July since 1976. Eastern red cedar is the second. That same loose soil lets cedar seed in along fence lines and creek draws. We clear it the mechanical way, with a Cat D6 dozer and a 30,000 pound excavator. Stumps and roots come out with them. The place is mowable and buildable when we pull off. Rezz Built Construction Services has been based in Ada since 2023. We handle land clearing, cedar removal, dirt work, grading, excavation, demolition, ponds, and site prep.
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Sandy soil drains fast and warms up early. That is part of why peaches do well on this ground. It is also why eastern red cedar spreads through pasture around Stratford. Birds drop seed under fence lines, and seedlings take hold in loose dirt.
This part of the county is cross timbers country. Post oak, blackjack oak, and hickory make up most of the standing timber, with prairie openings between. Garvin County runs to rolling hills that fall away southeast toward the Arbuckles. Cedar fills the gaps in all of it.
Cedar costs money to leave alone. Oklahoma gives up about 300,000 more acres to it every year. One mature cedar can pull up to 30 gallons of water a day. An acre of cedar can drink 55,000 gallons a year. That is water your grass never sees.
We take cedar out with the dozer and the excavator, roots included. A ground level cut leaves a stump that still catches a shredder deck. When we are clearing cedar off pasture west of town, everything gets pushed into piles. One of our jobs was 140 acres of cedar removal on a USDA contract.
It starts with a look at the place. Tree size, tree density, slope, and how open you want it all move the price. Estimates are free. Call (580) 344-7473 and we can usually get out there within a few days.
Then the machines go to work. The Cat D6 pushes trees and brush into windrows. The excavator pulls stumps and roots, then shakes the dirt off them. The tracked skid steer cleans the edges and the tight spots near buildings and fence. Grading comes after, so the ground drains and mows.
Two rules shape the schedule. Garvin County commissioners put a countywide burn ban on when it turns dry, and brush piles fall under it. Agricultural prescribed burns have their own exemption, but it does not cover brush or debris piles. When burning is off the table, debris gets hauled. For excavation, Oklahoma law says call OKIE811 two business days before digging. Demolition of a structure needs seven business days notice to the utility operators.
Open ground shows its problems. Low spots and old washes turn up once the brush is gone. We do heavy dirt work with the same machines. That covers cutting fill, filling washes, shaping drives, and fixing drainage that runs the wrong way.
Small acreage along SH-19 and US-177 usually needs a spot for a house or a shop. We rough in a building pad and level it to grade. The pad is left concrete ready, and your slab crew takes it from there.
Ponds fit this country well. We dig a new pond or clean out an old one that has silted in. One ranch project near Sulphur has run past 350 acres cleared. On that place we built 4 ponds, set a storm shelter, and roughed in 3 building pads. Demolition is part of the work too. We take down old houses, barns, sheds, and metal buildings, then clear the site.
Communities & areas we serve around Stratford: Downtown Stratford, SH-19 corridor, US-177 corridor, Roff, Byars, Paoli.
Stratford ZIP codes served: 74872.
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.
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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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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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