Stump Grinding
Stump grinding for lawns and yards. Full stump removal with the excavator when the ground is getting cleared or built on.
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Digging a pond is a dirt job long before it becomes a place that holds water on your land. We dig and shape ponds on residential and rural land around Burgaw, and on commercial sites nearby. Coastal soil here runs sandy on top, so we check what sits under it before the excavator moves. Clay below that sand is what holds water, and we set the pond bottom into it where possible.
Some jobs are a farm pond on a back field or a small pond behind a house. Others are a retention pond on a commercial site, with a piped outlet and rip-rap at the discharge. We have built both, and the machine work is similar either way. Pond digging pairs with excavation and grading and dirt work, since the dirt has to go somewhere useful.
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Most pond digging around Burgaw starts with a low spot on the property that already holds water after rain. We look at the site, check what the soil is doing, and work out how big the pond can be. The excavator opens the hole, and the tracked skid steer moves dirt to where you want it. Bank slopes get shaped so they stay put, and so a mower can run down them later.
Depth matters as much as width, and the right depth depends on what the pond is for. A pond meant to stay wet through a dry August has to be dug deeper than a runoff pond. When trees and brush cover the pond site, that comes out first with land clearing and stump removal. We build the access track too, so the dump truck can reach the hole without cutting up your yard.
A retention pond keeps a permanent pool of water in it, even between storms. A detention basin fills during a storm, then drains down and sits as dry ground. We have dug both on commercial jobs, building to the grades and elevations on the engineer's plan. That work covers the pond bottom, the side slopes, the outlet structure and the rip-rap at the discharge.
Pender, New Hanover and Onslow are three of the twenty coastal counties in North Carolina. In those counties, state stormwater rules apply once a project disturbs 10,000 square feet or more of land. That is one reason so many new commercial sites around here have a pond drawn into the plans. Bring the approved plan and we dig to it, then shape the banks and set the outlet pipe.
Sandy soil drains fast, and that is the first thing any pond builder has to deal with here. Water moves straight through clean sand, so a hole dug in it can drop level within days. Clay holds water, so we look for it and key the pond into it where the ground has it. Packing the bottom and the side slopes as we dig helps the pond hold what it catches.
The water table sits high in low ground here, and that cuts both ways for a pond. A high table helps keep the pond full, and it also makes the digging wet and slow. Dry stretches are usually the better window for pond excavation on soft coastal ground. Timing the dig around the weather keeps fresh cut banks from sliding back into the hole.
From the first walk of the property to the last pass of the blade, here is exactly how it goes.
Call (910) 512-9578 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 machines show up when the ground is ready, the work gets finished, and the property is left clean and usable.
Common questions about ponds across Burgaw & Southeastern NC. Don't see yours? Give us a call — we're happy to help.
Stump grinding for lawns and yards. Full stump removal with the excavator when the ground is getting cleared or built on.
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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.
Excavators, a tracked skid steer and a dump truck under one name. Clearing, dirt work, demolition and the haul-off get done as one job with one estimate.
Sandy soil, wet low spots, a high water table and brush that never quits. This is the only ground we have worked since 2013, and the work is planned for what it does.
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.
Land to clear, an old structure to take down, brush that's won too many summers, or a pond you've 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 has worked this ground since 2013.
Tell us about your property and we'll get back to you fast.