Burnet, TX Excavation Services
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Building pads, ranch roads, grading and demolition across Burnet County. Granite gets priced honest, and we test hole before anybody quotes a number.
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Ground Conditions Around Burnet and What They Mean for Your Job
Burnet County dirt is a coin flip. There is decent workable soil in a lot of places, and there is granite and hard limestone sitting close to the surface in a lot of others, sometimes on the same property. Two feet of cover in one spot and eight feet a hundred yards away is normal out here.
That is why we walk it before we quote it. If we hit granite the hammer comes out, and hammering is priced by the day because there is no honest way to guess how long it takes. Where the ground gives us a choice, shifting a pad or a road out of the rock saves more money than anything else we can do for you.
Excavation and Dirt Work Services in Burnet, TX
Six things we get called for most around Burnet. Most jobs end up being some mix of them.
Building Pads
The platform everything else sits on. Stripped, cut to grade, compacted in lifts and shaped to shed water.
Drainage Correction
Water standing where it should not, or running at a building instead of past it. We reshape it and move it.
Grading and Reshaping
Changing where water goes on a piece of ground. Usually the cheapest fix for a wet spot anybody has.
Demolition and Haul Off
Structures down, debris loaded out, site left clean. Often the first step before anything new goes in.
Bulk Dirt Moving
Cut and fill across a site, or material hauled in when there is not enough of it where you need it.
Ranch Roads
Access that works in February, not just in July. Proper base, a real crown and culverts where water crosses.
How We Price Dirt Work
Most excavation and grading work gets priced as a day rate. That covers the machine, the operator, fuel and getting the equipment to your place. We work that way because on a lot of dirt jobs nobody knows exactly what is under the ground until we open it up. A day rate means you pay for the work that actually gets done instead of paying a padded number built to cover the worst case.
When the scope is tight and we can see it on the ground, we will bid it as a fixed price. A building pad at a set size and elevation, a stretch of road with a known length, an old barn coming down and going to the landfill. Those we can put a firm number on before we start.
What moves the number either way is rock, haul distance, how wet the ground is and how far the equipment has to travel to reach you. Call us with what you are trying to do and we will tell you straight which way it ought to be priced.
Day Rate Work
Open ended dirt work where the scope can change once we get into it. Grading, clearing out a wet spot, general earthmoving.
Fixed Price Work
Jobs with a defined scope. A pad at a set size, a road of known length, a structure coming down and getting hauled off.
What Changes the Price
Rock, haul distance, wet ground and travel time. We tell you which of those are in play before we start, not after.
How We Work
The Walk Through
We come out and look. That is where the useful information is, not on a map.
A Real Number
You hear what it costs and how it is priced, with the variables named up front.
Dirt Moves
Equipment on site doing the work. Cut, fill, compact and grade until it is right.
We Go Over It
Nothing gets called finished until you have walked it with us.
Who We Work For Around Burnet
Most of our work is on ranches, acreage and rural homesites, but we do plenty of commercial pads and site work too.
Residential Properties
Preparing homesites, utility corridors, and building areas for residential development.
Ranch Properties
Supporting ranch infrastructure, access improvements, and long-term land management goals.
Agricultural Properties
Improving land functionality for farming operations, irrigation, and agricultural growth.
Commercial Properties
Creating construction-ready sites for commercial buildings and business expansion projects.
Development Properties
Preparing large tracts of land for future development and infrastructure improvements.
Why Property Owners Choose Our Excavation Services in Burnet, TX?
Operators Who Do This Daily
The same crew runs our machines every day. That is what keeps a pad flat and a road draining the right direction.
Dozers and Excavators
We run bulldozers and excavators sized to the job. Machines that show up ready to work.
Straight Pricing
Day rate on open ended dirt work, fixed price when the scope is defined. No surprise line items at the end.
One Person to Call
You talk to the same person from the first walk through to the last load hauled off.
We Know This Ground
Based in Johnson City. Hill Country rock to the west, blackland to the east, and we work in both every week.
Ranch and Acreage Work
Gates, cattle, fence lines and soft ground. We work around what is already on the place.
Locations We Serve
We cover 13 counties across Central Texas from our yard in Johnson City. If you are inside that footprint we can get equipment to you.
Our Expertise
Project Gallery
Dirt work we have finished around Burnet and the surrounding counties. Pads, roads, drainage and demolition.
9-Acre Selective Land Clearing & Grading Project –
Lexington, TX
18-Acre Cedar Clearing & Site Grading - Completed
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10-Acre Selective Clearing & Grading Project Completed – Bastrop, TX
Frequently Asked Questions
How does granite affect the price of a pad in Burnet?
A lot. Where granite is close to the surface a hammer comes out and the job goes from a couple of days to a week. Hammer work is priced by the day because nobody can honestly quote breaking rock they have not touched. Test holes tell us before you commit.
Can you build a pad without digging into rock?
Often yes. Building up with imported material instead of cutting down is frequently the cheaper answer in Burnet County. We will price both ways and tell you which one your site favors.
Do you build ranch roads out here?
Yes, and a lot of them. Cut, based and crowned so they shed water and carry a truck and trailer through a wet winter. Culverts and crossings where the road meets a draw.
Will you tear down an old barn and haul it off?
Yes. Barns, sheds, pens, slabs and old feed structures. We take it down, load it out and leave clean ground behind.
How far is Burnet from your yard?
About forty five minutes from Johnson City. Short equipment moves keep the mobilization line reasonable on Burnet County work.