Lampasas, TX Excavation Services
- Building Pads, Ranch Roads, Grading and Demolition Across Central Texas
Building pads, ranch roads, culverts and demolition on Lampasas County ranch country. Roads built to handle the water that actually runs out here.
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Ground Conditions Around Lampasas and What They Mean for Your Job
Around Lampasas you are mostly working limestone country with a decent layer of soil on top in the bottoms and very little of it up on the hills. Where the soil is there, dirt work is straightforward. Where it is not, you are into rock.
The other thing about Lampasas ground is the creeks. Anything near a drainage needs to be built with real water in mind, because when it runs out here it runs hard. Roads and crossings get culverts sized for that, not for an average rain.
Excavation and Dirt Work Services in Lampasas, TX
Six things we get called for most around Lampasas. Most jobs end up being some mix of them.
Building Pads
House pads, barn pads and shop pads built to a set size and elevation, compacted so the slab has something to sit on.
Drainage Correction
Low spots that never dry, pasture that bogs, water pooling against a foundation. All grading problems.
Grading and Reshaping
Taking ground that holds water and giving it somewhere to drain. Cuts, fills and finish work.
Demolition and Haul Off
Barns, pens, sheds and concrete removed and hauled away so you can use the ground again.
Bulk Dirt Moving
Material moved at volume. On site cut and fill, or brought in from off site when the job needs it.
Ranch Roads
Cut, based and crowned. Built so a loaded trailer can use it after a wet week, not just when it is dry.
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 a Job Runs
We Walk the Ground
We come look at it. Where the water goes, how deep the dirt is, whether a truck can get in there.
You Get a Straight Number
Day rate or fixed price, whichever fits the job, and we tell you which one and why.
We Move Dirt
Dozers and excavators on site. Cut, fill, shape and compact until it is right.
We Walk It With You
Before the equipment leaves we go over it together and fix anything that needs fixing.
Who We Work For Around Lampasas
Most of our work is on ranches, acreage and rural homesites, but we do plenty of commercial pads and site work too.
Residential Properties
Creating stable sites for homes, driveways, utilities, and outdoor improvements.
Ranch Properties
Supporting road access, drainage projects, and property enhancement activities.
Agricultural Properties
Preparing productive land conditions that support efficient agricultural operations.
Commercial Properties
Helping businesses prepare sites for construction and future growth opportunities.
Development Properties
Supporting site preparation needs for expanding communities and development projects.
Why Landowners Trust Our Excavation Services?
People Who Know Grade
Our operators run this equipment every working day. Nobody is figuring it out on your dime.
Dozers and Excavators, Nothing Exotic
Pond and dirt work takes two kinds of machine and we run both. No rented surprises turning up at your gate.
Pricing You Can Follow
Day rate or fixed bid, said out loud before we start, with the variables named.
One Number to Call
Same person from the first look to the last load. Questions get answered by somebody who has stood on your ground.
We Work Here
Johnson City yard, thirteen counties, every week. Local is not a marketing line, it is why the mobilization is cheap.
Set Up for Acreage
Ranch gates, cattle, fence lines and wet pasture. That is the environment we work in most days.
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 Lampasas 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
Project
10-Acre Selective Clearing & Grading Project Completed – Bastrop, TX
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do culverts matter so much around Lampasas?
Because when it rains here it runs hard. Sulphur Creek, the Lampasas River and the draws feeding them move real water fast. A crossing sized for an average rain gets washed out. We size them for what actually comes through.
Can you build a road that survives a wet winter?
That is the whole point of doing it right. Cut, based with the right material and crowned so water sheds off instead of running down the middle. A flat uncrowned road is a ditch waiting to happen.
Will you hit rock on my place?
Depends where. In the bottoms there is soil depth and it works easy. Up on the ridges and flats it thins out fast and you are into limestone. Test holes tell us before we quote.
Do you do demolition on old ranch structures?
Yes. Old barns, pens, sheds and slabs taken down and hauled off. A lot of Lampasas County places have structures that outlived their use and are just in the way.
How far do you travel to Lampasas?
About an hour and fifteen from Johnson City. We run 281 north regularly and try to group Lampasas County work together.