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 Ardmore, Oklahoma, and out across Carter County. Ardmore sits where I-35 crosses US-70, about an hour south of us in Ada. Most of what we do here is acreage past the city limits, in 73401 and the ranch country around it. Cedar creeps across a pasture. Brush swallows an old fence line. A field that once ran cattle turns into a thicket no truck gets through. We run a Cat D6 dozer and a 30,000-pound excavator. A tracked skid steer handles the tighter spots. Stumps come out of the ground, roots and all.
Carter County is ranch country. About 373,000 acres here are farmland, and roughly 214,000 of those are permanent pasture or native range. Beef cattle and forage carry the local farm economy. North of Ardmore the ground climbs into the Arbuckle foothills, where soil goes shallow over rock. Seven miles south the country rolls down to Lake Murray, the biggest state park in Oklahoma. One tract can be sandy loam at the gate and solid limestone a hundred yards in. That changes how a dozer cuts and how a building pad sits. Rezz Built Construction Services has worked this kind of ground since 2023. We come look at the dirt before we put a number on the job. Call (580) 344-7473 for a free estimate.
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Eastern redcedar is the biggest land problem on Carter County pasture. Oklahoma State University Extension reports the state lost nearly 10 million acres of rangeland to woody plants since 1990. NRCS figures put cedar spread at about 762 acres a day statewide. OSU measurements put a mature 12-inch cedar at as much as 42 gallons of water on a hot day. Once cedar takes a pasture, grazing capacity can drop by 75 percent or more.
We take cedar out with the dozer and the excavator. The roots come up with the tree. Ground cleared that way can be mowed and grazed again the next season. We finished 140 acres of cedar removal on a USDA contract. Grinding the tops leaves stumps in the dirt, and we get called out to clean those jobs up later. Ask us about clearing cedar off pasture before it thickens up another year.
Rock. The country club here is named Dornick Hills, and the name comes from an old word for small rocks. Thousands of them had to be hauled off before the first nine holes went in back in 1913. That is the ground you are working with. Carter County soils run loamy and sandy on the uplands. Near the Arbuckles they turn very shallow and steep with rock outcrops. Down along the Washita River and Caddo, Hickory, Walnut, and Wildhorse creeks, the soil is deep and loamy.
That mix drives how we grade. Shallow rocky ground takes a different cut than deep creek-bottom loam. We move dirt so water drains away from a house site or a barn. On pads we bring the ground to rough grade and level it to the elevation you need. Concrete work is not ours. We leave the pad ready for the concrete crew. Our heavy dirt work and building pad work usually run together on the same job.
Ponds fit this country. We build them on ranches for stock water and for fishing. On an ongoing ranch project near Sulphur, between Ardmore and Ada, we have cleared over 350 acres. That job included four ponds, a swimming pool, a storm shelter set in the ground, and three roughed-in building pads. Sulphur sits about halfway along that drive, so Carter County work stays close to home. Talk to us about putting in a new stock pond.
We pile and burn debris on site where that is allowed, or we haul it off. Carter County went under a burn ban in February 2026 when fire conditions got bad. During a ban, the debris goes on trucks. Before any digging we file with OKIE811. Oklahoma law requires that notice at least two full business days before excavation starts. Inside the city limits, the City of Ardmore Community Development office handles zoning and development permits. Out in the county the rules are different, and we sort that out before the machines roll.
Communities & areas we serve around Ardmore: Lone Grove, Dickson, Springer, Gene Autry, Healdton, Wilson.
Ardmore ZIP codes served: 73401.
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.
Tell us about your property and we'll get back to you fast.