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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Site prep is the work that turns raw ground into a spot you can build on. We strip the topsoil and roots off the footprint, because organic material breaks down and lets a slab settle. Then we cut the high side and fill the low side until the ground hits your build elevation. Fill goes in at 6–8 inch lifts and gets packed with the dozer as we climb. The finished pad sits higher than the dirt around it, so rain sheds off instead of standing. We rough the pad and leave it level for your concrete contractor.
We build house pads, shop pads, barndominium pads, and pads for manufactured homes. Oklahoma red clay swells when it gets wet and shrinks when it dries, and that movement cracks slabs. When we build on clay, we keep the lifts thin and the moisture right. Where the native dirt will not pack, we haul in select fill instead. The pad runs at least five feet past the building footprint so the edges hold. We also rough in the drive so ready mix trucks can reach the pad. Call (580) 344-7473 for a free estimate on your building pad.
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Site preparation starts with taking the bad dirt out. Good fill placed over soft ground will still settle. We box out the footprint with the excavator and push the topsoil to a spoil pile. Under that is subgrade, and we roll the subgrade to find soft spots. Soft spots get dug out and replaced before any fill goes back in. A lot of pads land between 12 and 36 inches of packed fill above subgrade. How much depends on how far off level the ground starts.
Compaction is what keeps the pad from settling after the building goes up. Residential fill is commonly packed to 95 percent Standard Proctor density, and commercial work runs 95 to 98 percent. We run a Cat D6 dozer, a 30,000 pound excavator, and a tracked skid steer on this work. The dozer does the cutting and packing, and the skid steer cleans up the edges. Once the pad is set, we can also dig the footings and utility lines.
Metal shops and barndominiums are going up all over rural Oklahoma right now. They cost less per square foot to build than a traditional house. A barndominium is one big open box with no interior load bearing walls. That means the slab carries everything, and the slab is only as good as the dirt under it. A soft corner under a 40 by 60 shop shows up as a cracked floor. We get those pads level and packed before the steel shows up.
On an ongoing ranch project near Sulphur, we have roughed in 3 building pads. That same job has run past 350 acres of clearing. Manufactured home pads follow their own rules. Federal installation standards call for the ground to slope away from the home at least half an inch per foot. That slope has to hold for the first ten feet out from the foundation. So the pad has to come up high enough to give the water somewhere to go. We set that height before the home ever gets delivered.
A pad is no good if the ready mix truck cannot reach it. Loaded concrete trucks are heavy and they bog down fast in wet clay. We rough in an access lane wide enough for trucks to get in and turn around. On soft ground we cut the lane down and bring in rock for a base. If an old barn sits in the way, we tear the old structure out first. Trees and brush on the route come out too, and we take the stumps out with the roots.
New entrances off a public road usually need a culvert set in the ditch. Oklahoma law covers this on state and federal highways. No culvert or driveway can go on that right of way without approval from the Transportation Commission. On a county road, sizing usually goes through the county commissioner's office for your district. We can set the pipe and build the approach once you have the go ahead. Ada gets more than 40 inches of rain a year, so that ditch has to keep flowing. After the concrete is poured, the final grade around the building comes last.
Free, no-obligation estimates across Ada & South Central Oklahoma.
(580) 344-7473From the first look at the ground to the last pass of the blade, here is exactly how it goes.
Call (580) 344-7473 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 D6 and the excavator show up, the work gets finished, and the property is left clean and usable.
Common questions about site prep & pads across Ada & South Central Oklahoma. Don't see yours? Give us a call, we're happy to help.
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 grade and level rough or washed-out ground around Ada, Oklahoma. A Cat D6 dozer does the heavy cutting and a tracked skid steer sets the finish. Water ends up draining away from your house and outbuildings instead of standing.
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.
A Cat D6 dozer, a 30,000-lb excavator and a tracked skid steer under one name. Acreage, ranch and commercial ground is what the equipment was bought for.
We clear mechanically with the dozer and excavator, roots and all. The ground is left buildable and mowable instead of hiding stumps under a layer of mulch.
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.
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Read more →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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