Land Clearing
Land clearing for overgrown lots, fence lines and acreage across Southeast Louisiana. We take out the underbrush and small trees, then dig the stumps and root balls out with the excavator.
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Ground around Amite does not sit still. A pasture holds water in one corner all winter. The gravel road back to the barn washes into ruts every hard rain. Ten acres that used to be open have gone back to pine and brush. Amite sits at about 115 feet, higher than the flats down toward Hammond. That slope moves water when it moves at all. Rolling ground drains well until a low spot or a plugged culvert stops it. Then it stands. Landowners around Amite deal with fence lines lost to brush and house sites that need a pad built up first. The town is the parish seat, and the parish around it runs wide open.
We are J-Rod's Dirt Work, based in Hammond. Amite City is 19 miles up I-55, about 25 minutes. A Kubota SVL75-3 tracked skid steer handles the close work around barns and fence rows. A Case excavator digs cuts and pulls the root balls a skid steer cannot move. On Tangipahoa Parish ground we open overgrown acreage and build gravel roads. We set pads for houses and barns and bring in fill dirt. Plenty of that work is clearing a tract back to open ground or putting rock back on a farm road. Either way the first step is a free estimate. Residential and commercial, no job too big or too small.
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Amite sits at about 115 feet above sea level. Hammond sits at 39. Keep going north and the ground keeps climbing. Roseland runs about 131 feet, Fluker about 151, the village of Tangipahoa about 180. This is Florida Parishes country, rolling hills that fall away to wet bottoms. That shape changes the work. On a slope water moves, and moving water cuts ruts in a drive and gullies across a pasture. The Tangipahoa River runs north to south past town, alongside I-55 and Highway 51. Ground near the river sits low and stays soft long after the hills have dried.
Tangipahoa Parish farms about 86,000 acres. Roughly 28,000 of that is pasture and another 17,000 is woodland. Hay is the biggest crop by acreage. The parish runs around 26,000 head of cattle and ranks second in Louisiana for milk. That mix is what we see on jobs around Amite. Pasture with a low corner that needs filling. Woodland edges creeping back into a hay field. Cattle lanes rutted deep enough to bottom out a truck. Barn lots that go to soup after a wet week. The average farm here runs about 106 acres, and over a hundred of them run 180 acres or more.
Start with what the ground is doing. Brush and small trees taking a field back means land clearing. So does a fence line you cannot find any more. Ground that holds water or sits rough calls for grading to shape the fall. A drive or farm road that ruts every season needs base rock and a crown. Then water sheds to the sides. Setting a house or a barn is site prep. The ground comes up and gets compacted first. That pad has to be right before a slab goes on it. Most places up here need more than one of those.
Filling a low spot is a material question first. Fill dirt gets hauled in and dumped where you want it. Then it is spread and packed in lifts so it stays put. On the bigger tracts we can sometimes cut dirt from a high spot on the same property. Moving it to the low one cuts the hauling. Old barns and mobile homes come down with the excavator, get hauled off, and the spot gets leveled behind us. Concrete drives and slabs come out the same way. Call or text (985) 500-4145 and tell us what you are looking at.
Communities and areas we serve around Amite City: Roseland, Independence, Arcola, Fluker, Tangipahoa, Tickfaw, Wilmer, Husser, Hillsdale, Montpelier.
Amite City ZIP codes served: 70422.
Free estimates throughout Tangipahoa Parish and the surrounding area.
(985) 500-4145 Land clearing for overgrown lots, fence lines and acreage across Southeast Louisiana. We take out the underbrush and small trees, then dig the stumps and root balls out with the excavator.
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We take down houses, mobile homes, sheds, barns and small commercial buildings. The debris gets loaded out and hauled off, so the lot is clear when we leave.
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Excavation covers cuts and fills, soft or bad material dug out, and ditches and drainage swales. A Case excavator and a Kubota SVL75-3 skid steer do the work within 50 miles of Hammond.
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We sell fill dirt and haul it to your property. Loads get dumped where you want them, spread out, and packed down so the ground holds.
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We build new gravel driveways and gravel roads from the subgrade up, with base rock under the top rock. We also re-gravel and regrade older drives that have gone to potholes and soft spots.
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Land grading shapes your ground so water runs off it instead of standing on it. We handle yard leveling and lot grading within a 50 mile radius of Hammond.
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We take a lot from raw ground to a pad you can build on. Fill placed and compacted in lifts, rough grade set, and access roughed in for the trucks.
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We break out old driveways, slabs, patios, sidewalks and footings and haul the pieces off. The ground gets graded smooth or built back up with fill.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Amite City. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Call or text (985) 500-4145, or send the form and we will get back to you. Tell us the address and what the ground needs, and we will set up a free estimate.
Tell us about the job and the ground. We will get right back to you.