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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Site preparation is the work that turns a lot into ground you can build on. In Southeast Louisiana that almost always means building the ground up. The land here is flat coastal plain with a high water table and soil that holds water. A slab set at existing grade sits in the wet. So we haul in fill dirt, place it in lifts, and compact each lift before the next goes down. Then we shape the pad and set the rough grade around it. Access gets roughed in so concrete trucks can reach the pad. We work out of Hammond across a 50-mile radius, residential and commercial.
Every job starts the same way. We come out, look at the lot, and talk through what you are building and where it sits. If the ground is still wooded or grown up, clearing the lot comes first. From there we set the pad size, the pad height, and how water leaves the site. Pad height is the part people miss. Much of this area sits in a flood zone. Parish rules set how high a finished floor has to be. Your builder or the parish office gives you that number. We build the pad to hit it. Commercial pads work the same way, just bigger.
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A pad is only as good as what sits under it. We strip the topsoil and any soft, muddy material off the pad footprint first. That material will not hold a slab. Then fill goes in one layer at a time. Each layer, or lift, is a few inches deep and gets compacted before the next one lands on it. Dumping a big pile and rolling over the top leaves soft ground underneath. That settles later, and the slab cracks. Building in lifts is slower and it holds.
The material matters too. Pad fill has to pack tight and hold its shape under load. Clay based dirt does that better than sand or loose topsoil. On lots with standing water, more bad material comes out before any fill goes in. The pad also gets built wider than the slab. That extra shoulder gives the concrete crew room to set forms. It also keeps the edges from washing out after a hard rain. How wide depends on what you are pouring. We set that with your builder.
Most of our pad work is residential. A house pad has to sit high enough to stay dry and wide enough for the builder to work. We build it to the height your plans call for, then hold that height while we compact. Mobile home pads work the same way. The pad carries the piers, so flat and firm matters more than pretty. We set the crown so water runs off the pad instead of standing on it. Wet ground under a home stays wet. It has nowhere to dry out.
Barn and shop pads follow the same steps at a bigger size. Heavier buildings and equipment need a pad that will not rut or pump under load. Commercial jobs usually come with a plan set and a required pad elevation. We build to the plan and work with the builder on where the pad sits. If the job needs a gravel driveway or an access road, we can build that too. It saves a trip to bring the machines back later. Small equipment or big equipment, we bring what the pad calls for.
A pad by itself does not finish the job. The ground around it has to fall away so rain leaves the site. We set the rough grade and cut any swales the lot needs. The pad gets tied into the existing ground. On a flat lot that can mean moving a lot of dirt for very little slope. Drainage decides everything in this part of Louisiana. After the house is up and the crews are gone, grading the yard to final shape is a separate trip. We can come back for it.
Access is the other piece. Concrete trucks and delivery trucks sink in soft yards. We rough in the drive with base rock so the heavy stuff can get to the pad. That road stays there and becomes the real driveway later. The crew that looks at your lot is the crew that builds your pad. We work out of Hammond and cover a 50-mile radius. That takes in Baton Rouge, Covington, New Orleans, and southern Mississippi. Estimates are free. Call or text (985) 500-4145.
Free, no-obligation estimates across a 50-mile radius of Hammond.
(985) 500-4145From the first call or text to the finished ground, here is how it goes.
Reach us at (985) 500-4145. Tell us the address and what the ground needs. A photo or two helps us size the job.
We drive out and look the property over. We check how the machines get in and where the water goes, then size up what has to move.
You get a price for the work, with the scope spelled out. Take your time with it. The estimate is free either way.
Once you say go, we set a day that fits your build schedule and the weather. Wet ground can push a job, and we tell you when it does.
The crew runs the skid steer or the excavator and works the job through. Debris and extra dirt get hauled off as we go.
We smooth the ground to final grade and clean up behind us. Then we go over the finished job with you before the machines leave.
Common questions about site prep across a 50-mile radius of Hammond. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
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 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.
Learn MoreNobody prices your job from behind a desk. We walk the ground, check the access and where the water goes, and price the work from what we see.
Send us the address and tell us what needs doing. We come look at the ground, then give you a price for the job. The estimate costs nothing.
We run out to Baton Rouge, Covington, New Orleans, and up into southern Mississippi. If your property sits inside 50 miles of Hammond, we can get a machine there.
We work house lots and job sites for builders and businesses. A backyard that holds water and a commercial pad both get the same machine time and the same attention.
What fill dirt costs in Louisiana in 2026: per cubic yard, per truckload, delivery and spreading, how many yards you need, and why filling a lot in a flood zone starts with the parish.
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What land clearing costs per acre in Louisiana in 2026: published ranges by how thick the growth is, hourly and minimum charges, and the burn and permit rules around Hammond.
Read more →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.