Site Preparation
We clear the building footprint and grade it into a level pad. Your builder gets a site with a way in for the trucks.
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Dirt work is moving and shaping the ground with a machine. Phillips Land Services does dirt work around Pleasant View with a compact track loader. We fill low spots, spread fill dirt and topsoil, shape swales and backfill. On many lots it is the next step after land clearing in Pleasant View.
Most dirt work starts with a problem you can see. A yard is full of ruts after the builder leaves, or a low spot holds water after every rain. Jobs run from a few hours of machine time to a whole lot. Call or text (931) 265-1151, and we look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the brush, field, yard or driveway and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Dirt work moves dirt. It cuts a high spot down and carries that dirt to the low ground. Backfill and cleanup after a build are dirt work too. Grading is the finish: the final slope that sends rain off the lot.
Most jobs need both, in that order. When the work is mostly shaping a yard, land grading and yard leveling covers it. A pad for a house or a barn starts with site preparation for a new build.
Footings and utility trenches take an excavator, and an excavation contractor quotes that work. Our track loader handles the dirt on top, before those trades start and after they finish.
Fill dirt is subsoil, the layer that sits under the topsoil. It carries little organic matter, so it packs down and holds its shape. Cheatham County's grading rules say fill must be suitable fill, or rock and dirt only. It goes in thin layers, each one packed before the next.
Topsoil is the loose top layer that grass grows in. It goes on last, spread over the fill. In a new Pleasant View subdivision, the town's rules keep topsoil on the residential lots. It gets spread back to give at least six inches of cover.
Backfill is dirt pushed back against a new foundation once the builder's work is done. Loose backfill settles, so it goes in packed and shaped to fall away from the house.
Pleasant View sits on the Highland Rim, and the USDA soil survey shows two common kinds of ground here. On the slopes, gravelly silt loam lies over red clay, with chert left from weathered limestone. On the flats, soils like Dickson and Taft have a dense layer 18 to 36 inches down. Water soaks through that layer slowly.
That changes how a wet spot gets fixed. A load of fill can push the water over to the next low spot. A swale, a wide and shallow ditch, carries that water away from the house and the low ground. Outside town limits, Cheatham County requires a grading permit if cut or fill changes water flow next door.
NOAA's 1991 to 2020 averages for Nashville put rain at about 50 inches a year. Spring is the wettest season and fall the driest. Soaked ground ruts under a machine, so dirt work waits for ground that can carry it. We do dirt work across our service area, about 30 miles around Pleasant View.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 30 miles around Pleasant View across Middle Tennessee, from Clarksville to Nashville.
(931) 265-1151From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (931) 265-1151, or send the form. Tell us where the land is and what you want done with it.
We look at the land and the work you want done. The brush, the tree sizes, the slope and the way in all shape the plan.
The quote comes in writing and spells out the work. You decide with it in hand.
We set a start date with you and bring in the track loader. Brush and small trees come down and turn to mulch.
Where the job calls for it, we grade the ground or spread gravel after the clearing. Then the land is ready for its next use.
Common questions about dirt work around Pleasant View and the towns between Nashville and Clarksville. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We clear the building footprint and grade it into a level pad. Your builder gets a site with a way in for the trucks.
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We cut in new gravel driveways and grade the stone to a crown. We also regrade worn drives and fix ruts and washouts.
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We clear downed limbs and small blown-down trees off your land after a storm. The mulcher head grinds the debris in place, or we push it into piles.
Learn MoreThe mulcher head turns brush and small trees into mulch right on your land. The cleanup is part of the clearing.
The track loader that clears the brush also grades the ground and spreads the gravel. One company takes the land from brush to graded ground.
We look at the job before we price it, then put the quote in writing. You see what the work covers before you decide.
Pleasant View sits at the center of our service area, on I-24 between Clarksville and Nashville. Springfield and Dickson are inside it too.
Real reviews from real jobs, 8 reviews on Google.
Phillips land services did fantastic work clearing trees and brush from around my pond. Showed up on time, great communication about what they were going to do to get what I wanted done accomplished. Very respectful of my property, leaving surrounding areas as good or better than when they arrived.
Phillips land services does amazing work. They are dependable and professional. Very easy to work with, great people
Did a great job clearing my one and moving dirt. Highly recommended.
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Tell us about the brush, field, yard or driveway and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.