Dirt Work
Dirt work with a compact track loader around Pleasant View. We spread fill dirt and topsoil, shape swales, backfill and clean up after a build.
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Land grading shapes the ground so rain runs where you want it. Yard leveling is the same work on a house lot. A yard needs it when low spots stay soggy for days after a storm. It needs it, too, when the ground tips toward the house and sends water at the foundation.
Phillips Land Services does this work with a compact track loader and a bucket. We take on jobs from a few hours of machine time up to a whole property. Grading often follows land clearing around Pleasant View, once the brush is gone. Call or text (931) 265-1151 and we will look at the job.
Tell us about the brush, field, yard or driveway and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Low spots collect water every time it rains. The grass there thins out, and the ground turns to mud. Tires and hard rain then cut ruts and washouts into the soft ground. If the ruts run down a gravel drive, that is gravel driveway repair.
Yard leveling takes dirt from the high spots and moves it into the low ones. When the yard is short on dirt, we bring in fill for the deep spots. A top layer of topsoil gives new grass something to root in.
The finished yard is smooth and ready for seed or sod. It keeps a slight fall, so rain moves across it and off. We level pads for sheds the same way. Getting a house or barn site ready to build is site preparation.
NOAA's climate normals give Nashville about 50 inches of rain a year. Around Pleasant View, federal soil maps show mostly silt loam over clay. Much of it is gravelly with chert, the hard rock chips common on the Highland Rim.
Rain soaks into that clay slowly, so a hard rain runs across the top. On a slope it cuts washouts, and on flat ground it sits in puddles. Drainage grading gives every part of the yard a path downhill and away from the house.
The Town of Pleasant View has adopted the 2018 International Residential Code. It asks for at least 6 inches of fall in the first 10 feet from a foundation. Where a lot is too tight for that, the code calls for a drain or a swale. A swale is a shallow ditch, and shaping one is part of our dirt work.
Watch your yard during a hard rain before anyone grades it. Note where the water comes from and where it stops. Photos of the puddles help when we look at the job.
Check the downspouts, too. Roof water dumped at a corner of the house can undo a good grade. Tennessee's dig law covers grading, so utility lines get marked through Tennessee 811 before work starts. Private lines, like a water line out to a barn, are yours to point out.
Big jobs add a state permit. Grading that disturbs an acre or more needs a construction stormwater permit from TDEC, the state's environment department. The state asks for that paperwork at least 30 days before work starts.
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 land grading around Pleasant View and the towns between Nashville and Clarksville. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Dirt work with a compact track loader around Pleasant View. We spread fill dirt and topsoil, shape swales, backfill and clean up after a build.
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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.
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.
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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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Read more →Tell us the town and a few words about the land, and we will look at the job. You can also call or text (931) 265-1151.
Tell us about the brush, field, yard or driveway and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.