This is the catch-all dirt work: hauling fill, moving material, filling low spots, leveling ground. Excavator, skid steer, and dump truck — all in-house, all run by the owner. If your project is “I need dirt moved,” this is the page.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
- Fill dirt hauled and spread. Dump truck in-house — material delivered, placed, and compacted, not just dropped in a pile.
- Low spot filling. Holes and low areas that hold water, filled and graded to drain.
- Material moving. Fill, sand, rock, millings — loaded, moved, and spread where you need it.
- Small demolition and cleanup. Old sheds, concrete, debris piles — torn out, loaded, and hauled off.
- Leveling. Ground brought flat and firm for arenas, pads, parking areas, and outbuildings.
- Tight-access work. The skid steer gets into places the big machines can’t.
WHEN YOU NEED IT
Part of your property floods
A low spot that holds water after every rain doesn’t fix itself. Fill and grade it so the water moves on.
You’ve got a pile of dirt and no machine
Delivered fill sitting in a mound does nothing. It needs to be spread and compacted to be worth what you paid for it.
You’re putting in an arena or a big pad
Horse arena, equipment yard, parking area — big flat spaces need machine work to end up actually flat.
Something old needs to go
A falling-down shed or a slab from a building that’s long gone. Tear-out, load-out, done.
HOW IT GOES
Text photos of the spot to (352) 584-2842. Sam walks the property, figures out the dirt — how much, where from, where to — and gives you one number. Then the equipment shows up, driven by the guy who quoted it.
QUESTIONS
Do you haul material, or just spread it?
Both. The dump truck is in-house, so hauling and placing happen as one job with one person responsible for it. If you’d rather source your own material, Sam can spread and compact what gets delivered.
How do I know how much fill I need?
You don’t have to. That’s the point of the walk-through — Sam measures the area and the depth and figures the loads. Guessing fill quantity off the top of your head is how people end up short or overpaying.
Can you work in a tight spot — backyard, between buildings?
Usually, yes. The skid steer handles work the excavator and dozer can’t get to. Send photos of the access and Sam will tell you straight whether the machines fit.
Need a hole dug, not just dirt moved — a trench, a pond, a pad dug out and refilled? See excavating.
When the dirt comes out of a pond
A pond job turns out two kinds of dirt. Clean sand from the banks can often be reused: spread it, shape it into a rise, or set it aside for a pad if the builder approves it. Black muck off the bottom is another story. It is soggy and organic, it needs time to dry, and it never goes under a slab or a driveway.
Pick a home for every load before the first one comes out, so nothing sits in a heap waiting on a second trip. Raising ground in a flood zone is a question for the county before it is a question for the loader. What has no place on the property gets trucked away.
Digging the pond itself, and checking who has to approve it, has its own page.
Dirt in the wrong place, or not enough of it? Call Sam at (352) 584-2842.