Excavating is digging: taking dirt, stumps, and rock out of the ground where they’re in the way, and putting the ground back the way your project needs it. Pads and foundation prep, trenches, ponds, cut and fill. Adams Earthworx runs its own excavator and dump truck out of Brooksville, and Sam is the one in the seat.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
- Digging for pads and foundation prep. Soft or unsuitable dirt dug out and the area brought back up with fill, so the pad your builder needs sits on solid ground.
- Trenching. Clean, straight trenches dug to the depth and line your contractor marks out, then backfilled when they’re done.
- Ponds and retention areas. Dug out, shaped, and sloped, with the spoils spread on site or hauled off.
- Stump and rock digging. Stumps, root balls, buried rock, and old concrete dug out of the ground instead of cut flush and left there.
- Cut and fill. Dirt cut from the high side and moved to the low side to bring a site to grade.
- Hauling spoils. Whatever comes out of the hole gets loaded into the dump truck and hauled off, or spread where you want it.
- Excavator and dump truck in-house. No rental yard, no waiting on a hauling sub. The same outfit digs it and hauls it.
WHO NEEDS IT
Homeowners getting ready to build
You own the lot and the builder is lined up. Before anyone pours concrete, the ground has to be dug, filled, and ready. Sam handles the dirt so the build can start on time.
Barndominium and shop builders
Barndos and pole barns sit on big pads, and big pads usually mean digging out stumps and soft spots first, then cut and fill to get the site level. It’s one job with one machine operator.
General contractors who need a dirt sub
You need someone who digs to your marks, hauls the spoils, and shows up when the schedule says. The owner quotes it and the owner runs it. Cut-and-fill is the same kind of work that took the Dade City subdivision entrance from raw ground to grade.
Landowners with a problem in the ground
A stump field you can’t mow, rock where you want a garden or a pad, a low area you want turned into a pond. If it needs digging out, that’s this page.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CALL
Text photos of the spot to (352) 584-2842, plus plans or your builder’s marks if you have them. Sam looks them over, then walks the property with you and talks through where the dirt comes out and where it goes. You get one number for the work you agreed on. Then the excavator and dump truck show up, and the man who quoted it is the man running it.
Related work: land clearing · grading & site prep · loader & dirt work · driveways & road base · subdivision & commercial.
QUESTIONS
What’s the difference between excavating and grading?
Excavating is digging out: stumps, rock, soft dirt, trenches, ponds. Grading is shaping what’s left so it drains and sits at the right height. Most building sites need both, and Adams Earthworx does both, so it’s one call.
Do you haul off the dirt you dig out?
Yes. The dump truck is in-house, so the spoils either get hauled off or spread somewhere on your property where you can use them. That gets settled before the job starts.
Do buried utilities get marked before digging?
Yes. Florida requires a Sunshine 811 locate before digging, so underground utility lines get marked first. If you know about anything buried that won’t show up on a utility map, like old footings or buried debris, tell Sam when he walks the property.
Do I need a permit to dig a pond?
Sometimes. It depends on the size, the location, and the county. Some ponds need approval from the county or the water management district. Check before you dig, and bring it up when Sam walks the property.
Digging for a building pad
A building pad starts with the Cat excavator. Clean spoil can stay on site as fill, and what cannot goes out in our own dump truck.
The Cat excavator also does the trenching, stripping and shaping that come before the blade and compaction work. Digging comes first, then the grading finishes the surface.
Got something that needs digging out? Text a few photos to (352) 584-2842 and Sam will tell you what it takes.