Land Clearing in Brookwood, AL
Steep wooded hillsides, old mine ground and home sites along Highway 216. We take jobs in Brookwood for clearing, mulching, pads, culverts and drives, all with our own machines.
Clearing, Mulching & Dirt Work in Brookwood
Separate mining communities became one town when Brookwood incorporated in September 1977. Coal has been dug here since Standard Coal opened its mines in 1889, underground at first and then, from the 1920s, by strip mining. So land in this part of Tuscaloosa County comes with a history. Some of it is natural hillside. Some has been turned over once and has grown back in pine and brush.
Brookwood is inside our service area, on the east side of the county, and we take jobs here. We are a land clearing, forestry mulching and excavating outfit with a Cat dozer, tracked mulching loaders and an excavator. Tell us the size of the tract, what is standing on it and how a trailer gets in. The estimate is free. Call or text (205) 535-6376.
Keep the dirt out of Hurricane Creek
Hurricane Creek rises at Vance and runs through Brookwood on its way to the Black Warrior River, and silt from mining and bare ground has troubled it since the 1920s. That is a good reason to clear only what has to be cleared. We mulch slopes and leave the chips down, and we keep the dozer to the house site, the pad and the drive. Larger land disturbance can come under ADEM's construction stormwater permit, so ask ADEM before a big tract is opened up.
Pads, culverts and a road that will hold
Highway 216 through Brookwood is narrow and winding, and County Road 59 crosses it north to south. Home sites on ground like this often sit at the end of a steep drive. A pad on that kind of ground is part cut and part fill, with the fill built in lifts and packed as it goes. The drive needs a crown, ditches and a pipe wherever water crosses. See shop and barn pads and culvert installation.
If the tract was mined
Tell us if you know your land was strip mined or sits over old workings. On the surface it changes little: pine, brush and briars are mulched or cleared like anywhere else. Below the surface it matters, because put-back ground can be loose spoil or broken rock and it does not always pack like native dirt. For the full clearing process, see land clearing. For the rest of the county, see land clearing in Tuscaloosa County.
Work We Take On in Brookwood
Four services that fit the ground around Brookwood, plus everything else we do.
Land Clearing in Brookwood
Trees pushed, stumps raked out, debris burned or hauled, ground graded and ready to use.
DetailsShop & Barn Pads in Brookwood
Compacted dirt or gravel pads for shops, barns, carports and mobile homes.
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Culvert Installation in Brookwood
Driveway and field-road culverts set, bedded, backfilled and covered.
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Storm Cleanup in Brookwood
Downed and hung-up trees cleared from drives, fences and fields by machine.
DetailsEverything else we do in Brookwood
Can you build a shop pad on a hillside in Brookwood, AL?
Yes. The cut side is taken down to firm ground and the fill side is built up in lifts and compacted as it goes, with the fall set so water runs away from the building. Spoil off the cut is spread, stacked or hauled, whichever you want. If you have plans or stakes we build to them. Your builder or concrete crew takes it from there.
Do you clear land on old strip mine property around Brookwood?
Yes. The growth on reclaimed ground is cleared or mulched the same as anywhere. What changes is the digging, since the fill underneath can vary within a few feet. Tell us what you know about the tract and we plan the pad or drive around it. We tell you what we find before carrying on.
Can you set a driveway culvert on a county road in Brookwood?
We set driveway culverts with the excavator: bedded, backfilled and covered, with the ends kept open. Where the drive meets a county road, ask the county engineer's office what it requires at the road before the pipe goes in. On a state route such as Highway 216, the question goes to ALDOT.
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How a Job Runs
Tell Us What You Have
Call, text or send the form. County, rough acreage, what is growing on it and how a truck and trailer gets in.
We Look at the Ground
Close by, we come and look. Farther off, we can go over it with you on satellite first, then see it on the ground before the work starts.
A Number to Plan Around
Estimates are free and priced off the property. Small jobs carry a minimum, and you hear the figure before you commit.
The Machines Go to Work
We settle what comes out and what stays. Mark the trees you want kept, or walk it with us and point them out.
Finished, Not Just Knocked Down
Holes filled, ground pulled back to grade, and the fall set so water leaves the site instead of standing on it.
Got Ground to Clear in Brookwood?
Call or text, or send a few details. Estimates are free.