We offer skid steer services in Florence, SC, for the dirt and gravel jobs around a home or lot. Our skid steer is a compact track loader, which means it is a skid steer that runs on rubber tracks. We run it ourselves, so the machine comes with our crew, and we never rent it out. Every quote is free, and we give it on site once we have seen the ground and the work.
Plenty of people call this bobcat work, and it covers the small dirt jobs a yard or lot needs. The skid steer works alongside our mini excavator and tractor, and our dump trailer carries brush, debris and dirt away. Most of our work is residential, on yards, home sites, mobile home lots and rural acreage outside town. We take skid steer work across the Pee Dee, from Florence out to Hartsville, Timmonsville and Lamar.
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Our skid steer does most of the spreading and finish grading, the passes that leave the ground smooth and even. It moves dirt from the high side of a lot to the low side during grading and site prep. It also shapes fill into flat, raised dirt pads for houses, mobile homes, sheds and shops. On gravel driveways it spreads and shapes the stone, and our guide covers choosing the right driveway stone.
A brush cutter attachment lets it cut brush and saplings, the kind of growth our brush hogging service knocks down. The bucket loads brush, debris and loose dirt into our dump trailer, so it all leaves the property. When demolition, tree work or a stump dig-out wraps up, the skid steer levels the ground and cleans up. The digging, the stumps and the heavier dirt go to our mini excavator, the machine behind our excavation work.
Rubber tracks spread the machine's weight over two long strips of ground instead of four small tire patches. CASE, an equipment maker, names lower ground pressure as the main advantage of a machine on tracks. It says the tracks put more contact on the ground than four separate tires can. Less pressure on each spot helps on soft sand and wet ground, and it marks a yard less than tires.
Caterpillar's brochure for its own 275 track loader shows the math behind that point. That machine spreads 12,401 pounds over 2,496 square inches of track, which works out to 5.0 pounds per square inch. Tires still have their place, and CASE says wheeled skid steers grip and turn better on pavement and travel faster. Most of our jobs are on yards, lots and uneven ground, which suits a machine on tracks.
Skid steer work has no flat rate with us, so each job gets its own free quote on site. The size of the job moves the price, and so does how far the dirt or stone has to go. Access matters too, like a narrow gate, a tight path between trees or a soft spot on the way in. When fill dirt or gravel has to come in, the material and the hauling add to the price.
HomeGuide's excavation cost guide lists $100 to $300 per hour for a hired operator who brings a skid steer loader. That range covers both the machine and the person running it on the job. It is a national figure, and our own quote comes from looking at your ground and the work. Tell us what needs to move and where it should end up, and we will price that exact job.
Before any digging, a locate request has to go to SC811 at least three business days ahead. The filing day does not count toward those three, and neither do weekends or holidays. Clear a way in for the machine, and leave room to park the trailer close to the work area. Decide where the dirt or gravel should end up, and mark anything the machine should stay off.
The state agency SCDES counts clearing, grading and filling of low areas as land disturbance. On a bigger dirt job, state stormwater permit coverage applies once the work disturbs one acre or more. Florence County has its own land disturbance form for sites under one acre, and it carries no application fee. When you know what you need done, ask for a free quote on site.
From the first walk of the property to the last pass of the grade, here is exactly how it goes.
We come see the actual job first: the structure, the brush, the ground under it, and how equipment gets in. Demo and land work price off what is really out there.
You get a free, no-obligation quote with a real number and a real plan: what comes down or gets cleared, where the debris goes, and when. It holds unless the scope changes.
The equipment shows up when we said and the job runs the way we quoted it: teardown, clearing, digging, grading. If something unexpected turns up, you hear about it right away, not on the bill.
When the work is done we go over the property together. Debris hauled the way we agreed, grades draining the right way, the site left clean. Done means you say it is done.
Common questions about skid steer services across Florence & the Pee Dee. Don't see yours? Give us a call and ask.
We grade lots, level rough yards and get home and mobile home sites ready around Florence. Free on-site estimates.
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We cut and build new gravel driveways, and regrade drives that have washed out or gone to potholes. Work runs from short residential drives to long farm lanes.
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We brush hog overgrown pasture, fields, vacant lots and fence lines around Florence. Book a one-time cut or a yearly maintenance mow.
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We build dirt pads for houses, mobile homes, shops, barns and sheds around Florence, with the topsoil stripped and the fill shaped in layers.
View DetailsThe house comes down, the debris leaves on the trailer, and the lot gets graded flat. The same people handle the whole sequence, start to finish.
A mini excavator, track skid steer, tractor and dump trailer, matched to residential lots and rural acreage. Big enough for real work, small enough to spare your yard.
We look at the property in person and price what is really there. The estimate is free, and it holds unless the scope changes.
Based in Florence, covering Darlington, Hartsville, Sumter, Marion, Lake City and the towns between. Most jobs sit within an hour of home base.
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Read more →A structure that needs to come down, an overgrown lot, stumps in the way, ground that holds water, a pad or driveway that needs building? Call or send the form. We come look at the property and hand you a free quote with a real number on it.
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