Septic Systems
We install new septic systems, mostly for new homes, to a septic designer's plan. The septic tank and the drainfield go in, and then an inspector checks the work.
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Land clearing turns wooded ground into a lot you can build on. As an excavation contractor serving Sturgeon Lake, Wolf Creek Dirt Works clears building sites and acreage across the area. We take out the trees, brush, stumps and rocks with heavy equipment, and the debris goes with them. We can also mulch the trees we remove.
Many land buyers around here pick up anywhere from 10 to 1,000 acres. Some parcels have a house on them, and some are all woods. We clear the building site first, and then the work moves on to site preparation for the house pad. Call or text (218) 820-9653 for a free estimate.
Tell us about the job and where the property is. We look at it and put your free estimate in writing.
A new home needs open ground before the digging starts. We clear the spot for the house pad and the working room around it. We also clear the path for a gravel driveway, which gives the trucks a way in.
The septic area gets cleared as well, ahead of septic system installation. You choose which trees stay, and we clear around them. On a big wooded parcel, the rest of the woods can stay as they are.
An old cabin or barn may stand where the new home goes. Demolition takes it down first, and then the clearing goes on.
In the trade, the work splits into clearing and grubbing. Clearing takes the trees and brush down. Grubbing pulls the stumps and roots out of the ground. Stumps and roots left under a house pad or a driveway can rot and settle later.
When we mulch the trees we remove, the wood is ground into chips. Debris removal hauls off the slash and anything else that has to leave the site. Dirt removal takes care of a site that has more dirt than it needs.
The state DNR describes the soils across much of east-central Minnesota as stony, over dense glacial till. Rocks come up with the stumps, and we haul them off with the debris. The dense till also slows water as it soaks in, and the low spots hold wetlands and peat.
Some of that wet ground may be a protected wetland. Minnesota law says wetlands must not be drained or filled unless the loss is replaced under an approved plan. The county or the soil and water conservation district answers whether a wet spot counts.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 50 miles around Sturgeon Lake across Pine, Carlton, Kanabec, Aitkin and St. Louis Counties.
(218) 820-9653From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (218) 820-9653 and tell us about the job. Let us know where the land is and what you plan to build.
We come out and look over the land and the work you want done. Wet ground and thick woods both change the plan, so we see them first.
We put a free estimate in writing for the work. You read it over and decide when you are ready.
Before any digging, a locate ticket goes in through Gopher State One Call (811). Septic work waits for the designer's plan and the permit.
We do the work with heavy equipment and clean up the debris at the end. Then the site is ready for the next trade, like the builder or the paving company.
Common questions about land clearing around Sturgeon Lake and the surrounding counties. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We install new septic systems, mostly for new homes, to a septic designer's plan. The septic tank and the drainfield go in, and then an inspector checks the work.
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We take down old houses, cabins, barns and sheds, and the concrete foundation comes out with them. The debris gets hauled away, and the site is ready for the next build.
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We build gravel driveways and private roads, and the base under paved driveways. We also haul gravel and repair driveways that rut or wash out.
Learn MoreSite prep, land clearing, septic systems, demolition and driveways all come from us. You deal with one company for the dirt work.
We look at the land and the job before we price it. Then you get a free estimate in writing.
Our service area reaches about 50 miles around Sturgeon Lake. It covers Pine, Carlton, Kanabec, Aitkin and St. Louis Counties.
Land clearing cost per acre in Minnesota: market ranges by how wooded the land is, plus stumps, mulching, DNR burning permits and winter clearing.
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Pond digging cost in Minnesota: national market ranges per pond, square foot and cubic yard. See how depth, soil and permits move the price on acreage.
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Basement excavation cost in Minnesota: national market ranges per dig and per cubic yard. See how frost depth, soil, rock and hauling move the price.
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Gravel driveway cost in Minnesota: market ranges by size, the class 5 base, culverts, county access permits and what a long wooded driveway adds.
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Site prep for a new home in Minnesota, in order. The soil test and permits, clearing, the driveway, the basement dig, septic, the well and final grade.
Read more →Tell us where the land is and what you want done on it. Call or text (218) 820-9653 or send the form, and we set up a time to look at the job.
Tell us about the job and where the property is. We look at it and put your free estimate in writing.