Dirt Work & Grading
Leveling, grading, digging and dirt moved where it needs to go — ground that drains away from what you built instead of into it.
Double AA Land Services does excavation in Duncan, Oklahoma and on the rural ground around Stephens County. As an excavating contractor we run a Bobcat E35 mini excavator, a Kubota SVL75 and a second track loader. That handles footings, drainage cuts, washout repair, old fence lines dug out and stumps pulled out root ball and all. Spoil loads onto our gooseneck dump trailer for haul off, or the track loader spreads it on site.
Most digging jobs around here touch a second piece of work, so we plan them together. A footing dig often runs into pad building and site prep before the concrete crew shows up. Water and power lines go in through our utility trench work, and finish grade comes from dirt work and leveling. Tell us what you want built and we will lay out the order the work needs to go in.
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The Bobcat E35 digs about 10 feet deep at full reach, which covers most yard and shop work. It fits through a gate and works close to a house without tearing up the whole yard. We use it for footings, drainage cuts and root removal. We also handle small stock pond builds and cleanouts with the same machine. The track loaders move dirt, load the trailer and clean up behind the dig.
Some jobs want bigger machines than we run. Basements, deep utility mains, full-size trackhoe work and big standing timber are past our equipment. We do not own a dozer, a mulcher or a stump grinder, and we say so at the quote. When a job is too big we will tell you what kind of outfit to call. That saves you a wasted day and a machine that cannot reach.
It starts with a call and a time to meet at the property. We look at the dig, the access for the trailer and where the spoil can go. The quote is free and it comes after we look at the ground on site. Before any digging we file the OKIE811 locate request so the gas, power, water and phone lines get marked.
After the marks are down we dig. Footing and trench walls get cut clean so the concrete or pipe sits right. Backfill goes back in and gets packed so the ground does not settle into a low spot. Spoil spreads where you want it or loads on the gooseneck and leaves. To get a number on your job, give us a call or request a free on-site quote.
The 1964 USDA soil survey of Stephens County maps Kirkland and Renfrow soils across the uplands. Those have a compact, blocky clay subsoil that the survey calls very slowly permeable. Locals call it claypan, and it holds a trench wall well but turns sticky when wet. Other ground here runs Stephenville and Chickasha, a sandy loam over sandy clay loam. That cuts easier than the claypan, so we read the ground before we set the machine.
This is oilfield country. The Oklahoma Historical Society records Duncan's first commercial oil well in 1918, with Halliburton's cementing company following in the 1920s. A hundred years of that history is a good reason to respect the locate marks. We file the OKIE811 request and wait for the paint before the bucket goes in. Our guide to water line depth in Oklahoma covers how deep a new run should sit. We dig the same way in Marlow, Comanche, Velma and Lawton. If your job needs a city building permit, the Duncan Community Development Department issues those.
A stump grinder chews the stump down to chips and leaves the roots in the dirt. We dig instead. The excavator works around the stump, cuts the big roots and lifts the whole root ball out. That leaves a clean hole with nothing left to rot or sprout. It moves more dirt than grinding, and it is the right call when you are building over the spot.
Species matters here. Nebraska Extension notes eastern redcedar is a non-sprouter, so a cedar cut below its lowest branches will not regrow. Mesquite is the other story. Texas rangeland research describes an underground bud zone that resprouts once the top is cut off. So mesquite root crowns have to come out of the ground. After the root ball is gone we backfill in lifts and pack it. Skip that and the hole settles into a dish by the first wet spring. Our stump removal service page covers sizes, published prices and how a job runs.
Free, no-obligation estimates across Duncan & Southwest Oklahoma.
(580) 475-7413From the first walk of the property to the last pass of the grade, here is exactly how it goes.
We come look at the actual land — the brush, the trees, the ground under it, and how equipment gets in. No blind quotes over the phone; land work prices off what's really out there.
You get a free, no-obligation quote with a real number and a real plan — what gets cleared, where the dirt goes, what happens to the brush. It holds unless the scope changes.
The equipment shows up when we said and the job runs the way we quoted it — clearing, mowing, grading, digging. Hit something unexpected, you hear about it immediately, not on the bill.
When the work's done we walk the property together. Brush handled the way we agreed, grades draining the right way, gates and fences the way we found them. Done means you say it's done.
Common questions about excavation across Duncan & Southwest Oklahoma. Don't see yours? Give us a call — we're happy to help.
Leveling, grading, digging and dirt moved where it needs to go — ground that drains away from what you built instead of into it.
Water lines, power runs and drainage — trenches dug clean to depth with the mini excavator, then backfilled so the line stays protected.
We build small stock ponds, dig out ponds that have silted in and repair small dams and spillways around Duncan and Stephens County.
It is on the trailer because we mean it. Ground shaped so water leaves, brush cut so it stays cut, roots dug instead of mowed over — done once, done right.
Track skid steers with a hydraulic brush cutter, a mini excavator, a tractor and a gooseneck dump trailer — sized for real land work without wrecking the ground doing it.
We walk the actual property, tell you what it needs and what it does not, and put a real number on it. Free, no obligation, and it holds unless the scope changes.
Based in Duncan and on Stephens County ground every week. Cedar, mesquite and red clay are the daily work here, and every quote comes from looking at your land in person.
Real reviews from real land clearing, dirt work and driveway jobs on Google.
Double AA Land Services… highly recommended! They are dependable, hardworking, and take pride in doing the job right. Great communication, fair pricing, and they show up when they say they will.
Had them bring rock and spread for two of our rental property driveways, exceptional work at an affordable price. Will be using them again in the future
We had a great experience with Double AA Land Service! They were professional, reliable, and did an excellent job. The work was done efficiently, and they really cared about making sure everything was done right.
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Read more →Overgrown pasture, a fence line you can't find, ground that holds water, a pad or driveway that needs building? Call or send the form and we'll walk the property with you and hand you a free, straight quote — no pressure, no games.
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