Excavation
We dig footings, drainage cuts, old fence lines and small ponds around Duncan with a mini excavator and two track loaders.
Trenching around Duncan, Marlow, Comanche and across Stephens County is how anything useful reaches the back of a property — water to the barn, power to the new shop, a drain line away from a wet spot. We dig trenches with the mini excavator: straight, to the depth the job calls for, with clean spoil set to one side so the hole closes as neatly as it opened. It's the unglamorous middle step of every rural project, and doing it clean is what keeps the plumber and electrician moving instead of waiting.
Oklahoma ground makes machine trenching the smart play. The same red clay that bakes brick-hard in August laughs at a shovel and a weekend — a job that would eat your back is an afternoon for the excavator. We dig it, you (or your trades) lay the line, we close it and leave the ground ready to blend back in. Trenches slot naturally into bigger jobs too — most pad projects need water and power runs cut before the slab closes the route.
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A trench has one spec that matters: deep enough for what's going in it. Water lines want to be below frost depth so a January snap doesn't turn the line to a fountain. Electrical runs have code depths that vary by how the wire is protected. Drain lines only work if the trench falls the right direction the whole way (the yard drainage work covers that end). We dig to the numbers your job needs — your plumber or electrician tells us the spec, and the trench meets it.
Clean matters too. A machine-cut trench with straight walls and spoil piled on one side is fast to work in and fast to close. The excavator's the right size for it: enough reach and power to cut hard clay all day, compact enough to work between a house and a fence without redesigning the yard.
Anyone can push dirt back in a hole; a backfill done right is why the trench doesn't reappear. Lines get bedded so rock and clods aren't resting on pipe, fill goes back in lifts instead of one dump, and the surface gets left slightly proud where fresh dirt will settle. Skip that and every trench announces itself for years as a sunken stripe across the yard.
Where the trench crosses something that matters — a drive, a mowed yard, the approach to a gate — we close it with extra care so the crossing carries weight again instead of becoming the permanent dip. It's the difference between "there was a trench here" and having to be told there was.
In-town trenching is measured in feet; out here it's measured in "from the meter to the barn." Long runs across pasture — water to a stock tank or a distant shop, power from the pole to a new building site, a line out to an RV pad — are exactly what a machine is for and exactly what a shovel isn't. Bigger holes than a trench, footings and stump digs, sit under our excavation work. We cut the run, cross the rough spots, and keep the route practical to close and maintain.
One thing we take seriously: what's already buried. Existing utilities get located before steel touches dirt — Call OKIE (811) marks the public side free, and we plan the route around what's flagged plus what you know is out there. Then the dig is boring, which is exactly what a dig should be. Call us with the run you're planning and we'll walk it.
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 trenching across Duncan & Southwest Oklahoma. Don't see yours? Give us a call — we're happy to help.
We dig footings, drainage cuts, old fence lines and small ponds around Duncan with a mini excavator and two track loaders.
French drain installation, yard drainage, swales, driveway culverts and ditch work for homes and acreage around Duncan and Stephens County.
Ground cleared, cut, filled and leveled for what's coming — shop and barn pads, barndominium sites, mobile home sets and small builds.
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.
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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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