Earthworks

Landscape earthworks with a compact tractor

Our Kubota L3902 compact tractor is the workhorse behind our earthworks services. With five attachments it handles the jobs that are too big for hand tools and too small to justify a full excavation contractor.

What each attachment does for your property

Tractor attachments and the problems they solve
Attachment	What it does	Typical jobs
Front loader bucket	Lifts, carries and spreads soil, gravel and debris	Spreading topsoil piles, moving gravel, loading debris, backfilling
Backhoe	Digs trenches, stumps and holes with precision	French drains, stump removal, utility trenches, pond digging
Box blade	Grades and levels surfaces, rips compacted ground	Gravel driveway repair, lawn leveling, regrading for drainage
Rototiller	Turns and pulverizes soil to seedbed condition	New gardens, lawn renovation, compost incorporation
Posthole digger	Bores deep, uniform holes fast	Fence lines, deck footings, gate and sign posts

Common earthworks projects

Drainage & wet yards

Standing water, soggy lawns, water at the foundation, French drains and swales.

Grading & leveling

Bumpy lawns, shed and pool pads, topsoil spreading, terracing and berms.

Gravel driveways

Potholes, washboard, lost crown, widening, spring soft spots and parking pads.

Stumps & digging

Stump excavation, trenching, boulders, ponds and old concrete removal.

Fences & post holes

Fence lines, deck footings, frost-proof post depth in heavy clay.

Gardens & soil prep

Rototilling new gardens, lawn renovations, meadow conversions.

Why a compact tractor is the right size

Full-size excavation equipment tears up lawns, cannot pass gates, and carries a mobilization cost that dwarfs many residential jobs. Hand labour, at the other extreme, turns a one-day job into a month of weekends. A 37-horsepower compact tractor threads that needle: it fits through a standard double gate, treads lightly on established lawns, and still digs, grades and lifts with real force. Many of our contracts have proven to be one-day jobs with this machine — see the problem library for the kinds of work it handles.

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