Bush Hogging
We cut grown-up pastures and lots back down with a brush cutter. Overgrown fence lines get cut back too, and the cut grass stays where it falls.
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Site preparation gets a raw lot ready for a new house or a mobile home. Southern Grind Solutions does site prep for homeowners and landowners around Broxton and Coffee County. The job takes in the lot clearing, the rough grading of the building area, the pad and the septic system. We plan it as one job, so each step sets up the next one.
On a lot that will use septic, the county septic permit comes first. After that, land clearing takes the brush and small trees off the house site. A mobile home then gets a built-up, graded pad of packed fill.
Tell us about the new septic system, the land to clear or the dirt work and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Site prep is the dirt work that comes before the builder or the home installer. Clearing opens up the building area and the ground set aside for the septic system. Rough grading then shapes the building area so water drains off and away from it. On a mobile home lot, the pad goes up on that graded ground.
The house and the drain field cannot share the same ground, so both spots get planned at the start. Georgia's septic rules keep a drain field at least 100 feet from a well. It also has to sit at least 5 feet from a house without a basement and from a property line. Then we install the new septic tank and drain field as part of the job.
Georgia's septic rules count site preparation as part of developing a lot. On a lot that will use septic, that work waits until the county issues a construction permit. The permit comes from the county environmental health office.
The county issues the permit only after a site inspection shows favorable findings on the soil and the groundwater. In Coffee County, the Southeast Health District's septic application asks whether the site is cleared. Ask the county environmental health office how much clearing it wants before that inspection. The permit expires 12 months from the date it is issued.
No one may backfill a septic system until the county makes a final inspection and approves it in writing. Later grading or filling that may harm the system voids that approval. So the heavy dirt work and the pad come first. UGA Extension advises keeping heavy traffic off a drain field, so our machines stay clear of it.
Clearing and grading a lot can call for a land disturbance permit. Outside town limits, ask the county building and zoning office about yours. Inside a town, the city may have its own rules. In Douglas, the city issues a site prep permit only after its building office approves an erosion control plan.
Georgia law requires a Georgia 811 locate request before mechanized digging. The law's definition of excavating includes grading. Georgia 811 asks for the ticket at least 3 business days ahead. The utilities then mark their buried lines in colored paint.
Broxton sits at the center of our service area, which reaches about 80 miles out. That takes in Coffee County and the counties around it. Call or text (912) 381-6261 to tell us about your lot.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 80 miles around Broxton across Coffee County and the surrounding counties.
(912) 381-6261From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (912) 381-6261 and tell us about the job. Let us know where the land is and what it needs.
We come out to see the lot and what the job takes. On a septic job, that includes where the well and the drain field will sit.
You get the quote in writing. Once you say yes, we set a start date.
Georgia law requires a Georgia 811 locate request before mechanized digging, so buried lines get marked first. Then the clearing, the septic dig, the dirt work or the teardown begins.
On a septic job, Georgia's rules keep the system uncovered until the county's final inspection and written approval. Then we backfill and rough grade, and every job ends with the site cleaned up.
Common questions about site prep around Broxton and the surrounding counties. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We cut grown-up pastures and lots back down with a brush cutter. Overgrown fence lines get cut back too, and the cut grass stays where it falls.
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We cut shooting lanes and access trails through brush and pines on hunting land. We also clear the ground for food plots, and the planting stays yours.
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We clear overgrown lots and acreage around Broxton and the surrounding counties. Brush and small trees come down, and the land opens up for a new home or a farm.
Learn MoreA septic job often comes with clearing or a pad on the same lot. We run an excavator and a forestry mulcher, so that work comes from us too.
We look at the job before we price it. Then the quote comes to you in writing, with the work spelled out.
Broxton sits at the center of our service area, which reaches about 80 miles out. That takes in Coffee County and the counties around it.
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Read more →Building a house or moving into a mobile home? Call or text (912) 381-6261 or use the form, and tell us which county the job is in.
Tell us about the new septic system, the land to clear or the dirt work and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.