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Grading and Site Work

Yard holding water? Lot need to be brought to grade?

Yards, house lots, pads and driveways. Laser level on the work that needs one.

Takeuchi TL12 track loader rough-grading red clay around newly framed OSB house and garage

How it works

Grading is most of what we do besides hauling dirt. New house lots, yards that never drained right, rough grade and finish grade both.

We run a track loader, a dozer and excavators, and we shoot grade with a laser on pads and anywhere water has to go somewhere specific.

When the dirt work is done we can seed and straw it so you are not looking at bare clay waiting on rain to wash it away.

What we need to know to quote it

Have these ready when you call and we can usually give you a number on the spot.

  • What is the problem? Water standing, new construction, or a lot that needs leveling?
  • About how big an area are we talking about?
  • Does dirt need to come in, go out, or just move around?
  • Do you want it seeded and strawed when we finish?

Before and after

Red clay rough-graded along open pole shed slab, seen from track loader, mini excavator behind
Before
Straw-covered seeded ground beside pole shed after grading, covered vehicles under roof
After

Graded and seeded around a pole shed

Rough clay brought to grade, then seeded and strawed.

Rough uneven site beside black barndominium before dozer grading, Bobcat 864 track loader parked
Before
Freshly dozer-graded red clay yard beside black metal barndominium, smooth track-packed surface
After

Finish grade at a new barndominium

Dozer work around the building after the crew finished.

Takeuchi track loader operator view spreading red clay fill pile across yard beside red metal shop
During
Finished graded yard seeded and strawed beside red metal shop and RV carport
After

Yard filled and regraded

Fill spread across the yard, then seeded and strawed.

Grading jobs

Takeuchi TL12 track loader stripping sod in rural backyard, Topcon laser level on tripod foreground
John Deere crawler dozer parked on freshly graded red-clay pad, summer hardwoods behind
Aerial: dozer grading large red-clay lot beside curbed subdivision road, wooded edge
Drone view of new house under construction with red clay rough-graded around it; loader, trucks, dumpster on site
SANY excavator loading red tandem dump truck on large commercial site cut beside metal warehouse
Bobcat mini excavator grading red clay pad above new block retaining wall behind large brick home
Excavated red clay bench with vertical cut face for retaining wall and swing set, split-rail fence

What people say about our grading work

We used Smith mine on a project where we needed to remove an existing concrete driveway, re grade the existing slab, add a new drainage pipe and then pour the driveway back. This was a massive project but smith mine made quick and efficient work of it. Very responsive and did everything they said they would in a timely manner. Great customer service and will definitely be using them for all our future projects!
Grayfork Paint7 months ago
Matt does great work. Not only for small grading jobs, but also the larger projects. Most recent we have used him for concrete work as well, they were awesome. Highly recommend!
Logan Kale7 months ago
Seamless delivery and grading by Matt and his team. Matt is the kindest and most professional gravel/dirt providers I've worked with, and with the most competitive prices. I couldn't recommend Smith Mine more!
Chris France7 months ago

Where we do it

Grading across Catawba County and Lincoln County

Based in Maiden. Most of this work is within about thirty minutes of the pit.

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