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Pollard's Dozer Service Land Development & Forestry Mulching · Buna TX
Excavation in Buna, TX
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Excavation in Buna, TX

Excavation · Buna, TX

When the Job Calls for Digging

Excavation covers the digging side of dirt work around Buna, Vidor, Silsbee, Lumberton and all across Texas — the jobs where material has to come out of the ground, not just get pushed across it. We dig with our own excavator: site dig-outs before a pad goes in, pond and retention basins opened up, banks cut back, and the mess dug out when something's gone wrong under the surface.

Digging pairs with everything else we do. A pond starts as an excavation job. A pad on soft ground starts with digging out the muck and replacing it with material that packs. A wet lot starts with the ditch and culvert work that gives the water somewhere to go. One estimate covers the digging as part of the plan instead of hired out separately.

What We Handle

  • Site dig-outs and soft-spot removal
  • Retention basins dug and shaped
  • Building sites dug out and leveled
  • Pond and tank digging
  • Slopes and banks cut and shaped
  • Debris and old-fill dig-outs
  • Spoil dirt used on site where it helps
  • Free on-site estimates

Free Excavation Estimate

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Digging With the Water in Mind

Most excavation around here is about water in the end. This country is flat, wet and generous with rain, and ground that does not drain rules everything built on it. Every hole we dig gets planned with that in mind: where the spoil goes, which way the site falls afterward, and what happens to the low corner in the first big storm.

The ditches, swales and driveway culverts that carry water off a property are their own line of work, and they have their own page: drainage and culverts. Here the job is the digging itself, done so the water work and the dirt work fit together instead of fighting each other.

Dig-Outs, Soft Spots and Problem Ground

Some ground can't be built on as-is — the black gumbo that pumps under a loaded truck, the corner of the site that never firms up, the old fill somebody buried stumps in twenty years ago. The fix is honest and mechanical: dig out the bad material, get down to ground that holds, and bring the hole back up with dirt that packs.

That kind of dig-out is the unglamorous start of a lot of good pads. It's also where experience with this exact dirt earns its money — knowing how deep the soft goes, what's under it, and when a wet week means the smart move is waiting. We'll tell you the truth about your ground, even when the truth is "not this week."

The Excavator and the Dozer, Together

The excavator and the dozer are better together than either is alone. The excavator digs, lifts, and works precisely in tight spots; the dozer moves volume and finishes grade. A pond job digs with one and shapes banks with the other. A site job digs out the bad, then blades in the good. Because both machines are ours, the job doesn't stall waiting on a subcontractor's schedule.

If your project has digging in it, a dig-out, a basin, a pond, or something we haven't listed, the first step is the same free walk-through as everything else we do. We'll look at the ground, tell you what we'd dig and why, and put a real number on it.

Excavator working a freshly cleared corridor between the pines Large sandy pad graded smooth, seen from above

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What You Can Expect

How a Job With Pollard's Runs

From the first walk of the property to the last pass of the blade, here is exactly how it goes.

1

Walk the Land

We come see the property — the trees, the brush, the ground under it, and how wet it runs. What you want cleared, what's worth keeping, and what the job really takes. No blind quotes over the phone.

2

Straight Estimate

You get a free estimate with a real number and a real timeline. It covers what's included — clearing, dirt, shaping, debris — and it holds unless the scope changes.

3

Bring the Iron

The dozer, excavator or mulcher shows up when we said and does the job the way we quoted it. Anything unexpected in the ground, you hear about it immediately, not on the invoice.

4

Leave It Right

We walk the finished ground with you before we call it done. Clean lines, shaped banks, a pad you can build on or a pasture you can mow. Done means you say it's done.

FAQ

Excavation Questions, Answered

Common questions about excavation across Buna & all of Texas. Don't see yours? Give us a call — we're happy to help.

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What excavation work do you handle?
Site dig-outs, pond and basin digging, bank and slope shaping, and digging out soft or junk-filled ground before a pad goes in. Ditches, swales and culverts are covered on our drainage page. If it's dirt coming out of the ground around Southeast Texas, ask, and if it's not our kind of job we'll say so.
Can you dig out a soft spot under a house pad?
Yes. Ground that pumps under a loaded truck or never firms up gets dug out down to material that holds, then brought back up in lifts with dirt that packs. How deep the soft goes decides the job, so we look before we quote, and the estimate is free.
Do you dig retention ponds and basins?
Yes. Retention basins and stock ponds are a big part of our excavation work: the basin dug to hold what the site sheds, banks sloped so they hold, and the spoil put to work as pad or fill. Pond builds have their own page with the details on soil and permits.
Do I need an excavator or a dozer for my job?
You need the right combination, and that's our call to help you make. Digging, lifting and precise work is excavator; pushing volume and finishing grade is dozer. We run both, so the estimate covers the job — not whichever single machine a company happens to own.
How do estimates work for excavation?
Same as everything we do: free, and in person. Digging jobs especially depend on what the ground turns out to be, so we look first, talk through what we expect to find, and give you a real number. Call (409) 289-0802 and we'll set up a time to walk it.
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Drainage in Buna, TX

Drainage

We cut ditches, shape swales, set driveway culverts and regrade the low spots where water stands on your property.

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Ponds in Buna, TX

Ponds

Stock ponds, fishing ponds and retention ponds — dug, shaped and banked right, with the spoil dirt put to work on your land.

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Dirt Work in Buna, TX

Dirt Work

House pads, barn pads, site prep and fill: dirt hauled, placed, shaped and packed so what you build on it stays put.

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Grading & Leveling in Buna, TX

Grading & Leveling

Rough, rutted or washed-out ground graded smooth and sloped to drain — pastures, yards, building sites and everything between.

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Land Clearing in Buna, TX

Land Clearing

Wooded lots, overgrown acreage and future homesites cleared with our own dozer — trees and brush out, clean workable dirt left behind.

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Gravel Driveways in Buna, TX

Gravel Driveways

New gravel driveways cut and crowned, rutted and muddy drives rebuilt, and ranch roads, lanes and shop pads graveled so they hold up in the wet.

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Why Choose Pollard's

Why Texas Landowners Call Us

Three Generations Deep

Family owned and operated since 1990, with three generations on the same iron. The name on the machine is the family doing the work — and answering the phone.

One Crew, Whole Job

Dozer, excavator and tracked mulcher under one roof. Clearing, dirt work, grading and the pond get done as one job with one estimate — not three contractors pointing at each other.

Straight Answers, Free Estimates

We walk the property, tell you what the ground actually needs — and what it does not — and hand you a real number. No phone guesses, no surprise extras.

Southeast Texas Born

Sandy uplands, gumbo clay bottoms, wet winters and brush that never quits — this is the only dirt we have ever worked, and we build for what it does.

Guides & Resources

Excavation Guides

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Get In Touch With Pollard's Dozer Service

Land to clear, a pad to build, brush that's won too many summers, or a pond you've been thinking about for years? Call or send the form and we'll walk the property with you and hand you a free estimate — straight answers from the family that's worked this dirt since 1990.

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Tell us about your land — we’ll get right back to you.

Call (409) 289-0802