Post Hole Digging
The auger on our skid steer drills fence post holes for ranch fences, game fences, pens and gates. Your fence builder gives the spacing and depth, and we drill to it.
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Fence line clearing takes the mesquite and brush off a fence so you can see the wire again. Iron Steer Land Services does the work with a mulching head on a skid steer. We clear old fence lines and the path for new ones on ranches and smaller acreage. It is one part of our land clearing in Laredo and about 100 miles around it.
A clear line comes first, whether the fence is old or new. An old fence has to be in sight before anyone can fix it or replace it. A new fence needs a clear, root plowed path before the first post goes in. Where the brush runs past the fence into the pasture, brush clearing opens up the rest.
Tell us about the land and the work it needs. We look at the land or your photos of it, then put the quote in writing.
Left alone, a fence line in the brush country fills in. Mesquite, huisache, blackbrush and prickly pear grow up under the wire and hide the posts. Up toward Uvalde, cedar crowds the fence too.
We clear that growth with forestry mulching. You show us the fence and any trees you want kept, and the mulching head grinds the brush around them. The mulch stays on the ground as cover.
With the wire in sight again, you can find the breaks and decide what to fix. Some fences are too far gone. Then the cleared line is ready for the fence crew to pull the old wire and build new.
A fence crew needs a clear path to set posts and stretch wire. Mesquite cut off at the ground also sprouts back into the new fence. So we clear the line and root plow it before the crew comes. The rippers cut the roots below the surface.
Ask your fence builder how wide a path the crew wants. Then flag the corners and the gates so the cleared line runs where the fence will. Once the line is clear, the auger can follow with post hole digging at the spacing your builder gives.
Buried lines can cross a fence line too. Texas law calls for an 811 notice two business days before machine digging 16 inches or deeper. A root plow pass that deep fits the rule. Locators mark the pipeline and utility lines, so show us any water line you laid yourself.
On the big ranches of the brush country, a perimeter or a game fence can run for miles. Pasture divisions add more line inside the ranch. A clear line lets you check the fence and spot a break or a gap under the wire.
Lots and small acreage around the towns need clear lines too. We clear property lines before a new fence goes in or an old one gets fixed. The skid steer comes on a trailer, so tell us how we reach the line.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 100 miles around Laredo across the South Texas brush country.
(956) 206-3992From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (956) 206-3992 and tell us where the land is and what it needs. Photos of the brush help.
We look at the land in person or in your photos. You show us what stays and what goes.
The quote comes to you in writing, with the work spelled out. Once you say yes, we set a date.
We trailer the skid steer to the property. The mulching head grinds the brush, and the rippers root plow any lane that has to stay open. Trench and post hole jobs get the trencher or the auger.
The mulch stays on the ground as cover, around the oaks and mottes you kept. On trench jobs, we backfill after the line is in when the quote includes it.
Common questions about fence line clearing around Laredo and the South Texas brush country. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
The auger on our skid steer drills fence post holes for ranch fences, game fences, pens and gates. Your fence builder gives the spacing and depth, and we drill to it.
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The trencher on the skid steer cuts trenches for water lines and electric runs on ranches and rural land. Your plumber or electrician marks the route and the depth, and we cut to match.
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We clear and mulch brush along pipeline rights of way and around pads in the Eagle Ford. A smaller operator or a big crew with overflow work gets an extra machine.
Learn MoreThe skid steer runs a forestry mulching head, a trencher, an auger and rippers. The brush work and the dig work after it can come from one company.
The brush we clear stays on the land as a layer of mulch over the soil. Where regrowth has to stop, the rippers root plow the lane.
We look at the land first, or at the photos you text us. Then the quote comes to you in writing, with the work spelled out.
Laredo sits at the center of our service area. We work about 100 miles around it, from the border up to the edge of the Hill Country.
Tell us where the property is and the work it needs, and send photos if you have them. Call or text (956) 206-3992 or use the form, and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the land and the work it needs. We look at the land or your photos of it, then put the quote in writing.
