Right of Way Clearing
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.
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Trenching gets a water line from the well to the trough, or power from the meter out to the barn. Iron Steer Land Services cuts those trenches with the trencher on the skid steer. We work for ranch owners and owners of rural land around Laredo and across the South Texas brush country.
Your plumber or electrician sets the route and the depth, and we cut the trench to match. Laying and connecting the line is work for a licensed plumber or electrician. When the quote includes backfill, the trench gets filled after the line is in. The same machine handles land clearing around Laredo, so a brushy route can be opened first.
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.
A ranch water line starts at the well or the meter. From there it can run to the house, a stock tank, a trough or a pen. Water line trenching cuts the path, and your plumber lays the pipe and makes the connections.
Your plumber marks the route, and the trencher cuts along it at the depth the plumber gives. Catarina clay is the most common soil in Webb County, by the NRCS soil survey. On some ridges and low hills around Laredo, sandstone or weathered mudstone sits 20 to 40 inches down. Rock or a caliche layer means harder going for the trencher.
A new pen needs posts as well as water. The auger on the skid steer handles post hole digging for pen posts and gate posts.
An electric run carries power under the ground to a barn or a well pump. Some ranch gates need power as well. Each run needs a trench along the route your electrician marks.
The right depth depends on the wire and the conduit, and your electrician sets it. We cut the trench to that depth along the marked route. Your electrician lays the wire and makes the connections at both ends.
When water and power both go to the same barn, ask your plumber and electrician about one trench or two. The answer depends on the codes and the lines involved. We cut what they mark.
Texas law calls for an 811 notice two business days before digging 16 inches or deeper. Weekends and legal holidays do not count, and the notice can go in up to 14 days ahead. The Railroad Commission of Texas recommends the call before any digging, at any depth. Every trench we cut starts with that Texas 811 notice.
Locators for the utility and pipeline companies mark the rough path of their buried lines with paint or flags. Texas law has the 811 center warn that some water and sewer lines may not get the notice. Lines that serve only your place, like a well line or power to a barn, are yours to point out. Across the Eagle Ford oil country, a buried pipeline can cross a pasture too.
We also look at the route for brush before the dig. Where mesquite covers the line, brush clearing with the mulching head opens a lane first. You tell us what stays along the way, like a fence or a stand of trees.
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 trenching around Laredo and the South Texas brush country. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
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.
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The mulching head and rippers on our skid steer do the brush work a Texas wildlife management plan calls for. You write the plan, alone or with a biologist, and we clear to the acres and pattern it lists.
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The mulching head on our skid steer grinds brush and small trees into mulch that stays on the ground. The oaks and mottes you mark stay standing.
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.