Dirt removal and grading delivery in Helena, AL

Haul-off jobs in Helena are pool digs, footing spoil, and lots that were graded toward the house instead of away from it. Clean clay is cheap to get rid of because other jobs want it as fill. Dirt mixed with roots, stumps or concrete costs more. A regrade around Old Town Helena usually runs a half day to a day of skid steer time.

Dirt removal and grading jobs in Helena

Helena sits on rolling hills at the southern tail of the Appalachians where Buck Creek meets the Cahaba River. Old Town and the land along Highway 261 are on Buck Creek and Cahaba floodplain that goes under water in big storms, while the subdivisions on either side climb clay and shale hills. The area was part of the Cahaba coalfield, so old mine workings and spoil are likely under some ground west of town. Red clay with chert dominates, and new subdivisions on cleared slopes erode quickly.

What it is for

• Hauling off the spoil from a pool, basement or footing dig
• Stripping and removing an old lawn or a bad layer of fill
• Spreading and leveling delivered dirt
• Regrading a yard so water runs away from the house

This is not junk removal. Dirt mixed with construction debris, concrete or trash is a different job and a different price; say what is in the pile.

Getting the truck in

Many neighborhoods are HOA subdivisions with narrow streets, and Old Town has tight streets with limited turnaround; some outlying lots are on gravel county roads.