Grading Drummond driveways is the biggest part of our work in town. Drummond grew up as a sawmill company town in the middle of the woods, and a century later most homes still sit at the end of a long gravel drive through the forest off Highway 63. We have been grading Drummond roads, yards and building sites with our own equipment.
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A drive through the woods gets little sun, so snow lingers and the road stays soft well into May. Driveway grading lifts the travel lane, crowns it and opens the ditches so the melt has somewhere to go besides your tire tracks.
If the surface is thin, fresh aggregate over the regraded base brings it back. For a new road, see our driveway building work.
When frost comes out of the ground in April, a drive with no crown turns into ruts deep enough to catch a bumper. We wait for it to firm up, then cut the ruts down, rebuild the shape and set the ditches so next spring goes easier. Most of grading Drummond drives is about getting ahead of that thaw.
Cabins on Drummond Lake and the north end of Lake Owen sit on sandy ground that drains fast but moves easily. Site grading sets a firm, level pad and keeps the slope toward the water gentle. Lakeside work follows Bayfield County shoreland zoning.
We handle stump grinding in Drummond before the pad goes in, then the rest of the site prep.
Older homes in town often sit lower than the road, and the yard tips toward the house. Yard grading reverses that slope, and land grading on larger lots smooths out old skid trails and stump holes into usable ground.
Finished yards can be seeded into new lawn, and bigger commercial grounds go through our commercial landscaping crew in Drummond.
The window for grading Drummond property runs from late May to freeze-up. After that, snow buries the forest roads and nothing gets shaped until spring.
If you searched grading contractor near me from Drummond, we pass through on Highway 63 nearly every week.
Mark Hazelquist has led this crew since May 1988, and his operators have stayed with him more than 15 years. Because the machines are ours and we are on Highway 63 every week, grading Drummond jobs fit into the schedule easily. Ask any contractor for proof of insurance before they start.
Drummond sits halfway between our Ashland lot and the lake country. West on the forest road we do yard grading in Delta, and southwest we handle Barnes lakeshore grading. Cable, Grand View and Mason are close by.
Typed grading contractor near me from a cabin between Mason and Cable? Same crew.
Shaded forest drives hold frost longer and soften when it comes out. A crown and open ditches let the melt drain off before it softens the base.
Once the frost is out and the road firms up, usually late May.
Yes. We set a firm, level pad and keep the slope toward the water gentle. Shoreline work follows Bayfield County shoreland zoning.
Yes. We can resurface with fresh aggregate or build a new base where the old one is gone.
Yes. We reverse the slope so water drains away from the foundation.
Yes. Stump grinding, clearing, grading and seeding are all done by the same crew.
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