Backhoe & Trenching Services in Central Texas

What's Included

A backhoe digs and loads, and it does both from one machine. That makes it one of the most useful tools on a small or mid-size job.

• Digging in Tight Spaces

  The backhoe reaches over fences, around trees, and alongside buildings where a larger excavator would not fit or would do damage.

• Loading

  The front loader moves dirt, gravel, and debris onto trucks or across the site, so we can dig and load without bringing in a second machine.

• Small Excavation Jobs

  Footings for a shed or carport, a hole for a septic tank, a pit for a small foundation. These jobs are right in a backhoe's wheelhouse.

• Culvert Digs

  We dig and bed culverts under driveways and ranch road crossings. More on that on our driveway culvert installation page.

• Drainage Digs

  Ditches, swales, and trenches for drain pipe get dug to grade so water actually runs where it is supposed to.

• Backfill

  Once pipe, utilities, or footings are in, the backhoe puts the dirt back and packs it so the trench does not sink.

Problems We Fix

"The culvert under my driveway is crushed and the road floods." "I need a trench for a water line out to the barn." "We need a septic hole dug and the yard is fenced in." "There is a ditch along the road that has filled in and water backs up."

These are backhoe jobs. They are not big enough for heavy equipment but too much to do by hand, and we handle them regularly.

Central Texas Ground Conditions

Trenching in the expansive clay around Waco, Hillsboro, and Temple goes fast when the ground is dry, but backfill is where the work really matters. Clay that is put back loose will settle and crack as it shrinks and swells, so we backfill in layers and compact as we go.

In Bosque and Coryell counties, backhoe work often meets limestone just below the surface. Culvert and drainage digs may need rock removed to reach the right depth, and the thin soil gives us less material for bedding. We plan for that, bringing in bedding material when the native ground will not do the job.

What Affects the Cost

Backhoe pricing depends on the length and depth of the dig, how much rock is involved, access for the machine, whether materials like pipe or bedding are part of the job, hauling of spoil, and how much backfill and compaction are needed.