Land Clearing
Overgrown acreage, lots, pasture and cutover opened up with excavators, dozers, a tree shear and root rakes, or mulched in place. The debris goes out on our own trucks.
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Butler is the seat of Choctaw County, which runs from the Mississippi line east to the Tombigbee River. Forest covers about two thirds of the county, and forestry is by far its biggest industry. When a timber tract is cut, the cutover grows back thick in sweetgum and briars. Hunting land needs its lanes opened back up, and a homesite on a hill needs the trees off first.
Presto Contractors does land clearing in Butler and across Choctaw County. Based in Waynesboro in Wayne County, we come over on US 84 east and AL 17 north, about 50 miles. We also do forestry mulching for lanes and understory, site prep for a house pad, excavation, underground utilities and demolition. Call or text (601) 410-5339, and we will look at the land and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the land, the lot or the job. We look at the site and put the quote in writing.
The ground around Butler is hilly. In the USDA soil survey, about a third of Choctaw County sits on slopes of 15 percent or more. The most common soil in the county, Luverne, has a sandy loam top over firm red clay. Most Luverne ground grows mixed pine and hardwood.
Some hills are steep and stony, with slopes of 25 to 60 percent. There, a clay soil called Arundel sits on soft sandstone and siltstone 20 to 40 inches down. Bare clay on a slope like that can wash in a hard rain.
The county draws deer and turkey hunters from across the country. On a hunting tract or a steep slope, forestry mulching keeps the ground covered and the roots in place. A pasture or a house site needs the stumps out, so it gets cleared with a dozer and root raked. The brush and stumps go off the property on our own trucks.
About 18 percent of the county's soils are rated as frequently flooded, mostly creek and river bottoms. Bibb, a common bottom soil here, has water within 8 inches of the surface 6 to 11 months a year. Some of that bottom land may be wetland, so check before any clearing there.
NOAA normals for the Coffeeville Lock and Dam station on the Tombigbee show about 52 inches of rain a year. September and October are the driest months there, and January and March the wettest. Dozer work in the bottoms goes best in a dry spell.
A homesite starts with clearing, then the drive entrance and the house pad. We build the pad up with fill hauled in on our own trucks. The Choctaw County 911 Office issues the street address, and for a new house it asks for the parcel number.
In January 2023, heavy rain washed out a culvert near West Butler Road and Bailey Road, NOAA reports. Where a new drive crosses a county road ditch, check with the county's Road and Bridge Department first. Culverts and ditching on county roads are part of its work. Inside town limits, ask Butler's town hall what the town requires.
Where there is no sewer, Alabama requires a soil test before a septic system goes in. The permit comes from the county health department, and a licensed septic installer puts the system in. Before any digging, call Alabama 811 so the utilities can mark their lines. State law sets how many working days ahead the call must go in.
Storms reach Butler too. In June 2016, winds estimated near 70 mph downed many trees and power lines in town, NOAA reports. FEMA disaster declarations for Choctaw County include Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Zeta in 2020.
Downed timber across a fence line or a pasture is land clearing work. We clear it and haul it off on our own trucks. A barn or house the storm wrecked becomes a demolition job, slab and all, with the lot cleared after.
Gilbertown, south of Butler on AL 17, is where the state's first producing oil well was drilled, in 1944. The State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama still lists producing wells in the Gilbertown field. We build lease roads and location pads as part of our oilfield site work.
Communities and areas we serve around Butler: Green Acres, Mount Sterling, West Butler, Riderwood, Lisman, Jachin, Cromwell, Pennington, Needham, Toxey, Gilbertown, Silas.
Butler ZIP codes served: 36904.
We come over from Waynesboro, look at the site and put the quote in writing.
(601) 410-5339 Overgrown acreage, lots, pasture and cutover opened up with excavators, dozers, a tree shear and root rakes, or mulched in place. The debris goes out on our own trucks.
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A mulching head grinds brush, saplings and small trees into mulch where they stand. The roots stay in the ground, and the mulch stays on top as cover.
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We take a raw lot to a site ready to build, with the pad built up and shaped to drain. Fill dirt and gravel come in on our own trucks.
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Excavators and dozers for cut and fill, digging, ditches, drainage and grading. Dirt comes in and goes out on our own trucks.
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We trench and lay water and sewer lines, storm pipe and culverts for houses and commercial sites. We also cut conduit trenches for your electrician and backfill them.
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We cut pasture, fields, overgrown lots and fence lines with a bush hog. Choose a one-time cleanup or seasonal mowing, with the quote in writing.
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We take down houses, mobile homes, barns and old slabs, and the debris leaves on our own trucks. Then we clear and grade the lot so it is ready for what comes next.
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Yard grading, drainage, pads, haul roads and site utilities for industrial plants and commercial sites. Our own trucks haul the rock and dirt on and off the job.
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Location pads and lease roads for oil and gas operators in the Wayne County and south Alabama fields. Rock and dirt go on and off location in our own trucks.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Butler. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Tell us about the land or the job, and text photos if you have them. Call or text (601) 410-5339 or use the form, and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the land, the lot or the job. We look at the site and put the quote in writing.