Our Services
Everything your East Texas place needs moved, dug, shaped or hauled, by one family crew with 35+ years on this ground.
Gardner Excavating is a family-owned, full-service dirt-work outfit based in Crockett, serving all of East Texas for 35+ years. Ponds, pads, land clearing, roads and more, done right and done fair.
Below are the services we bring to landowners, ranchers, home builders and folks all over the East Texas piney woods. Every one is backed by the same promise: honest bids, fair prices, and clean work start to finish. Whatever your project, it starts with a free quote.
Land Clearing
Turning raw East Texas timber and brush into clean, usable ground.
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Engineered, compacted pads built to hold, from home to shop.
Learn morePonds & Lakes
Dug, shaped and sealed ponds and lakes that hold water and look great.
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Private roads and driveways built and rocked to last through the rain.
Learn moreCulverts & Drainage
Culverts, ditches and pasture-wash repair that move water the right way.
Learn moreFoundation & Site Prep
Digging, grading and prep so your build sits solid and true.
Learn moreDemolition & Dirt Work
Tear-outs, dirt removal and hauling, cleared clean and hauled off.
Learn moreHeavy Equipment Hauling
Lowboy hauling of dozers, excavators and equipment across East Texas.
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Most jobs cross a few of these. Tell us what you are trying to do with your place and we will figure out the right way to do it, and give you a free, fair bid.
The Gardner Way
What ties all of these services together is not just that one family crew does them all, it is that we do them all the same way. Dirt work is a trade where the difference between a job that lasts and a job that fails is mostly out of sight, the compaction under a pad, the seal in a pond bottom, the crown on a road, the grade that sheds water. We built our name over 35+ years by getting those hidden things right, and that standard does not change whether we are digging a pond or clearing a tract.
It starts with knowing this ground. East Texas dirt runs from loose sand to tight clay, the timber grows thick, and the rain comes hard. A crew that understands all of it makes better calls before the first bucket of dirt moves, and that shows up as work that holds and fewer surprises for you.
The other part is simple: we treat you and your place right. Honest bids, more than one customer says we came in under. Fair prices. Clean work, start to finish. We stay till the job is done and you are happy with it. That is the only way a family outfit lasts 35+ years in a town the size of Crockett.
Big Jobs And Small
We scale the same care up and down. A small shop pad or a short driveway gets the same honest work as a multi-acre lake or a big house pad. If it involves moving dirt on your East Texas place, it is work we are glad to look at, and it always starts with a free quote.
Free Quotes On Everything We Do
Whatever the project, ponds, pads, land clearing, roads, culverts, foundation prep, demolition or hauling, you get a free, honest quote before any work starts. We come look at your place, talk through what you are wanting to do, and give you a fair bid with no surprises. After 35+ years in Houston County, we would rather earn your trust with a straight number and clean work than talk you into anything. Give Gardner Excavating a call and let's figure out the best way to get your dirt work done.
Gardner Excavating · Crockett, TX
One Family Crew For The Whole Job
Ponds, pads, clearing, roads, culverts, demolition and hauling, all handled by Gardner Excavating. 35+ years. Free quotes.