Ditch Cleanout, Canal Installation & Agricultural Excavation

Connecting new well for fire suppression pond

Connect New Well for Fire Suppression Pond

Installing piping at well-head
Ditching in the water (summer use only)
Connecting new well for fire suppression pond
Installing piping at well-head
Installing piping at well-head

Project Description

Client:  Nate Moesteller
Location:   Driggs, ID
Year Completed:   2022

The Challenges

After drilling a new well, we needed to connect the well to power and pipe the outflow to a fire suppression pond.

Ditch prior to Cleanup

Ditch Cleanout

Ditch prior to Cleanup
Ditch prior to Cleanup
BEFORE!
Ditch after cleanout
During
After

Project Description

Client:  Mike Hicks
Location:   Idaho Falls, ID
Year Completed:   2022

The Challenges

Cleaned out and re-built a mile of agricultural ditch/waterway/canal. Used laser telemetry to verify ditch. Excavated over two feet of silt in some places. Removed trees from problematic areas. Rebuilt corners with rip-rap. Our large 5-ft bucket makes this a breeze!

Image of a level, smooth floor

Re-grade Potato Cellar & Shave Walls

Image of a level, smooth floor
A look at the walls before we started
Cutting the walls of a potato cellar
Cutting the walls of a potato cellar
Shaving down the walls
Cutting the walls
Cutting the walls
Doing some work!
Laser-grading the floor
Getting the walls in shape
Starting to roll the floor
More overburden dirt!
One of the many piles of dirt after the project
Image of a level, smooth floor
Final product: a level, smooth floor
Another shot of the final prodcut
Working on getting things wrapped up

Project Description

Client:   Stolworthy Farms
Location:   Shelley, ID
Year Completed:   2022

The Challenges

This customer wanted a complete update of a potato cellar that is also used for hay storage. We shaved the walls down by approx 4 feet on each side to prepare the building for shot-crete. Then, when the walls were finished, we took about 2 feet out of the floor. This project increased hay storage by 33%. During the project, we had to work against cave-ins, slough-offs, and poor stability.

Ditch cleanout on plot of land

Demolish Building, Concrete Prep, Ditch Cleanout, and Driveway Resurface

Ditch cleanout on plot of land
Ditch prior to cleaning
Ditch prior to cleaning
Ditch cleanout on plot of land
Ditch with completed cleanout
Outhouse, precariously perched, falling into the ditch
Outhouse, precariously perched, falling into the ditch
Outhouse prepped for relocation
Rescued old outhouse (1800’s) for another customer
Cleaned out ditch
Concrete prep and forming for 15′ x 30′ pad
Resurfaced driveway
Resurfaced driveway. +2″ of compacted road base.

Project Description

Client:   Allen Miller
Location:   Rigby, ID
Year Completed:   2022

The Challenges

Build pad and prep for concrete (15′ x 30′). Demolished old outhouse building (rescued for another client). Cleanout ditches.

Demolish Building, Remove Trees, Cleanout Ditch

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Demolishing the old stone-foundation building
Cleaning out and re-shaping ditches
Cleaning growth from inside ditch and ditch banks
Removing sucker-growth from interior of ditch
Removing sucker-growth from interior of ditch
Discarding culvert from a decommissioned section of ditch

Project Description

Client:   A. Miller
Location:   Rigby, ID
Year Completed:   2021

The Challenges

Trees had overgrown ditch and were preventing flow. Removed them without compromising ditch.

Demolished rock building and foundation. Backfilled with pit run, compacted and prepped to build a concrete pad.

Replaced outdated irrigation gates

Re-sod impacted area.