If you live in Black Fox and need dirt moved, ground drained, a driveway fixed, or a wall built, you’re closer to our home base than almost any customer we have. Pullen’s Land Works is based off Hollow View Drive on the southeast side of Cleveland, which puts most Black Fox properties inside a ten-minute drive. Call (423) 716-4143 and we’ll walk your property this week, usually within a day or two, and hand you a written quote that doesn’t change once work starts.

That distance matters more than it sounds. When a job needs one more load of gravel, an extra half-day of grading, or a second look after a storm, a crew based ten minutes away comes back the same day. Most of the “small fix turned into a season-long headache” stories we hear from Black Fox homeowners start with a contractor who was never close enough to come back.

Site prep and grading on old farm ground

Black Fox runs along Varnell Road and the Dalton Pike corridor about five miles southeast of downtown Cleveland, around 1,400 people, with working farms on the valley floors and new homes filling in along the road frontage. A lot of new Black Fox homes sit on land that was pasture for fifty years, including the builds in and around Varnell Estates. Pasture looks flat and ready. It rarely is. Old farm ground hides soft pockets where stock ponds were filled in, buried stumps from old fence lines, and drainage paths that only show themselves in a wet February. Before we cut a pad, we walk the ground and find where the water has been going for fifty years, because it keeps going there unless the grade tells it otherwise. See our excavation services.

Gravel driveways that survive the winter

Black Fox properties run long off the road, and a drive that ruts and washboards every winter doesn’t need another load of gravel dumped in the holes. It needs a crown so water sheds to the sides, a compacted base under the surface, and a culvert wherever runoff crosses. If your driveway washes out at the same spot every storm, that spot is telling you where the water wants to go, and we listen to it. See our gravel driveway services.

Clearing and property upkeep at machine scale

Fence lines recovered, overgrown corners reclaimed root-balls-out, storm debris cleared and the ground healed after. The projects that keep a small-acreage property from slowly shrinking around its owner. See our excavation services.

Retaining walls where the grade changes

Cut-and-fill lots along Varnell Road and the ridges off Dalton Pike often need a wall to hold the slope. Every wall we build in Black Fox gets drainage aggregate and perforated pipe behind the face, because this clay holds water against a wall like a dam. We build block, stone, and timber walls, and we repair walls that are leaning but still have a sound base. See our retaining wall services.

Drainage before it becomes foundation trouble

The same clay that makes Black Fox good farm ground makes it slow to drain. We install French drains, catch basins, and surface drainage for yards that stay soft for days, and we regrade where the lot pushes water toward the house. Standing water near a foundation is a foundation problem on a delay. See our drainage services.

We know this ground because we work it every week

Our crew drives Varnell Road more than any other road in the county. Families here know the area through Black Fox Elementary, and anyone who has driven past the quarry knows what sits under this community: rock and clay in layers that don’t forgive shortcuts. That’s not a reason to avoid building in Black Fox; it’s a reason to build with someone who already learned the ground’s habits on someone else’s dime. The community’s anchor school is Black Fox Elementary.

How hiring us works

Free walk-through, a written quote for the full scope, the build done by the same crew that walked your property, and a final walkthrough where anything that needs adjusting gets handled before we leave. If something unexpected turns up underground, you hear about it before we proceed.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does a gravel driveway rebuild cost out here?

It depends on length, how far gone the base is, and whether culverts are involved, which is why we quote from your driveway. The written number is the final number, and we’ll tell you if a cheaper regrade buys you a few more years first.

Can you work on a property while we're not home?

Yes, and in Black Fox we usually do. With clear access and marked private lines, the crew works while you’re at work and sends photo updates.

We're building on family land. When should we call you?

Before you finalize the house plans. Where the pad sits on old pasture decides your drainage, driveway length, and sometimes your foundation cost, and a one-hour walk beforehand can save five figures. Free on-site quote anywhere in Black Fox, usually within a couple of days: (423) 716-4143.

Excavation in Black Fox, TN