McDonald holds down Bradley County’s southwest corner, along the US-11/64 corridor toward Chattanooga: a community of around six hundred people, working farms, horse properties, and homes on acreage that runs bigger than anywhere else this close to the interstate. The work out here is land work at full scale, and it’s squarely what our equipment was bought for. Pullen’s Land Works clears, grades, drains, and builds across the McDonald area. Free walk-throughs: (423) 716-4143. McDonald properties work for a living: pastures grazed, arenas ridden, barns filled, trailers moved weekly. Ground that works needs infrastructure that holds, pads that stay dry under hooves and axles, drives that carry a loaded truck in February, and drainage that keeps the low pasture usable past Thanksgiving.

Horse-country dirt work

Arena pads cut level and drained, because footing is a grading product before it’s a sand product. Barn pads set high with water routed around, not through, the center aisle. Paddock drainage that ends the winter mud circuit around gates and waterers. Fence-line clearing that gives the fence builder a clean run. It all sits under our excavation services.

Acreage clearing and reclamation

Pasture edges pushed back where the cedar and privet crept, root balls out, ground left mowable. New home and shop sites carved off family land with the pad placed for the whole property’s logic, not just the view. See our land clearing.

Drives and crossings built to loads

Long frontage drives with crown and compacted base, culverts sized for the ditch lines along the corridor, and entrances that handle a truck and trailer without scraping or swimming. See our gravel driveway services and culvert installation.

Local ground, local knowledge

Everyone in the county knows McDonald for one address: the Tri-State Exhibition Center, where the horse shows and events pull trailers from three states, and the community around it lives the equestrian calendar. We schedule around show weekends, build for horse-property realities, and know the corridor’s ground, where the flats hold water and where the rises hide rock, from years of working it.

How hiring us works

Free walk-through of the whole wish list, because farm projects sequence better priced together. Written quote, number holds, gates left as found, stock respected, and the ground walked with you before we load out.

Frequently Asked Questions

We have a 400-foot driveway that turns to mud after every rain. We've added gravel three times. What's actually wrong?

The crown is missing or was never there, and the subgrade is saturated clay that’s never been corrected. Gravel on top extends the interval between failures. it doesn’t fix the grade. We rebuild from the subgrade up: correct the base material and re-establish a crown that actually sheds. One rebuild done right lasts far longer than repeated gravel additions.

Does working near Brymer Creek require permits?

Land disturbance over one acre requires a TDEC Construction General Permit. Work closer to the creek can trigger additional buffer requirements.

Is McDonald too far for a site visit?

No. Western Bradley County out toward the Hamilton County line is part of our regular service area. Call or text (423) 716-4143.

Can you build a riding arena pad?

Yes: laser-graded, crowned or flat to your discipline’s preference, drained so footing stays consistent. The pad is the arena; everything above it is shopping.

Do you work around animals?

Every week. Gates, stock schedules, and machine paths get planned with you before the first track hits the pasture

Excavation in McDonald, TN