Excavation in Tasso, TN
Tasso holds the northeast corner of Cleveland’s orbit, the old rail-stop community whose name still rides on Tasso Lane and in a century and a half of county history, now sharing its corridor with the Cleveland Regional Jetport and the steady drift of new homes onto old farm ground. It’s a working landscape in transition, and transitions are dirt-work season. Pullen’s Land Works handles site prep, drives, drainage, and clearing across the Tasso area. Free walk-throughs: (423) 716-4143.
Tasso’s ground tells its history: rail-era grades, farm terraces, and creek-fed bottoms stitched between the ridges. Building here means reading what a hundred years of use left behind, the compacted lanes, the filled low spots, the drainage paths that predate everyone’s deed, and working with it instead of discovering it under a new slab.
Site prep on old farm ground
New homes off Tasso Lane and the connector roads mostly rise on land that farmed for generations, which means soft pockets, buried features, and water habits that only February reveals. We probe, cut to solid ground, and set pads high with the hillside water routed around. See our site preparation.
Drives, culverts, and frontage
Long setbacks mean real driveways, and the corridor’s ditch lines mean every drive needs its culvert honest. Crown, compacted base, storm-sized pipe, and entrances that carry a trailer without drama. See our gravel driveways.
Drainage between ridge and bottom
Tasso lots often hold both a rise for the house and a bottom that farms or floods. We keep them in their lanes, diversion above, drainage through, and honest advice when a wet bottom’s best future is a pond. See our drainage services and pond excavation.
Local ground, local knowledge
The northeast corridor’s landmark is the Cleveland Regional Jetport, whose runway sits on some of the most carefully graded ground in the county, a daily reminder, visible from half of Tasso, of what dirt work is when it’s built to spec. Ours is built to the same religion at residential scale: grades shot with instruments, base compacted in lifts, water given orders. The airport’s details are at the Cleveland Regional Jetport.
How hiring us works
Free walk-through, written quote against the full scope, the same crew from first cut to final grade, and surprises discussed before they’re dug. Rural schedules respected, gates left as found.
Frequently Asked Questions
Part of our farm access road runs within 50 feet of Little Chatata Creek. Do we need permits before we can fix it?
TDEC stream protection rules establish buffer requirements for land disturbance near waterways. The requirements depend on the exact distance and scope.
What's the real difference between brush hogging a field margin and actually clearing it?
Brush hogging removes the canopy you can see. Root systems of eastern red cedar, multiflora rose, and other established species survive it and regrow within a season. Real clearing means pulling or grinding the stumps and disturbing the crown so regrowth can’t restart from below. A cleared margin can be maintained with a mower going forward. A brush-hogged one needs the same treatment every year.
We want to add a shop building on our back 5 acres. What has to happen to the ground before construction starts?
Site clearing, excavation to remove unsuitable clay from the pad footprint, drainage established for the finished pad, and compaction confirmed stable before forming. We set the pad so your builder starts on ground that’s been prepared correctly.