Land Clearing & Excavation in Greensburg, PA
Greensburg is one of the farthest places we work. We come for land clearing, forestry mulching, excavation and grading, and larger jobs make the trip fair to you.
Clearing, Mulching & Dirt Work in Greensburg
Greensburg is a long haul for us, so here is the straight version. We are based in Trumbull County, Ohio. Greensburg is the Westmoreland County seat, east of Pittsburgh in the Laurel Highlands. We travel there for land clearing, forestry mulching and site work, and we look at each job with you before we plan the trip. Several acres to clear, a home site to open and grade, or a commercial site suit the haul. Have something else in mind? Reach out and we will talk it through.
Being plain about the distance is meant to save you time. On a Greensburg job you get an owner-operated company with tracked excavators, a dozer, a compact track loader and a forestry mulcher. Jeff will talk the job through, look at the ground, recommend an approach and leave the site clean and ready for whatever comes next.
Hempfield Township acreage
The city of Greensburg lies entirely inside Hempfield Township, along with the boroughs of South Greensburg, Southwest Greensburg and Youngwood. The township is where the land is: wooded tracts, old farms and big lots where brush has closed in on fields and lanes. That is forestry mulcher ground. One machine cuts brush and small trees and mulches them where they stand, so several acres can be opened without a single pile to burn or truck away. See forestry mulching.
Excavation and grading on highland ground
Greensburg sits in the Laurel Highlands on the Western Allegheny Plateau, and building sites here are cut out of slopes. For a house or shop, we bench the pad into the hill, compact the fill side in lifts, and grade so water runs around the building and not through it. Southwestern Pennsylvania is known for landslides, so we keep fill off the top of steep banks and leave the toe of the slope intact. Read about our excavation services.
Rules to line up in Westmoreland County
Before we travel, have three things settled. First, your municipality's own rules on clearing and grading, whether that is Greensburg or Hempfield Township. Second, the erosion and sediment control question: Pennsylvania conservation districts call for a written plan at 5,000 square feet of earth disturbance and a permit at one acre, and Westmoreland County's district is the office to ask. Third, a utility locate through Pennsylvania One Call for any digging.
What We Get Called for in Greensburg
The four jobs that come up most around Greensburg, plus everything else we do.
01Land Clearing in Greensburg
Overgrown lots, fields and wooded acreage cleared and left ready to use or build on.
Details
02Excavation in Greensburg
Foundation digs, building sites, utility trenches, ponds and general earthmoving.
Details
03Grading in Greensburg
Rough and final grading, yard leveling and slopes shaped to shed water.
Details
04Forestry Mulching in Greensburg
Brush and small trees ground into mulch in place. No piles, no burning, no hauling.
DetailsEverything else we do in Greensburg
Do you do excavation in Greensburg, PA or only land clearing?
Both. Around Greensburg we clear the site, then dig the foundation, cut the driveway, trench utilities and grade. Excavation on its own can also work when there is a good amount of it. Tell Jeff what you need dug and he will work out how to fit it into a trip. See excavating contractor in Greensburg for the digging we travel for.
How far ahead should I call for a land clearing job in Westmoreland County?
As early as you can. A travel job has to be planned so the machines come once and the work is done in one trip. Early notice also gives you time to sort out local rules and any erosion control plan. Call when you have the property lines and a rough idea of the acreage. Timing gets settled when Jeff gives you the estimate.
What do I need lined up before grading a lot in Hempfield Township?
Know your property lines, ask the township what it requires for grading, and ask Westmoreland County's conservation district whether your earth disturbance needs a written plan or a permit. Have underground lines marked through Pennsylvania One Call before digging. A survey from your surveyor is worth having before any machine cuts near a boundary.
Photos from Logan Earthworks jobs
How a Job Runs
Talk It Through
Call or send the form. Tell us where the ground is and what you want it to look like when we leave.
We Look at the Site
Jeff walks it with you: the growth, the slope, the wet spots, the way in and out for the machines.
A Straight Plan
You get a free estimate and a plain recommendation on the approach that fits the ground.
The Work Gets Done
We bring the right machine for the job and do the work the way we said we would.
Clean and Ready
We leave the site cleaned up and ready for the next step, whatever that is for you.
Got Ground to Clear in Greensburg?
Call Jeff or send a few details. Estimates are free.