Land Clearing & Excavation in Ravenna, OH
Around Ravenna the work is farm and acreage work: grown-up fence rows, pasture going back to brush, pole barn pads and long gravel lanes. We clear it, dig it and grade it.
Clearing, Mulching & Dirt Work in Ravenna
Ravenna is the Portage County seat, and Ravenna Township wraps all the way around it. Step past the city line in any direction and the lots turn into acreage: hay ground, wood lots, old fence rows and long gravel lanes. East of town, the west branch of the Mahoning River backs up into the Michael J. Kirwan Reservoir at West Branch State Park. This is country where people put up pole barns, keep a few animals and hunt their own back forty, and the land work follows from that.
We work around Ravenna. From our base in Farmdale we come over to Portage County for clearing, mulching, digging and grading, so a job here is inside our service area and not a special trip. Farmers, hunters, homeowners and builders all get the same thing: you talk to Jeff, he looks at the site, and you get a plain answer about what the ground needs. If the job will go better once the ground dries or the leaves drop, he will tell you when to plan for it.
Fence rows, pasture and hunting ground
Leave a field edge alone for a few seasons near Ravenna and it fills with autumn olive, multiflora rose, hawthorn and wild grape. A tractor mower stalls in it. A forestry mulcher chews through it, saplings and all, and leaves the ground level enough to mow afterward. We clear fence lines and property lines so new wire can go up, take pasture back from brush, and cut trails and shooting lanes through wood lots for landowners who hunt their own ground.
Pole barn pads and farm lanes
A pole barn is only as good as the pad under it. In Ravenna Township and next door in Rootstown, Charlestown and Shalersville, we strip the topsoil, cut and fill to a level grade, compact the fill in lifts, and top the pad with stone that sheds water away from the posts. The same visit can handle the lane to reach it: a stone base, a crown, and a culvert where the lane crosses a ditch. See building pads for the full sequence.
City lots, OHIO811 and Portage County offices
Inside Ravenna the lots are smaller and the utilities are closer together, so every dig starts with a locate through OHIO811. The service is free and using it before you dig is Ohio law. Ravenna being the county seat helps with the other questions: the county offices for roads, ditches and soil and water are all local. For a new drive onto a county or township road, ask the road's owner about permits and culvert pipe before the stone is ordered.
What We Get Called for in Ravenna
The four jobs that come up most around Ravenna, plus everything else we do.
01Fence Line Clearing in Ravenna
Grown-up fence rows and property lines opened with a forestry mulcher.
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02Hunting Land & Trails in Ravenna
Trails, shooting lanes and food plot openings cut through thick cover with a mulcher.
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03Building Pads in Ravenna
Level, compacted pads for houses, garages and pole barns, graded to shed water.
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04Gravel Driveways in Ravenna
New gravel drives, farm lanes and private roads, plus regrading, widening and resurfacing.
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Can you clear a grown-up fence row or old pasture near Ravenna, Ohio?
Yes. It is the kind of job a forestry mulcher is built for. The mulcher cuts brush and small trees along the row and grinds them in place, so there are no piles to burn or haul. Tell us if old wire, posts or stone piles are buried in the row. Steel in the brush is hard on the mulching head, so it is better found before the machine starts.
Do you build pole barn pads in Ravenna Township, Rootstown or Charlestown?
We do. We clear the spot if it needs it, strip the topsoil, level and compact the pad, and finish it with stone to the size your barn builder asks for. We can trench for electric and water while the excavator is there. Your builder sets the posts and the floor from there, and we leave the pad ready for him.
When is the best time to clear land around Ravenna?
Late fall through early spring is usually easiest for mulching: leaves are down, you can see the lay of the land, and firm or frozen ground carries the machine with less rutting. Dirt work such as grading and pads goes better when the soil is dry enough to compact. Tell us what the ground is like now and Jeff will say whether to go ahead or wait a month.
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 Ravenna?
Call Jeff or send a few details. Estimates are free.