Shots from our pits and job sites around Fort Bend County. More coming as jobs finish.
Site Prep and Pads
A Lot Cleared, Graded and Paved
A walk across a lot cleared and graded under the oaks, down to the pond at the end of it.A pass over a graded red-dirt pad from the tractor seat, the cut run out to the tree line.
A lot cleared and graded under live oaks, the crushed-concrete pad at the backA graded field with rows of dirt, seen over the dozer blade
Ranch Roads and Gravel Driveways
Roads Laid and Rolled
Rolling the base: a double-drum roller tightening the crushed rock on a new road before the top course.
New crushed-concrete road curving through live oaks on a graded lotCrushed-rock entrance drive to a chain-link gate, a pond at the leftCrushed-rock entrance drive running up to a steel ranch gate
Dump Truck Hauling
Tandems Placing Fill
Three tandem dump trucks lined up on a pad after placing fillTwo tandem dump trucks tipping loads of fill on a cleared pad
Pond Construction
A Pond and Its Pavilion
A pass along a finished pond: the new pavilion and dock on the near bank, the oaks reflected across the water.
A pond with a freshly shaped dirt bank under a cloudy skyCreek channel with both banks armored in riprap rock
Land Clearing
Brush Cleared and Hauled Off
CAT excavator piling cleared brush on a mowed pastureExcavator loading cleared brush into an end-dump trailer for the haul off
Dirt Work and Pads
Pads Cut, Graded and Built
A pass across a pad after grading: the dirt cut, rolled flat and tracked out to the tree line.
Two CAT excavators and a dozer building a large pad, a crew member checking the gradeFreshly graded red-dirt pad running out to a tree line
Loading at the Pit
Select Fill and Dirt, Loaded Out
CAT excavator working dirt stockpiles under a blue skyBucket of select fill over a tandem dump truck bed, seen from the excavator cabExcavator bucket loading a belly-dump trailer, seen from the cabTwo stockpiles of fill dirt on a cleared track
Land Clearing
Creek Banks and Lots Cleared
Our track loader working the brush out from under a live oak at the edge of a job site.
Cleared creek banks under hardwoods, the creek running through the middleCreek bank cleared of brush under live oaksUnderstory cleared out from under the oaks on a lot, our track loader at the backOur Kubota track loader with its brush head parked under live oaks
After Dark
The Crew Runs Late
RLS crew truck parked beside an excavator bucket at sunsetExcavator and the crew truck on a concrete pad at duskCAT excavator under a live oak at sunset, the track loader parked behind it
The Pits
Where the Dirt Comes From
The floor of our pit under its dig face, a pickup parked for scaleA sand stockpile at our pit, the wind turbine behind it
Fifteen years of work and not many pictures of it. That is how field
companies usually run. The camera roll is catching up: the photos and
the clips above came off our own phones, and more from the pits and job
sites land here as the crew sends them.
Ready to Move Some Dirt?
Get In Touch With RLS Land Solutions
A pond you have been putting off, a pad that needs building, land that
needs clearing, or a job that needs truckloads of select fill? Call or
send the form. Tell us where the property is and what you want the land
to do, and we will set a time to come look at it.
