Dirt work and excavation in Ponder
Home base on FM 156 — house pads, barn pads, and county-road drives.
Dirt work that matches this city.
Trinity Land and Excavation LLC is based in Ponder, TX 76259. Owner Matt Hall is a veteran with 10+ years in excavation and dirt work. From here the jobs are residential: homeowners, acreage owners, and small custom or barndominium builders who need a house pad, a barn pad, clearing, grading, or driveway base off FM 156 and FM 2449. Call or text (940) 435-4727 — a few photos of the lot are enough to start — weekdays 7 AM to 5 PM.
Soil & ground
Western Denton County is where blackland clay thins into Cross Timbers sand and rock. A fill spec copied from a Dallas lot will rut on a Ponder pad. We look at the cut before we name a depth.
Permits & locates
Town of Ponder and unincorporated Denton County are not the same permit. Utility trenches and footings wait on 811. When the job is septic, we dig and haul spoils for a licensed installer — we do not install septic systems.
Helpful local resources
- Town of Ponder permits and fees — Building and related permit forms for work inside the town.
- Denton County Development Services — Development, culvert, and floodplain permits in unincorporated Denton County.
- TCEQ on-site sewage facilities for homeowners — State septic rules and how to find the local permitting authority. We dig only; a licensed installer builds the system.
- Denton County AgriLife Extension — Texas A&M’s county office for acreage, soil, and land questions.
Our services in Ponder
Excavation in Ponder
Skid steer and excavator dirt work — cut, fill, haul-off, and structural digging for homes, barns, and pads across North Texas clay.
Land clearing in Ponder
Lot clearing and fence line clearing — brush, mesquite, cedar, and scrap piles off so survey, utilities, and pad work can start.
Site prep in Ponder
House pad and building pad dirt work — from raw lot to a pad the builder can stake, with stripping, grading, and compaction in the right order.
Grading in Ponder
Rough grade for drainage, finish grade for sod and slab — slopes that send water away from the house.
Drainage in Ponder
Yard won’t drain? French drains, catch basins, and regrade for clay lots with standing water against the house.
Driveways in Ponder
Caliche, flex base, and compacted subgrade for gravel, concrete, and asphalt drives.
Ponds in Ponder
Stock tank digging and wildlife ponds cut into clay that will actually hold water.
Demo in Ponder
Old slabs, sheds, driveways, and junk piles out — clean dirt in, trucks off the street on time.
Serving properties near
ZIP coverage includes 76259 and adjacent North Texas codes.