CROSS BROTHERS CONTRACTING INC

My husband and I live on a hill, and the steep driveway has been eroding for years. Efforts to fix it ourselves had been in vain, as portions of the driveway contain caliche, and the center of the driveway had eroded to the point where water was flowing down the center of the road during rain events. We have had difficulty finding anyone in Black Canyon City who could do the job. My mother had received a recommendation to contact the Cross Brothers for any local grading or concrete work. She called Casey Cross on Thanksgiving to ask if he could look at our driveway. Casey visited our house the following morning, November 23rd, to provide an estimate. He gave us a general plan of approach, including cleaning out the drainage ditch, sloping the driveway for better drainage, and asking us if we wanted water bars or dips installed. Casey gave us a ballpark estimate of 10 hours at $65.00 per hour, give or take a few hours. He agreed to start Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m. Casey was punctual; since he lives only a few miles from us, he drove his backhoe to our place and started work right away. It took him only 7 hours to complete the work, and he did a much better job than I expected. Not only did he take down some of the caliche high spots, he was able to pull additional fill material from the edge of the driveway to level and properly slope the grade. I would hire him again for grading work. We plan to use his services when it comes time to concrete the driveway and for an excavation work associated with building our house.