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Central Minnesota Contracting LLC
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Landscape - Minor Grading or Resloping

Serving Backus, MN and surrounding areas

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In business since 2025

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Small jobs welcome

"they created a beautiful area for my chickens. the landscaping was incredible, the quality of the coop is outstanding. their prompt, respectful, hard-working, & very time-efficient. would highly recommend these guys to anybody i know! they are 110% worth it!"
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J & C's Outdoor Services
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Landscape - Minor Grading or Resloping

Serving Backus, MN and surrounding areas

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Emergency services offered

Small jobs welcome

Hello my name is Josh Lombard owner of J and C’s Outdoor services LLC where we can help you with any outdoor needs from concrete, lawn care, spring/fall clean ups, gutter cleaning, landscaping, snow removal! I’ve been in this line of work for about 6-7 years now ranging from residential to commercial from past experience! We mainly focus on residential work at J and C’s Outdoor services LLC. Striving for not only the best quality but the best hospitality as well! If you’d like to receive an estimate or have any questions, don’t hesitate to call!

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Northline Lawn services
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Landscape - Minor Grading or Resloping

Serving Backus, MN and surrounding areas

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Northline Lawn Services provides dependable, professional lawn and property maintenance throughout the Brainerd Lakes Area. We specialize in mowing, edging, trimming, seasonal cleanups, and small landscaping projects. We take pride in clean, detailed work, reliable communication, and treating every property like it matters. Whether you need regular lawn maintenance or a one-time cleanup, we’re here to get the job done!

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Excavating questions, answered by experts

Digging a bush up by the roots is the most natural DIY method for removing a bush stump. Start by identifying the shrub type and revealing its roots. Cut the shrub to its base and loosen the soil, ensuring no utility lines are nearby. Optionally, treat the base with herbicide, then dig around the roots and cut a circle around the shrub using various tools. Dig a trench, cut the base of the root ball, and finally fill the hole to prevent regrowth. This thorough process ensures complete removal without damaging surrounding areas.

Underground downspouts refer to the sections of downspout extensions that lead away from your home and gutter system. While they cost more than traditional extensions, they can provide several benefits, such as less frequent damage and no need to move them for lawn care tasks. Whether they're worth it or not depends on your budget at installation time and how much convenience they'll add to your situation.

Yes. A metal detector is one of the quickest and easiest ways to find your septic tank. However, metal detectors can be too expensive (costing upward of $300 in some cases), and not everyone has a metal detector just lying around. If that’s the case for you, you can also take a long metal rod and poke it into the ground at regular intervals until you hit something—likely your septic tank lid.

Directional drilling is complex and requires training to use the advanced machinery. It can be challenging to monitor the position of the drill since there’s no direct line of sight. Directional drilling can also be more expensive with a cost of $10 to $30 per linear foot compared to $5 to $12 per linear foot for trenching. 

You can bury underground electrical wire six inches deep—but only if you use a rigid metal electrical conduit. For rigid, non-metallic conduits, bury the wire at least 12 inches deep. If using an underground feeder cable rated for direct burial, you'll need to place it at least 18 inches deep, as it has no conduit for extra protection.

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