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R. E. Schlichtman Earthmovers

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R. E. Schlichtman Earthmovers

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11 years of experience

R. E. Schlichtman Earthmovers is a contractor specializing soil construction and excavation. We provide many services including but not limited to basement excavation, building pads, land clearing, demolition, soil conservation, farm improvements, dam construction, pond cleaning and rehab just to list a few. Having been in the construction industry for over 20 years we have the experience and know how to get the job done the right way the first time. Our moto is "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right" and we stand behind it!

R. E. Schlichtman Earthmovers is a contractor specializing soil construction and excavation. We provide many services including but not limited to basement excavation, building pads, land clearing, demolition, soil conservation, farm improvements, dam construction, pond cleaning and rehab just to list a few. Having been in the construction industry for over 20 years we have the experience and know how to get the job done the right way the first time. Our moto is "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right" and we stand behind it!




KK Enterprises

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KK Enterprises

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25 years of experience

KK Enterprises is an General Engineering Contracting company that has many skills, especially in excavating. Please call Kurt for all of your excavating needs.

KK Enterprises is an General Engineering Contracting company that has many skills, especially in excavating. Please call Kurt for all of your excavating needs.




Two Sheps Construction

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Two Sheps Construction

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38 years of experience

We are a full service locally owned business. we offer a wide variety of services to these areas. Will travel. No job to big or to small. Have references and are customer oriented. Work while customer is at home job site cleaned daily. We complete each job in timely manner, no long wait periods.

We are a full service locally owned business. we offer a wide variety of services to these areas. Will travel. No job to big or to small. Have references and are customer oriented. Work while customer is at home job site cleaned daily. We complete each job in timely manner, no long wait periods.



Island Landhandlers Inc

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Island Landhandlers Inc

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Island Landhandlers, Inc. has a long standing reputation for quality excavation work and site preparation. We proudly serve Central Nebraska and the surrounding communities. We are locally owned and operated. Here are a few of our many services: sand & gravel site preparation ground work grading We also provide tranching, field leveling, and aggregate hauling. Call us today to discover the professional way to handle your excavatiing needs. We are fully insured and are willing to give you an estimate.

Island Landhandlers, Inc. has a long standing reputation for quality excavation work and site preparation. We proudly serve Central Nebraska and the surrounding communities. We are locally owned and operated. Here are a few of our many services: sand & gravel site preparation ground work grading We also provide tranching, field leveling, and aggregate hauling. Call us today to discover the professional way to handle your excavatiing needs. We are fully insured and are willing to give you an estimate.


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Excavating questions, answered by experts

It takes two to three hours to trench 100 feet with a mechanical trencher or 10 to 12 hours if digging with a shovel. The total time to dig a trench depends on the depth, width, soil type, terrain, trencher type, and your level of experience. Digging in clay or rocky soil takes longer than soft ground.  

The depth of a septic tank’s drain lines is between 18 and 36 inches underground. These pipes are filled with perforations and surrounded by sand, gravel, or a combination of both, as both materials help filter wastewater. While some pipes are buried closer to the surface, this can create problems unless the soil is compact and doesn’t shift much. 

A joint utility trench, or joint trench, is a long, buried ditch on a property that contains two or more utility lines rather than running the lines in multiple trenches. Some utilities, like gas and electric or electric and communication lines, are better suited to joint trenching, while others, like water and sewer, are not allowed to be in the same trench.

Trenching is a specific kind of digging. Trenching means digging a depression in the earth that’s deeper than it is wide, often with heavy machinery. Digging refers to any kind of removal of earth in order to create a human-made depression, hole, or cut in the earth’s surface. You can dig with big tools or even with just a hand shovel.

A mini excavator can dig between 5 and 11 feet deep, depending on the type and size of the mini excavator. Mini hydraulic excavators are more powerful and can reach deeper into the earth, but electric models have a more limited range. Mini excavators over two tons in size are also more powerful and able to dig as deep as 11 feet.

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