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SIDENER TRUCKING & EXCAVATING LLC
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Serving Botkins, OH and surrounding areas

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In business since 2020

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"Scott did an amazing job for us on multiple occasions. From digging out a parking area and spreading stone to fixing old plugged drain tile. We always look forward to him coming. Very timely, very clean, and understanding on projects that take a twist once started."
Fry/Douglas jobs
VanHorn/Andrews ditch
VanHorn/Andrews ditch
VanHorn/Andrews ditch
VanHorn/Andrews ditch

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DF Homes
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Serving Botkins, OH and surrounding areas

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Super Service Award Winner

In business since 2024

Free estimates

Customers say: True professional

"Great experience all around. Fair pricing, quality work, and great customer service. I will definitely be using them in the future and will recommend them to anyone who needs excavation services."
Response time1 day
Response rate96%
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Clark's Excavating
New to Angi

Serving Botkins, OH and surrounding areas

Approved

In business since 1998

Free estimates

Offers commercial services

Clark's Excavating is committed to excellence in every aspect of our business. We uphold a standard of integrity bound by fairness, honesty, and personal responsibility. Our distinction is the quality of service we bring to our customers. Accurate knowledge of our trade combined with ability is what makes us true professionals. Above all, we are watchful of our customers' interests, and make their concerns the basis of our business.\n\n

Response time10 mins
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S&A Land Clearing
5.0(
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Serving Botkins, OH and surrounding areas

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In business since 2025

Free estimates

Credit card accepted

"Very, very happy with this pro. They were prompt and completed the job in minimum time. What they said they would do, they did, and they always kept me updated. A real joy to have met these young men and I would hire them again without question."
S&A
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Crawford Land & Lawn Co.
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Serving Botkins, OH and surrounding areas

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Free estimates

Emergency services offered

Small jobs welcome

Local Farmer owned landscaping company thriving to give our clients the look they want. We have clients in Urbana, St. Paris, Bellefountain, Marysville, Springfield and surrounding areas.

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MC Land Services
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Serving Botkins, OH and surrounding areas

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Free estimates

Small jobs welcome

Offers commercial services

Improving the Land around us; whether it be through Forestry Mulching, Fine Grading, Demolition, or Concrete Flatwork. We are a tight bonded Family Company. Experienced and Insured.

Englewood
Englewood
Englewood
Trees in Creek
Driveway resurface

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Excavating questions, answered by experts

No, a ditch isn’t a trench. A ditch is an open, relatively shallow channel that’s carved out of the ground and used for drainage purposes. In contrast, a trench is a deeper excavation that’s entirely underground. Trenches have many uses, including gas lines, sewage systems, and electrical wiring. Unlike trenches, ditches don’t get filled back in with dirt after they’re dug.

It takes one hour to dig a 10-foot trench by hand. Use a trenching shovel with a sharp tip and a long head. Plan for more time if your soil is heavy or rocky. Consider renting a trencher if you’re digging a long or deep trench or if you have challenging soil or terrain. 

Most states do not require excavation companies to hold specific licenses, but many require at least a contractor’s license. Additionally, heavy equipment operators require a special commercial equipment license to operate machinery required for excavation. You can use Angi’s contractor licensing tool to confirm that an excavation company you’re considering hiring is fully licensed. You should also make sure that the excavation team is fully insured before allowing them to work on your property.

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.

If you don’t have a crawl space but have a partial basement you want to make deeper, you can expect to spend a little less—between $40,000 and $90,000 on average. However, if you’re not adding new finished square footage, you won’t see much in the way of ROI.

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