Excavation & Grading in Crouse, NCLincoln County · about ten minutes north
Straight up NC-274 — about as close as a job gets outside Cherryville. Free on-site estimates, insured for $1 million, and thirty years of experience with exactly this kind of ground.
What We Do in Crouse
Excavation & Grading in Crouse
Lot grading, building pads, cut and fill, drainage
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Land Clearing in Crouse
Trees, brush, stumps and debris
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Demolition in Crouse
Outbuildings, slabs, mobile homes & old concrete
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Brush Hogging & Heavy Brush Cutting in Crouse
Overgrown fields, pasture & heavy growth
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Gravel Driveways in Crouse
New drives, rebuilds, crown & drainage
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Concrete Driveways in Crouse
Driveways, parking pads, walks & aprons
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Emergency & Storm Cleanup in Crouse
Downed trees, washouts & blocked access
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Crouse is a small unincorporated community in southwestern Lincoln County, sitting just up NC-274 from Cherryville — close enough that it is effectively part of our home ground. The land is a mix of open farm and wooded parcels on rolling red clay, with occasional rock on the higher ground.
Ground here behaves much like Cherryville's: workable clay that holds water once it has been compacted, so drainage is the recurring theme rather than difficulty of excavation. Many properties are long-held family land, which means long private drives and outbuildings that have been there a while.
Short haul distance genuinely shows up in the price on stone-heavy work here — Crouse is close enough that mobilisation and haulage cost noticeably less than a job at the far edge of our range. We grade for water first and set the crown and ditch properly on drives.
Excavation & Grading Contractor in Crouse, Lincoln County
Crouse has remained a small farming community rather than growing into a town, sitting between Cherryville and the more open Lincoln County farmland to the northeast. Much of the land here has been in the same families for a long time. The defining characteristic is not a physical obstacle but proximity — this is some of the closest ground to our shop that we work.
Common Projects in Crouse
Gravel drives lead, particularly rebuilds on long-established farm access. Pasture cutting is second. Small clearing jobs and yard grading round it out, often on land being prepared for a new house.
What the Ground Does Here
Mixed farm and wooded ground on red clay, gently rolling, with occasional rock on the higher ground.
Getting Equipment In
NC-274 and county roads; equipment access is generally easy.
Permits in Crouse
Lincoln County Planning & Inspections — Crouse is unincorporated.
Free Estimates Across Crouse
Whether you are on farm ground off NC-274, on a long private drive back off a county road, or closer to the Cherryville line, we will come look at your Crouse project and leave you a written price at no cost.
Free Estimate in Crouse
Tell us where in Crouse the job is and what needs doing. Rodney will come look at it and leave you a written price.
- Rodney looks at the job himself
- A written price, not a range that moves
- No charge for the visit, no pressure after
Tell Us About the Job
Why Crouse Property Owners
Call Us
We Know Lincoln County
Crouse is ten minutes from the shop. On stone-heavy work that short haul shows up directly in your number.
The owner runs the job
Rodney quotes it and Rodney does it. No gap between what you were told and what happens on site.
The price is written down
A number on paper after we have walked the ground. It does not move unless you ask for something different.
Insured for $1 million
Certificate available on request, for you, your builder or your HOA.
Water gets dealt with
Most of what we are called to fix is somebody else’s drainage. We grade so water leaves.
We clean up after ourselves
Debris hauled off, ruts filled, the site left in a condition you would be happy to show somebody.
Our Own Job Photos
Crouse, North Carolina
Crouse sits in Lincoln County, about ten minutes north from our shop in Cherryville. Free on-site estimates from our Cherryville excavation and grading contractor.
Crouse, NC — Frequently Asked Questions
What Crouse property owners ask us most. If yours is not here, call (828) 455-0928.
Little Acres Grading covers Crouse from our base in Cherryville — about ten minutes north. Rodney Little has 30 years running equipment in Lincoln County and the counties around it, and he quotes the job and runs the machine himself. Insured for $1 million, free on-site estimates, and a written price that does not move. Call (828) 455-0928.
Yes. Crouse is inside our normal service area — about ten minutes north from the shop — and there is no travel charge. Estimates there are free, the same as anywhere else we work.
On stone-heavy work, yes, and noticeably. Mobilisation and haulage are a real part of the cost on a driveway or a pad, and Crouse is about ten minutes out.
That is a large share of what we do here. Usually the original drive was stone dumped on dirt with no crown and no ditch. We cut the subgrade, shape it, set culverts where needed and rebuild it so it sheds water.
Lincoln County Planning & Inspections — Crouse is unincorporated. We handle that as part of the job and tell you up front if anything about it affects your start date.
All seven: excavation and grading, land clearing, demolition, brush hogging, gravel driveways, concrete driveways, and emergency and storm cleanup. Residential and light commercial both.
Seven Counties, One Crew
Every town we cover, by county. Pick yours and see what the ground does there.
Lincoln County
- Lincolnton
- Denver
- Iron Station
- Vale
- Crouse (You’re Here)