Trail Clearing
We cut hunting trails and ATV lanes through brush and saplings with a mulching head. We also reopen old trails and lanes that have grown shut.
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Paulin Land Solutions offers gravel driveway installation and driveway grading around Waukesha, WI. We build new gravel driveways and driveway pads on a graded base. On an older driveway, we regrade the ruts and washouts and put the crown back. Our compact track loader does the grading, and a supplier delivers the gravel.
North Prairie sits at the center of our service area, which reaches about 40 miles around. Where a new driveway runs through brush, forestry mulching opens the route first. We also do land clearing in Waukesha, so the lot and the driveway can be one job. Call or text (262) 527-7619 to talk about your driveway.
Tell us about the land you want cleared or graded and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Gravel driveway installation starts with the route. Where it runs through brush and saplings, the mulching head grinds them down. Then we grade the base, the ground the gravel sits on, smooth and sloped. Wisconsin's one-call law counts grading as excavation, so buried utility lines get marked through Diggers Hotline (811) first.
Once the gravel arrives, we spread it and grade it. The surface gets a crown, a center a little higher than the edges. The Federal Highway Administration's gravel roads guide recommends about half an inch of crown per foot, near 4 percent. Rain and snowmelt then run off to the sides.
The same grading builds a driveway pad to park on or a turnaround for trucks. A level pad for a shed or a pole building falls under land grading instead. On a new home lot, we clear the driveway route as part of site preparation for a build.
Water does most of the damage. On a driveway that has lost its crown, rain sits in the low spots and softens the gravel. The federal guide says potholes and ruts form where water cannot drain off.
Traffic does the rest. Tires push gravel out of the wheel paths, and it piles up along the edges and down the middle. The ridges at the edges then trap water on the driveway. In long dry spells, the surface loosens and washboard ripples form.
Southeast Wisconsin winters freeze the ground. When it thaws in spring, the base under the gravel turns soft and muddy. The federal guide notes that gravel under heavy trucks starts to fail in wet weather and in the spring thaw.
Driveway grading cuts the surface down to the bottom of the potholes and ruts. We pull the gravel back in from the edges and shape the crown again. The federal guide lays out the same steps for grading a gravel road.
Where the gravel has worn thin, a supplier delivers fresh stone, and we spread it over the regraded surface. A spot that stays soft after grading often sits on wet, weak soil. The federal guide says a weak, wet base like that needs more than a regrade.
Nearly every gravel surface has some loose stone on top, the federal guide notes. It also says washboard ripples cannot be stopped for good, even with the best upkeep. A regrade now and then puts the shape back before the ruts run deep.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 40 miles around North Prairie across Waukesha County and Southeast Wisconsin.
(262) 527-7619From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (262) 527-7619, or send the form. Tell us where the land is and what you want done with it.
We look at the land before we price it. The thickness of the brush and the lay of the ground shape the plan.
We put the quote in writing and spell out what it covers. You decide once you have it in hand.
We set a start date with you and bring in the compact track loader. The mulching head grinds the brush and small trees where they stand.
Where the job calls for it, we grade the ground once the brush is down. The land is open and ready for its next use.
Common questions about gravel driveways around Waukesha and the Kettle Moraine. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We cut hunting trails and ATV lanes through brush and saplings with a mulching head. We also reopen old trails and lanes that have grown shut.
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We mulch brush and saplings under power lines and along utility easements on private land. The lines and the trees near the wires stay with the utility.
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A mulching head on our compact track loader grinds brush and small trees into mulch where they stand. The mulch stays on your land as ground cover, and the big trees you pick stay standing.
Learn MoreThe mulching head cuts brush and small trees and grinds them into mulch in one step. The cleanup is part of the clearing.
The track loader that mulches the brush also grades the ground. One company handles the clearing and the rough pad.
We look at the job first, then put the quote in writing. You see what the work covers before you decide.
North Prairie sits at the center of our service area. Waukesha and the Lake Country towns are inside it, and so are Burlington and Elkhorn to the south.
Send us the town and a few words about the land, and we will look at the job. You can also call or text (262) 527-7619.
Tell us about the land you want cleared or graded and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
