(573) 754-2482 
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Driveway Building & Pad Prep
Rutted gravel drives and pads for shops and patios.
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Dirt work in Silex, MO — this is home base, and I work the acreage all around it
Silex is where I'm based out of, up in the northwest corner of Lincoln County. Most of what I do out here is acreage work — grading rural building sites, fixing driveways that wash out on the gravel roads, clearing brush off the back of a property, and routing water away from houses and outbuildings. I'm Brandon Bange, and being right here in town means I'm usually the fastest dirt guy you'll get out to a Silex job.
What Silex ground actually does
Silex sits up in the rolling, rural northwest of Lincoln County, well off the US-61 corridor — bigger lots, longer driveways, and more open ground than you'll find down in the subdivision towns. The soil's the same stubborn clay hardpan as the rest of the county: it holds a foundation fine, but it won't shed water on its own, so the low spots stay wet and the gravel drives cut ruts every spring.
Because I'm home-based right here, I know this ground first-hand — which back roads turn to soup after a rain, where the water wants to run on an acreage lot, and how to build a drive that holds up to a long rural haul instead of one that needs another load of rock every July.
Acreage, driveways, and rural drainage
Out around Silex the jobs run a little bigger than in town. A rural building site needs a pad cut and leveled before the house or the shop goes up. A long gravel driveway off a county road needs a real crowned, compacted base so it doesn't pump and sink where the clay stays soft. And the back forty grows up in honey locust and brush fast if nobody's running a machine through it — clearing it back is some of my most common Silex work.
Drainage out here is its own animal too. There's usually more room to run water to a low outlet than there is on a tight subdivision lot, but the runs are longer and the fall isn't always where you'd want it. I walk the property, find where the water actually wants to go, and grade or pipe it there. {{NEEDS_BRANDON}} (any landmark Silex roads, subdivisions, or named areas Brandon wants called out by name).
If you're anywhere around Silex — on acreage, on a county road, or right in town — I'm the dirt guy who's already close. I come bid every job myself, and I'll tell you straight what the ground needs.
What I do around Silex
Land Clearing & Brush Removal
Reclaim the back acreage on the bigger lots.
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Yard Grading & Leveling
Slope the standing water away from the house.
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For the flat lots that won't drain on their own.
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Power and water out to the shop or barn.
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I post them with a first name and a town as folks send them in — I don't run made-up quotes. Want to be the first? Book a bid and I'll earn it.
Silex neighbors: get a straight bid from a guy down the road
I'm based right here, so a Silex job is usually a quick run for me. I bid most jobs the week you call, work two-to-three weeks out, and every call gets answered, day or night — no voicemail, no runaround.
Silex dirt work questions
Silex dirt work questions
Are you actually based in Silex?
Yes — Silex is home base. I'm home-based and owner-operated out of the northwest corner of Lincoln County, so a Silex job is about as close as it gets. That usually means I can get out to look at it faster than the shops running out of Troy or St. Charles.
Can you build a gravel driveway on an acreage lot out here?
All the time. Long rural drives need a crowned, compacted base on the clay so they don't rut and wash. I build the base once, right — see driveway building and pad prep. I'll tell you honestly whether yours is a patch or a rebuild.
Can you clear brush and small trees off my back acreage?
Yep — that's some of my most common Silex work. The grapple on the Kubota rips brush and small trees out by the root and I haul or pile the debris. See land clearing and brush removal.
How fast can you get to a Silex job?
Being right here, usually quick. Bid the same week most of the time, work two-to-three weeks out, weather permitting. Rather call? (573) 754-2482 — or text me a photo of what's going on.
Nearby towns I cover
Silex's not the only ground I know. Here are the closest towns on my route — tap one for what the dirt does there.
Book a bid in Silex
Book a bid in Silex
Four fields. Under a minute. No sales runaround.
Name, phone, "Silex," and a sentence (or photo) of what's going on. Email's optional. I come out and look at every job myself — no commercial site work, no landscaping pitch, just honest dirt work for homeowners and acreage owners. Based right here in northwest Lincoln County.