Forestry Mulching
Brush, undergrowth, and small trees ground into a clean mulch layer on-site in a single pass, the low-impact way to clear Northshore land.
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Franklinton, the Washington Parish seat, is a town of 3,662 with the Bogue Chitto River on its western edge. Founded in 1819 as Franklin, the town took its current name in 1826. Its economy is based heavily on agriculture and forestry, in a parish built on extensive pine forests. Turning wooded acreage near town into a homesite or pasture starts with land clearing.
Downtown Franklinton sits about 27 miles up LA 25 from Covington, where we are based. The highway passes through Folsom, then crosses the Bogue Chitto into town on the Chess Richardson Bridge. Many residents commute south into St. Tammany Parish for work; our equipment makes the trip the other way. W2 Commercial Construction is licensed (LA State Lic# 78829) and fully insured, and estimates in Franklinton are free.
Just south of town, off LA 25, the lodge at Bogue Chitto State Park overlooks a 90 foot bluff. The park's land runs from upland and bottomland hardwood forest to small streams and cypress tupelo swamps. Whether a tract holds pine or hardwood, our dozer and excavators take the trees down and grub out the stumps. Where you want the hardwoods kept, forestry mulching turns the brush and saplings beneath them into mulch.
Past the Washington Parish Fair Grounds, LA 25 leaves town and follows the river's east bank toward Clifton. From Covington to the Mississippi line, the highway runs through rural hilly terrain. Once the trees come off a slope, bare dirt can wash out in a hard rain. Our grading shapes the cleared site to carry runoff around the pad and the drive.
On a cleared homesite, we build and compact the house pad, then pour the slab if the job includes it. Our own dump trucks haul in the fill, and you can order fill dirt by the truckload on its own. Outside town limits, parish rules keep fill material off any AE Floodway building site. Before the first truckload, ask the parish permit office at 203 11th Avenue which flood zone your lot is in.
For access, we lay gravel and limestone driveways and set a driveway culvert where the drive crosses the road ditch. Outside town limits, a drive onto LA 25, LA 10 or LA 16 needs approval before it is built. Those are state highways, so the State DOTD and the Parish Director of Public Works both approve it. A drive onto a parish road needs the Director's approval; inside town limits, check with the Town of Franklinton.
Neighborhoods & areas we serve around Franklinton: Washington Street (LA 10), Clifton, Mount Hermon, Hackley, Warnerton, Enon, Pine, Thomas, the Bogue Chitto State Park area.
Franklinton ZIP codes served: 70438.
Free, no-obligation estimates throughout Washington Parish and the Northshore.
(985) 966-2584 Brush, undergrowth, and small trees ground into a clean mulch layer on-site in a single pass, the low-impact way to clear Northshore land.
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Digging, trenching, cut-and-fill, and pond work backed by heavy equipment and 20+ years on Northshore soil.
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Land leveling, fill dirt, cut-and-fill, and finish grading that gives your project a stable base and water that drains the right way.
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Stumps ground out below the surface and roots cleared, so you get back a clean, usable, build-ready spot.
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Lot prep, slab prep, soil stabilization, and drainage, for a stable, level, code-ready base under your build.
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Driveways, slabs, foundations, parking lots, and stamped concrete: high-strength flatwork engineered for South Louisiana soil and climate.
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Wood, vinyl, chain-link, aluminum, and privacy fencing plus matching gates, built for privacy, security, and curb appeal.
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Custom wood, composite, and PVC decks engineered for Louisiana heat, humidity, and rain, built for relaxing and entertaining.
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We install French drains, catch basins and swales that move standing water off your yard.
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New and replacement driveway culverts, sized to parish rules and finished with a limestone approach.
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We deliver fill dirt, topsoil, sand, limestone and crushed concrete by the truckload and haul spoil off.
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We produce recycled crushed concrete and deliver it by the dump truck load for driveway base, slab base, culvert bedding and backfill.
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New gravel, limestone and crushed concrete driveways, plus repair and regraveling for a worn rock driveway.
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We clear the footprint, haul in clay fill, compact it in lifts and shape the pad to survey height.
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“Excellent work provided by reliable and honest folks. Dane can take care of any excavation, landscaping or building job. Highly recommended!”
“Best fence work I’ve ever seen. Highly recommended — reasonable prices, great people!”
“Knowledgeable, professional and friendly guy. He and his crew did a great job on my fence and gates. The two six-foot gates he built are very sturdy.”
A few of the questions we hear most around Franklinton. Don’t see yours? Call us, we’re happy to help.
Planning a land development, sitework, concrete, or fencing project on the Northshore? Reach out today for a free, no-obligation estimate — and see why local property owners make W2 their first call.