Excavators and a dozer lined up on a cleared woodlot in fall, 1024 x 768
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Behind the curtain · Excavation in southeast NBNo staged shots. Just the dirt, the machines, and us.
Our machines, our crew, and real jobs across southeast New Brunswick. From the first tree coming down to the last rock set in place, this is what a Choreguys job really looks like.
We take down only what has to go. Logs get cut and piled, and the trees you want to keep stay standing.
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Excavator cutting a trail through a snowy woodlot, 1024 x 768
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Cutting a trail through a snowy woodlot
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Cut logs piled beside an excavator, with the trees left standing behind, 1024 x 768
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Logs piled, keeper trees left standing
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Cut it in Then the lane takes shape.
The excavator opens the way and the dozer follows behind, grading a lane you can actually drive on.
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Dressta dozer and excavator on a new road cut through birch and spruce, 1086 x 1448
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Dozer and excavator on a fresh cut through birch and spruce
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Yellow dozer grading a new lane through a snowy woodlot, 768 x 576
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Grading a new lane in the snow
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Dirt lane cut through a snowy woodlot, excavator in the distance, 1024 x 768
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Looking back down the lane we just cut
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Dig it Where the real work hides.
Before anything goes in the ground, the buried lines get marked. Then we dig, checking the grades as we go so the foundation sits right.
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Foundation excavation in progress, with an excavator, laser level, and utility pipes, 1024 x 768
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Foundation dig, with the laser level checking grades
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Excavator and roller on a foundation site at dusk, 1024 x 768
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Wrapping up a foundation site at dusk
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Trench dug along a house foundation, with the porch held up on posts, 768 x 1024
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Opening up along a house, porch held up on posts
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Concrete foundation walls and a gravel pad in front of a new white garage, 1024 x 768
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Foundation walls up in front of a new garage
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Drain it Water goes where we tell it.
Trenches get lined, the pipe is set on a firm base, and the water gets a clear path away from the house instead of into the basement.
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Fabric-lined drain trench with gravel and a white pipe, 768 x 1024
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Fabric-lined trench with the pipe running down the middle
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Long white drain line in a trench beside a wooded lot, 1024 x 768
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Walking a long drain line beside the woods
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White drain pipe and stone going in across a backyard, 1024 x 768
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Drain lines cut across a backyard
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Finish it The part everybody sees.
Every rock is set with the machine, one at a time. This is the part you look at every time you pull into the driveway.
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Natural rock wall holding a new house on a wooded lot, 1024 x 768
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A natural rock wall holding a new house on a wooded lot
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Elevated view of curved natural rock walls and plantings in front of a new house, 1024 x 682
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The same walls from above, with the plantings in
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Recent work: the crew and machines on a job site, 1600 x 900
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Setting rock with the excavator
Found in the dirt
What came out. What went in.
Sometimes the best look behind the curtain is what's under the ground. This crushed drain pipe was supposed to keep a basement dry. It had been full of soil for years.
Came out
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A failed drain pipe we dug up, crushed and packed full of soil, 1200 x 1500
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Old drain pipe, crushed and packed solid with soil
Went in
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Foundation membrane and gravel drain tile installed along a house, 768 x 1024
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New membrane and drain tile along the foundation
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Excavators on a residential job, moving earth and rock, 1600 x 1000
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End of the day
Machines park. Tomorrow we pick it back up.
Follow the crew
Watch the next job as it happens.
We post the machines rolling in, the ground opening up, and the finished result. Follow along on the channel you already use.
The operators who clear driveways in a storm are the same people on these machines the rest of the year. The office that answers the phone doesn't change either.
You still reach our family, not a call centre. And if you'd rather run a machine yourself, we rent them out too.
Tell us about the lot, the lane, or the water problem. We'll come walk it with you and give you a clear price before any digging starts. The estimate is free.
