Concrete and asphalt in Altamont have a rough life. The town sits at 6,391 feet, where January nights near 7 degrees and July afternoons in the 90s push pavement through a big temperature swing every year. Add plenty of snowmelt soaking into cracks and heavy trucks rolling through on their way to the oil fields, and slabs and pavement eventually break up beyond repair.
Our concrete and asphalt removal in Altamont takes out the failed material and gets the ground ready for a fresh start. We look at the damage with you, decide what needs to come out, saw cut the edges, break and load the old material, and haul it away. Crews plan trips out to Altamont, so we schedule removal as a set block of work.
We know how Altamont cold, snowmelt, and oil field truck traffic break down pavement, and we plan removal with that in mind.
Saws, breakers, loaders, and dump trucks let us cut, break, load, and haul concrete and asphalt in one visit.
If a repair will hold for a few more years, we'll tell you that instead of pushing for full removal.
We haul away every load of rubble and steel, sweep the edges, and leave the base compacted and even.
Patching makes sense when the damage is small and the base is still solid. But once a driveway has cracks running every direction, a slab has heaved and sunk in sections, or asphalt is breaking into chunks, patches stop holding. Every winter opens the cracks a little wider, and you end up paying for the same repair again and again.
At that point, taking it out and starting over is usually the better use of your money. If the surface is only worn and the base is still good, though, concrete repair for cracked slabs might buy you more years, and we’ll tell you which way makes more sense.
Altamont pavement deals with more snow than most Basin towns, close to 39 inches in an average year. Meltwater gets into cracks, freezes overnight, and pushes the cracks wider. Over a few seasons, that freeze and thaw cycle breaks apart the surface and softens the base below it.
Truck traffic adds to the damage. Shops, yards, and driveways near the Altamont, Bluebell, and Cedar Rim oil fields see loaded pickups, flatbeds, and service rigs, and that kind of weight crushes a thin slab or a weak asphalt section faster than normal household use ever would.
Every removal job is quoted after we see it. These are the factors that change the work the most:
Knowing these up front lets us bring the right saw, breaker, and trucks on the first trip so the job finishes in one visit.
We start by saw cutting a clean line wherever old material meets something that stays, like a garage floor, sidewalk, or neighboring pavement. That straight edge keeps the break from spreading and gives the next surface a clean joint to tie into. Then we break the slab or pavement into pieces with equipment, load it, and haul it off.
Breaking out pavement and digging out base counts as excavation, so we call Blue Stakes at least 3 business days ahead and keep the ticket current for the work window. Rebar and mesh get pulled and sorted so the concrete and steel can go where they belong.
Pavement usually fails from the bottom up, so what’s under the old surface matters. Once the material is out, we check the base for soft spots, wet clay, or ruts. Bad sections get dug out and replaced with compacted gravel so the next surface sits on solid ground. Skipping this step is the most common reason a brand new driveway starts cracking in the same spots as the old one within a few winters. In Duchesne County, frost reaches about 30 inches, which is why a well drained, compacted base makes such a difference.
If water was part of the problem, drainage fixes around driveways and pads can be built in before the new surface goes down, so meltwater runs off instead of pooling.
Once the old surface is gone and the base is solid, you have options. Some owners go back with asphalt for a driveway or shop yard, while others bring in a concrete contractor for a new slab. We don’t pour new concrete, but we’ll leave the ground ready for whoever does.
For driveways and yards that are going to asphalt, our asphalt paving for driveways and shop yards can follow right after removal and base work, which saves an extra trip out to Altamont and gets your new surface down sooner.
We look at the damaged concrete or asphalt with you, mark keep lines, and check access and drainage on site.
Your free concrete and asphalt removal quote covers saw cutting, breaking, hauling, and any base repair we find.
We call Blue Stakes, saw cut the edges, break out the old surface, haul the rubble, and fix soft base.
We walk the cleared area with you, check the compacted base, and talk through paving or other next steps.
