Around Maeser, a lot of hard surfaces were poured or paved for a different use than the one they have now. A pad that held a mobile home sits in the middle of a future garden. A barn apron built for a tractor has broken into chunks under horse trailers. A long driveway has been patched so often that nothing original is left.
Our concrete and asphalt removal in Maeser starts with a look at what’s there and why it failed. We saw cut clean edges where surfaces stay, break out the old material, load it, and haul it off. Then we deal with the soft base or poor drainage that caused the trouble, so whatever goes down next has a solid start. Basin removes and hauls concrete; we don’t pour new slabs.
We know how Maeser irrigation, clay soils, and private lines on acreage affect what's under an old slab or driveway.
Breakers, saws, loaders, and dump trucks let us cut, break, and haul thick slabs and long driveways without dragging it out.
If your concrete can be repaired instead of removed, we'll tell you plainly and save you the cost of a full tear-out.
We clean up chunks, dust, and stray rebar so the area is safe for kids, animals, and vehicles when we leave.
Maeser properties collect hard surfaces over time. There’s the original driveway, maybe a newer asphalt stretch added later, a slab outside the shop, a concrete pad by the corrals, and sometimes a footing or two from a building that came down years ago. When those surfaces crack, sink, or just aren’t needed anymore, they get in the way of everything else you want to do with the ground.
Removal clears the slate. Whether you’re widening a driveway, putting in lawn where an old patio sat, or turning a broken pad back into pasture, it all starts with getting the old material out cleanly. And if you’d like blacktop where the broken concrete used to be, asphalt paving can follow right behind the removal and base work.
Not every cracked slab needs to go. If the concrete is still mostly in one piece and the ground beneath it hasn’t moved much, concrete repair can fill cracks, rebuild edges, and get more years out of it for a lot less money. Removal makes more sense when panels have broken into rocking pieces, large sections have sunk or heaved, or the surface is in the wrong place for your plans.
Asphalt follows the same logic. Widespread alligator cracking and potholes that keep coming back usually mean the base has failed, and another patch won’t hold.
At about 5,600 feet, Maeser sits a bit higher than the rest of the valley floor. Winters bring lows around 10 degrees with colder snaps, and sunny afternoons mean surfaces thaw and refreeze over and over. Water that gets into cracks expands every time it freezes. Hot summers and strong UV dry out asphalt binder and leave it brittle.
Then there’s irrigation. Ditches and laterals run all over Maeser, and flood irrigated yards and pastures often soak the ground right up to the edge of a driveway or slab. Saturated soil under pavement goes soft, and soft soil is where sinking and potholes begin.
Removal often goes below the surface, especially when we’re pulling thick slabs or digging out a bad base. Whoever does the digging calls Blue Stakes (811). The call has to go in at least three business days ahead, but no more than 14 calendar days ahead, and the ticket expires after 21 days. We time the call around the schedule so the marks are fresh when equipment shows up.
Blue Stakes only marks public utilities. Well lines, barn power, and irrigation pipe that belong to you won’t be painted, so we walk the site with you first and work carefully anywhere a private line might cross.
Most concrete and asphalt removal jobs in Maeser follow this order:
Once the old surface is gone, you finally see what caused the failure. Often it’s a thin base, clay that holds water, or a low spot where irrigation runoff has been pooling for years. Fixing that while the ground is wide open is far easier than chasing it later. Driveway prep covers the grading, base material, and compaction that give a new driveway a fair shot.
Planning the finished surface before removal starts means the grade gets set for drainage once instead of being reworked twice. Even if the spot is going back to lawn or pasture, we leave it shaped so water runs away from the house and barn rather than toward them.
We look at the slab or pavement, check thickness and access, and talk about where private lines and ditches run.
You get a free written quote covering saw cuts, breakout, hauling, and any base work the ground needs.
After Blue Stakes marks the area, we cut, break, and haul the material and dig out any soft base underneath.
We walk the cleared area with you to confirm the edges are clean, the rubble is gone, and the ground drains.
