Hard surfaces take a beating in Roosevelt. Winter nights near 2°F and summer afternoons in the 90s mean constant expansion and contraction, and water that gets into cracks freezes and pries them open a little more every cycle. Add loaded oilfield trucks and heavy equipment, and slabs and asphalt that weren’t built for that weight give up early.
Our concrete and asphalt removal in Roosevelt takes out what’s failed so the next surface can start on solid ground. We cut clean lines where old meets new, break the material into manageable pieces, and haul it away. Then we take a hard look at the base, since that’s usually where the real problem started. We don’t pour new concrete, but we leave the site ready for whoever does.
We know how Roosevelt's freeze-thaw swings, high UV, and oilfield traffic break down pavement, and we plan removal around the cause.
Saws, breakers, loaders, and dump trucks that handle anything from a cracked patio to a full commercial lot.
If repair or resurfacing will do the job for less, we'll tell you before recommending a full tear-out.
Clean saw cuts, no broken chunks left behind, and a site that's open and ready for the next step.
Not every cracked driveway needs to come out. Small cracks and a few potholes in pavement that’s otherwise solid are usually a job for asphalt repair, which keeps the surface you already paid for. Removal is for pavement that has stopped doing its job.
Signs you’ve reached that point: alligator cracking across large sections, slabs that have sunk or heaved so water pools on them, concrete broken into pieces that move underfoot, and patches that fail every spring no matter how many times they’re redone. When the base under the surface is gone, anything you put on top is borrowing time.
At 5,197 feet, the sun hits hard. UV dries out the binder in asphalt and leaves it brittle and gray, and brittle asphalt cracks. Roosevelt only averages about 16.4 inches of snow a year, but the freeze-thaw swings between cold nights and sunny afternoons do most of the damage. Water gets in, freezes, expands, and opens the crack wider each time. Spring melt and summer storms then soak the base through every open crack.
Concrete deals with the same cycle. Slabs without good drainage or a solid base settle unevenly, crack at their weak points, and start to tip. Once a slab is broken into chunks that rock, there’s no fixing it in place.
Roosevelt sits in the middle of oil country, and shop yards, equipment lots, and truck parking around town see loads that a typical residential driveway was never designed for. Heavy trucks turning on the same spot day after day grind pavement into rubble, especially when the base underneath was built thin to save money years ago.
For commercial owners, removal is usually step one of a bigger plan. Pulling out the failed lot and planning new parking lot paving at the same time lets us set grades for drainage and phase the work so your trucks still have somewhere to go.
We price every removal after seeing it, because two driveways of the same size can be very different jobs. Here’s what moves the number:
The job starts with marking the area and placing a Blue Stakes call at least 3 business days before we break ground, since removal often reaches down into the base. Then we saw cut clean, straight lines anywhere the old pavement meets a sidewalk, curb, garage slab, or section that’s staying. Clean edges make the next surface tie in neatly.
From there, equipment breaks the material up, rebar gets cut free, and loaders fill the trucks. On thick slabs, we work in sections so pieces stay a size that’s safe to handle and the site stays organized.
Removal next to a home gets a little extra care. We watch for sprinkler lines, keep trucks off the lawn where we can, and leave the edges of the work area clean so the yard isn’t collateral damage.
Once the old surface is out, the cause of the failure is usually easy to spot: a thin base, clay that holds water, or a low spot where runoff has been sitting for years. This is the cheapest time to fix it, while everything is open.
Soft spots get dug out, new base comes in, and it gets compacted in lifts. For homeowners, driveway prep handles the grading and base work so new pavement starts on ground that can carry it. Skip this step and you’ll likely be calling for another removal down the road.
We measure the area, check thickness and access, look at drainage, and figure out why the pavement failed in the first place.
Your written quote covers saw cutting, breakout, hauling, and any base repair or grading you want done at the same time.
We call Blue Stakes, cut clean edges, break out the old material, and haul every load away from the site.
We walk the open area with you, point out base problems we found, and talk through what should go in next.
