Rock Excavation & Hammer
Rock broken in place with our 10,000-lb hammer on the 80,000-lb SK330 — $425/hr, no blasting, no second contractor when a cut hits ledge.
Excavation · Rock Work · Ponds — Clinton, Van Buren County & Greers Ferry Lake Country
Excavation & dirt work for Clinton, Arkansas Ozark ground and lake country.
Clinton is the Van Buren County seat, up US-65 over the mountain from our Heber Springs shop — about 40 minutes, closer in spirit than the corridor towns we already run. This is Greers Ferry lake country's north side, with Fairfield Bay a short pull further up the highway. It's real Ozark foothill ground: slopes, rock shelf, springs and hardwood timber — exactly the ground our fleet and our 10,000-lb hammer were built for. One crew, one number, whether it's a food plot, a homesite pad, or a pond that needs the rock broken out first.
AR Contractor License#3287-C Commercial · Active
USDOT Carrier#581938 · Clean record
BBB File Since 20060 complaints
Serving Clinton FromHeber Springs · ~40 min
Van Buren County foothill work
Ozark ground on the north side of
Greers Ferry lake country.
Clinton sits where US-65 climbs into the Ozarks — the Van Buren County seat, with Fairfield Bay and Greers Ferry Lake down the ridge, and hunting land, hay ground and mountain homesites spread out around the courthouse square. This isn't flat corridor dirt. It's slope, timber, springs and rock shelf that shows up the minute a bucket goes past topsoil.
We're not a Clinton company — Cox Earthworks runs out of Heber Springs, about 40 minutes over the mountain on US-65. That puts Clinton just past our usual 30-mile radius for a gravel load, so a modest mileage charge gets added and quoted up front, same as it would anywhere past that line. But the drive itself is short next to some of the ground we already cover, and lake-country landowners around Fairfield Bay and Greers Ferry are used to calling a shop that's close, not just close-ish.
The reason Clinton calls us specifically: rock. Ozark foothill cuts hit ledge that stops a lot of dirt-work outfits cold — and then it's a second call to a blasting sub, a second mobilization, and a second bill. We carry a 10,000-pound hydraulic hammer on our 80,000-pound Kobelco SK330, and it rides along on jobs out this way. When the bucket hits rock, the same crew keeps digging.
★ Serving Clinton & Van Buren County
Fairfield BayShirleyBee BranchChoctawDamascusGreers Ferry
~0Minutes from our shop, over the mountain on US-65
0+ yrsCox Earthworks moving Arkansas dirt, est. 1972
$0/hr10,000-lb hammer breaks rock in place, no blasting
$0KStarting price for pond dirt work, cored and compacted
What we do on Clinton-area ground
Sitework for Van Buren County —
from rock cuts to a finished driveway.
Land Clearing
Clearing and forestry mulching for food plots, shooting lanes and access roads on Van Buren County hunting land — from $5,000/acre.
Pond Construction
Stock and homestead ponds cored, keyed and compacted to hold water, from $10,000 for the dirt work — we'll tell you honestly if mountain-ground clay won't seal before you spend it.
Building Pads & Site Prep
Homesite and cabin pads cut and compacted to grade on Ozark slopes — GPS machine control, dozer rates $165–$340/hr.
Gravel Driveways
Mountain driveways and access roads from the county road back to the homesite — tri-axle loads from $400 — material and hauling in the price — plus a modest mileage charge on the Clinton haul.
Utility Trenching & Boring
Water, sewer and drainage lines trenched or bored — including through rock — under our underground classification.
Get us on the Clinton-area site
Talk to a Cox
about your Van Buren County ground.
Call the shop — a Cox answers501.250.4490
Email[email protected]
Shop50 Fort Cox Rd, Heber Springs, AR 72543
ServingClinton · Van Buren County · Fairfield Bay · Shirley · Greers Ferry
HoursMon–Fri 8:00–4:30
Book a site walk
Step 1 of 3 — what's the ground telling you to build?
Where & when
Step 2 of 3 — so the right machine shows up.
Timeline
Who do we call back?
Step 3 of 3 — we'll call you back to set up the site walk.
Clinton questions, straight answers
Excavation in Clinton —
what folks ask.
Do you work in Clinton and out toward Fairfield Bay?
Yes. Clinton is about 40 minutes from our Heber Springs shop, up US-65 over the mountain — closer than it feels, and it sits on the north side of Greers Ferry lake country, same as Fairfield Bay. We haul our own equipment on our own trucks and quote mobilization up front as part of the bid, so there's no surprise travel charge on the invoice.
What happens if the cut hits rock?
This is Ozark foothill ground — ledge and rock shelf hide under topsoil all over Van Buren County. We carry a 10,000-lb hydraulic hammer on our 80,000-lb Kobelco SK330 at $425/hr. No blasting, no blast permits, no second contractor to call in — the same crew already on your site switches to the hammer and keeps digging.
Can you build a pond on mountain ground?
Yes. Ponds start at $10,000 for the dirt work — cored, keyed and compacted to hold water. Mountain ground can run thin on the clay a pond needs to seal. We'll walk the site and give you an honest read on the soil before you spend a dime — if the clay won't hold water where you want to dig, we'll tell you that up front instead of after.
Can you clear hunting land or timber ground?
Yes. Land clearing starts at $5,000 per acre, with distance and timber size and density moving that number up or down. Food plots, shooting lanes and access roads cut back into hunting land are everyday work for us on this Ozark ground.
Are you licensed for water and sewer lines, not just dirt work?
Yes. Our Arkansas license #3287-C carries both Highway/Railroad/Airport Construction and Underground Piping, Cable, Trenching & Boring classifications. A lot of dirt-only outfits can't legally run water, sewer or drainage lines on mountain ground — we can, on the same crew that clears and grades your site. See utility trenching & boring.