Driveway Grading Near Me in Northern Ohio

Driveway grading takes a gravel or stone drive that has gone to potholes, washboard, and standing water and reshapes it into a surface that sheds. The machine work redistributes existing material, cuts out the low spots, and restores a crown so water runs to the edges rather than sitting in the wheel tracks.

Almost every failed gravel drive in Northern Ohio failed for the same reason: it lost its crown, so water stopped running off and started running along it. Once water sits on a drive, traffic pumps the stone down into the subgrade and the potholes come back faster every year.

Where the stone has simply worn thin we can add material, but a lot of drives do not need new stone at all. They need the stone that is already there put back where it belongs, plus a ditch or two so the drive is not acting as the drainage channel for the whole property.

1. 1

   Find out why it is failing

   We look at crown, ditching, and subgrade before touching anything. Regrading a drive that is failing because water has nowhere to go just resets the clock.

2. 2

   Cut and redistribute

   High spots come down, low spots and potholes get filled with the material already on site, and the running surface is brought back to a consistent line.

3. 3

   Restore the crown

   The drive is reshaped so the center sits above the edges and water leaves the surface rather than travelling along it.

4. 4

   Ditch and top off

   Where drainage is the root cause we cut or clean the ditches. Where stone has genuinely worn thin, we add material and compact it in.

• Skid Steer

  Material moving, grading, demolition cleanup, debris removal

• Dozer

  Large acreage clearing, rough grading, land pushing

• Cat Backhoe

  Excavation, trenching, backfill, foundation work