Clean, straight, code-depth utility trenches — cut at walking speed and priced fair. We dig and backfill; your electrician runs the line. Watch the machine work below.
From a recent job in Long Prairie, MN — over 1,000 feet of clean, straight utility trench cut along a fence line — through heavy glacial rock, two guys, two full days, straight and to depth anyway.
Power to garages, shops, and pole barns — we dig to the depth your electrician specifies, they run the line, we backfill. You skip paying trade rates for shovel work.
Below-frost water runs to barns, gardens, hydrants, and outbuildings — dug to depth and backfilled clean.
Sump discharge, downspout runs, and drainage graded to actually flow — water goes where it should, away from your foundation.
Clean narrow runs for internet, cameras, landscape lighting, and gate openers — without wrecking the yard.
Supply and zone runs for irrigation systems, cut fast so the install crew can get right to work.
Hundreds of feet? That's the trencher's specialty — straight, consistent-depth runs at walking speed, like the 1,000+ ft job above.
We coordinate free Gopher State One Call utility locates before a single tooth hits the dirt. Required, free, handled.
Narrow, straight, and to the exact depth your electrician, plumber, or code requires — at walking speed.
Electrician lays conduit, plumber runs pipe — the trench is open, clean, and ready for inspection.
Compacted backfill, surface blended — add screened black dirt and seed and the line disappears into the lawn.
Most residential runs land around $10–$20 per foot depending on depth, soil, and access — a fraction of excavator or hand-dig pricing. Text us your rough footage and what's going in the trench, and we'll fire back a fast, firm quote.
Way less than most people expect — trenching is priced by the length and depth of the run, and our trencher makes quick, clean work of it. Tell us roughly how far you're running (say, house to garage) and what's going in the trench, and we'll quote your {city} job fast — often from a sketch or a couple photos.
That's exactly how we set it up. We dig the trench to the depth your electrician or local code calls for, they lay the conduit or cable and make their connections, and we come back to backfill and restore the ground. Electricians love it because they don't have to dig, and you save on their hourly rate.
Whatever the job requires — typical electrical runs go to the burial depth your electrician and local code specify, water lines go below frost depth, and drainage runs get graded to flow. We dig it right the first time so nothing has to come back up.
Always. Gopher State One Call (811) locates get confirmed before any trench is opened in {city} — it's free, it's the law, and it's how everyone stays safe. We handle the coordination.
No — a trencher disturbs a narrow path, not a bulldozed swath. We backfill, compact, and blend the surface, and can finish with screened black dirt and seed so the line disappears into the lawn within a season.
Trenching by city: St. Cloud • Sartell • Sauk Rapids • Waite Park • St. Joseph • St. Augusta • Cold Spring • Richmond • Rockville • Albany • Avon • Melrose • Sauk Centre • Rice • Royalton • Little Falls • Swanville • Long Prairie • Alexandria • Osakis • Paynesville • Annandale • Clearwater • Becker • Big Lake • Monticello • Foley • Milaca • Holdingford • St. Stephen • Freeport • New Munich • Kimball • Eden Valley • Belgrade • Gilman • Elk River • Zimmerman • Clear Lake • Pierz • Randall • Bowlus • Upsala • Motley • Browerville • Grey Eagle • Eagle Bend • Clarissa • Staples • Garfield • Brandon • Carlos • Evansville • Buffalo • St. Michael • Albertville • Otsego • Delano • Maple Lake • Howard Lake • Cokato • Montrose • Princeton • Onamia • Litchfield • Dassel • New London • Spicer
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