Equipment Services
Living Earth provides skilled equipment operation for grading, trenching, land clearing, boulder and rip-rap placement, utility pole setting, and site preparation across McKinleyville, Trinidad, Arcata, Eureka, and Humboldt County.
Equipment is a tool in service of the property—not an end in itself. The same operator who shapes your grade understands the drainage, planting, and construction that follow, so the groundwork is done right for what comes next.
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Machines & Attachments
The mini skid steer is compact enough for tight residential access—side yards, fenced backyards, and established landscapes—yet carries a full set of attachments:
Fence posts, deck footings, sign posts, and planting holes for large specimens.
Soil preparation for new lawns, planting beds, and renovation areas.
Drainage, irrigation, lighting, and utility trenches with clean, consistent depth.
Finish grading for gravel driveways, pads, and soil surfaces.
Breaking concrete slabs, footings, and rock during demolition and renovation.
For larger digging, Living Earth rents excavators of any size along with their attachments, matched to the project rather than forcing the project to fit one machine. On full-day jobs, this keeps costs competitive with hiring someone who owns a single machine—while giving your project exactly the right equipment and an operator who runs it as part of a complete site plan.
Rough and finish grading, pad preparation, gravel work, grade transitions for patios and driveways, and site shaping that sets drainage up correctly from the start. A 4-foot land plane produces clean, even finishes on soil and gravel surfaces.
Trenching up to 3 feet deep for drainage lines, downspout piping, irrigation, low-voltage lighting, and utility runs—placed carefully around existing roots, hardscape, and structures.
Post holes augered with bits up to 24 inches wide for fences, gates, decks, arbors, signs, and footings—straight, to depth, and at production pace so carpentry can follow immediately.
Clearing brush, small trees, stumps, and overgrowth; grubbing out old planting beds; and stripping sites for renovation—scaled to the property, from backyard cleanups to larger rural parcels.
Setting landscape boulders, building rip-rap slope protection, and placing stone for retaining, water features, and erosion control. Machine placement puts heavy stone exactly where hand work cannot.
Setting utility and service poles in wooded and difficult terrain, including sites with no road access for a line truck—planned around trees, roots, and overhead lines.
A hydraulic breaker attachment handles old slabs, footings, and failed concrete as part of renovation and replacement work, along with small equipment-assisted demolition.
Excavating ponds, pondless reservoirs, dry wells, swales, and drainage corrections—including work inside established landscapes where access and finish quality both matter.
Recent Equipment Work
Fickle Hill
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Shelter Cove
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Elk River
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Eureka
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Jacoby Creek
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Much of Humboldt County's equipment work happens in places that are hard to reach: fenced backyards, wooded parcels, steep slopes, and finished landscapes that need protection while heavy work happens nearby. Decades of operating experience on local properties means knowing how to get a machine in, do the work cleanly, and leave the rest of the property intact.
Because Living Earth also designs and builds landscapes, ponds, drainage, and carpentry, equipment work is planned as part of the whole project—grades that drain correctly, trenches that land where pipes and plants need them, and boulder placement that looks natural when the work is done.
Questions about access, scope, or scheduling? Call 707-822-POND (7663).
