Excavation in Bonner, MT

Bonner and Milltown sit where the Blackfoot River joins the Clark Fork, just east of Missoula. Rivers make for good places to live and more interesting places to dig. Lots here can be sloped, tight or both, and runoff has to end up somewhere other than your basement.

Elevated Dirt Works handles excavation for homeowners and builders around Bonner. We're a Lolo outfit, locally owned, and we carry a license, bonding and insurance. Most of our work is within an easy drive of Missoula, and Bonner is right on that list.

Smaller machines suit this kind of ground. A mini excavator and a tracked skid steer work on a slope and in close quarters without needing a wide staging area, which helps when a house sits near the neighbors or partway up a hill.

Bonner is in Missoula County. If your property isn't on sewer, a new or replacement septic system requires a permit from the Missoula City-County Health Department. Plan on that step early, because test pits and a design come before the permit.

Older homes near town sometimes have water or sewer lines nobody has mapped, which is one more reason locates and a careful dig matter. Close to the rivers, it's worth asking early whether your project needs any other approvals. The county can tell you what applies to your parcel, and we'd rather you know before the work starts than after. Whatever the job, Montana811 has to be called before we dig; the law requires it. Further up the Clark Fork toward Clinton, the same county process applies.