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Princeton Excavation

Ewing, Mercer County

Excavation & Earthwork in Ewing, NJ

Princeton Excavation works Ewing's tight postwar lots with the smallest machine that can do the job — driveway tear-outs, trench digs, and stump removal on streets where a full-size rig simply won't fit.

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Ewing filled in fast after the war. Neighborhoods like Glendale, Parkway Village, and the blocks around The College of New Jersey are rows of Cape Cods, bungalows, and colonials on small lots, with houses close together and driveways that were poured when cars were narrower. It's a great town to own in and a tight one to dig in.

The age of the housing stock is where most of our Ewing work comes from. Driveways poured fifty or sixty years ago have settled and cracked over old fill. Sewer laterals from the same era fail and need to be exposed. Trees planted when the neighborhood was new are now stumps that take up half a small front yard. All of it is excavation work that has to happen in a few feet of side yard.

That's what our compact end of the fleet is for, and every job is owner-operated — one person, one machine, in and out with the neighbors barely noticing.

  • Licensed & Insured
  • Owner-Operated
  • By Appointment
  • Princeton-Area Specialist

Small lots, older ground

In Glendale and Parkway Village, side yards can be only a few feet wide, so the tracked mini skid steer and the 2.5–3 ton mini excavator do most of the work — small enough to slip between houses or through a gate, strong enough to break out a driveway or pull a stump. We walk the access first on every Ewing job, because the access is the job.

Toward West Trenton and Wilburtha along the D&R Canal, the housing runs a little older and the trees a little bigger, and low spots near the Shabakunk Creek drainages stay damp. Regrading, downspout runs, and trench work for failed laterals — dug clean and safe for the plumber — round out what we're typically doing on this side of the township.

Also serving nearby: Lawrenceville · West Trenton · Pennington · Trenton

What we do here

Excavation services in Ewing

The same disciplines, tailored to Ewing properties.

A SANY mini excavator and a JCB skid steer working a residential foundation site, with a fresh soil pile and ground protection laid over the lawn.

Foundation & Footing Excavation

Clean footings for additions, garages, pool houses, and sheds, dug to spec and ready for concrete.

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A mini excavator clearing a lot and loading demolition debris into a roll-off dumpster under a bright sky.

Land & Lot Clearing

Brush, vegetation, and stumps cleared selectively, keeping the trees worth keeping.

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Freshly graded, track-marked soil worked smooth right up to a home's foundation, ready for finish work.

Grading & Hardscape Site Prep

Solid sub-base and yard grading for paver patios, pool decks, driveways, and level lawns.

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Mini excavators working a cleared lot edge with newly planted evergreens and a staked shade tree in a residential yard.

Large Tree Planting

Mature, balled-and-burlapped trees set with an excavator. Privacy and shade now, not in ten years.

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Tight-Access & Small-Job Excavation

Backyard digs through a 36-inch gate. The small excavation jobs big companies won't return calls about.

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French Drain Installation

Exterior French drains built the right way: fabric, washed stone, perforated pipe, and an outlet that actually works.

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Yard Drainage Solutions

Standing water in the yard? We find where it's coming from first, then build the fix that matches.

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Driveway Excavation & Gravel Driveways

Failed driveways dug out and rebuilt from the base up — finished in gravel or prepped for your paver.

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Inground Pool Excavation

Pool digs to your builder's spec sheet, with the spoils and the access planned before the first bucket.

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Small Demolition & Removal

Sheds, decks, garages, patios, and pools taken down, sorted, and hauled — filled and graded where they stood.

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Utility Trench Excavation

Water, sewer, electric, and gas trenches opened, bedded, and backfilled. Your licensed trade makes the connection.

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Septic System Excavation

Tank pits, field excavation, and abandonment digs, done to your licensed septic contractor's plan.

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Test Pit & Perc Test Excavation

Pits opened on schedule for perc tests, soil logs, and footing investigations, backfilled clean when the witness is done.

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Whole-Stump Removal

Stumps pulled out whole, roots and all, then backfilled flush and ready for seed.

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Retaining Wall Excavation & Base Prep

The benched cut, compacted base course, and drainage that keep a wall standing straight.

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Shed Pads & Gravel Bases

Compacted gravel pads for sheds, barns, and hot tubs, level to your installer's spec.

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How a job goes

From the first call to a clean handover

  1. 1. Site Walk

    We come look at the property by appointment, check the access and any constraints, and go over your plans or what you have in mind.

  2. 2. Marking & Layout

    We set the layout on the ground with laser accuracy. Depths, lines, and elevations are marked before anything gets dug.

  3. 3. The Work

    We bring the right machine for the access, lay ground protection where it's needed, and keep the mess around lawns, trees, and hardscape to a minimum.

  4. 4. Clean Handover

    You're left with a site that's ready to go and a yard that's still in one piece, set up for whatever's next.

Ewing: Common Questions

Yes — that's most of Ewing, and it's what our compact machines are for. The tracked mini skid steer fits about a 36-inch opening and the mini excavator isn't much wider, so we can reach backyards in Glendale, Parkway Village, and the TCNJ-area blocks without touching fences or foundations on the way in.

Planning earthwork in Ewing?

Request a by-appointment site visit and we'll walk your Ewing property to plan the right approach.

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