Recent work

Fresh dirt,straight off the job.

Every photo here comes from a Highlander Construction job: the owner's own job photos and the ones shared on the company's Facebook page. The captions say what each photo shows. Locations are left off.

  • 16 job photos
  • Honest captions
  • No stock photos

17 photos

Land clearing

Brush cleared with the trees worth keeping left standing, and brush piled for burning where burning is allowed. Land Clearing

Crawler dozer parked on freshly cleared pasture under an oak limb, with pushed trees in the distance
Dozer on fresh cleared ground

Ground pushed clean, with the dozer parked in the shade.

Fresh clearing seen from a machine cab, with track marks, pushed brush and dead trees along the edge
Clearing, from the cab

Brush pushed to the edge, seen from the seat.

Cleared pasture with bare trees left standing in open ground
Pasture cleared, trees left

Open pasture, with the trees left standing.

Fresh tracks across cleared ground with bare trees kept
Trees kept, ground cleared

Tracks across the cleared ground, trees kept.

Brush cleared from under a stand of tall trees, leaving bare ground
Understory cleared

The brush cleared out from under tall trees.

Open ground under trees after the brush was cleared out
Room under the trees

Room to walk under the trees again.

Cleared lane cut through dense woods
Lane cut through the woods

A lane cut clean through thick woods.

Cleared ground along a tree line, with a big oak left standing
Cleared to the tree line

Cleared up to the tree line, big oak kept.

Large cleared field with fresh dirt and a few trees kept
Big field cleared

A big field opened up, a few trees kept.

Cleared field with a single tree left standing in the open
One tree kept on purpose

One tree left standing in the open.

Wide cleared ground with a large shade tree kept at the edge
Shade tree kept

A big shade tree kept at the edge of the clearing.

Cleared field with a cluster of trees kept
A cluster of trees kept

A cluster of trees left together in the open.

Cleared field with a tall tree kept in the middle
Tall tree kept mid-field

A tall tree kept in the middle of the field.

Wide view of cleared ground with scattered trees left on the horizon
Cleared ground, wide view

The whole cleared area in one wide shot.

Cleared pasture with a few select trees left standing
Pasture cleared, select trees kept

Pasture opened up, with a few trees left standing on purpose.

Brush pile burning on a land clearing job beside a live oak
Brush pile burn on a clearing job

Cleared brush stacked and burned on site.

Cleared ground under a stand of oak trees that were kept
Cleared ground, oaks kept

Brush cleared out from under a stand of oaks that stayed.

17 photos

Stock tanks and ponds

Earthen tanks dug and shaped, from a raw basin to a pond holding water with grass on the banks. Stock Tanks & Ponds

Dozer shaping the floor of a deep earthen tank basin at sunset, with wooded hills on the horizon
Dozer in a tank basin at sunset

A dozer shaping a new tank as the sun goes down.

Large earthen tank basin at dusk with a dozer small on the floor of the dig
Tank basin at dusk

The same tank from the rim, with the dozer down on the floor.

Panorama of a dozer working the floor of a large graded basin
Dozer working a basin floor

A wide basin taking shape, with the dozer working the bottom.

Freshly dug earthen tank with a white pickup parked inside, bare trees behind
Pickup parked in a fresh tank

A pickup parked inside a fresh dig shows how big it is.

Pond holding water at the edge of woods, with freshly worked ground on the bank and a machine bucket edge in front
Pond holding water

Water in, with fresh work on the bank.

Pond full of water below tall trees, with part of a machine at the corner
Water in, trees around

A full pond with tall trees around it.

Freshly graded earthen basin with wooded hills behind
Graded basin below the hills

A basin graded out below the hills.

Graded basin with smooth sloped banks and track marks
Smooth banks, track marks

Smooth sloped banks with the track marks still showing.

Wide graded basin with a tree line behind
Wide graded basin

A wide basin graded smooth end to end.

Graded bowl-shaped basin with smooth banks under a blue sky
Basin graded to a bowl

Graded down into a smooth bowl.

Long graded bank rising toward a tree line
Bank graded smooth

A long bank graded smooth up to the trees.

Newly dug stock pond holding water below wooded hills
Stock tank holding water

A new tank catching water below wooded hills.

New stock pond with a spoil berm, an oak tree in front and wooded hills behind
New tank with its spoil berm

Spoil from the dig pushed up into a berm, with an oak kept in front.

Large excavated tank basin with smooth graded banks and a little water in the bottom
Tank basin, graded banks

The basin graded smooth, before the rain fills it.

Finished pond full of water with grassy banks and live oaks
Finished pond with grassy banks

A finished pond with grass grown back on the banks.

Fresh stock pond seen from the cab of a machine, with the bucket in view
Stock tank, seen from the seat

The view from the machine while the tank takes shape.

Stock tank holding water below a cleared bank and live oaks, beside a gravel road
Tank beside a gravel road

A tank holding water next to a gravel road.

21 photos

Ranch roads and driveways

Roads and drives cut, graded and surfaced so you can get in and out of the place. Ranch Roads

Motor grader cutting the edge of a red dirt road through brush
Grader cutting a road edge

A grader shaping the edge of a dirt road.

Freshly cut ditch running beside a fence line, with the grader's tire and blade in the corner
Ditch cut along a fence line

A fresh ditch cut along the fence to carry water off the road.

Motor grader working a wide graded road beside a fence line
Grader on a wide road

A grader working down a wide road beside the fence.

Motor grader blade beside a freshly graded road climbing toward a wooded hill
Grader blade on a fresh road

The blade, and the road it just graded toward the hill.

The front of a motor grader on a freshly graded road, seen from the seat
From the grader seat

The view over the front of the grader.

View from a motor grader cab down a long graded road between fences
Long road, from the grader cab

A long straight road, graded and seen from the cab.

Freshly graded caliche road curving through a stand of trees
Road graded through the trees

A caliche road curving through the trees.

Graded road with fresh tire tracks curving through woods
Fresh tracks on a new road

Fresh tracks on a road that bends through the woods.

Graded road running past a leaning oak toward wooded hills
Graded road past an oak

The road runs past an oak that stayed.

Wide graded road with tread marks, heading toward a wooded hill
Road graded toward the hill

A wide road with the tread marks still on it.

Graded road running along a ridge, with hills and brush on both sides
Road along a ridge

A road running out along the top of a ridge.

New road cut running downhill, with a pile of fresh fill in the foreground
New road cut, fill in front

A new cut heading downhill, with fill ready to spread.

Wide graded lane under trees, with a vehicle far down the road
Wide lane under the trees

A wide graded lane in the shade.

Long straight drive with a fresh dark crushed surface, running toward a lone tree
Dark surfaced drive

A long straight drive with a fresh dark surface.

Straight drive with a dark crushed surface beside a tree line
Fresh dark surface

The same kind of dark surface, running beside a tree line.

Close view of a fresh dark crushed surface on a drive
The surface, up close

A close look at the surface before traffic packs it.

Pale gravel drive leading in to metal buildings
Drive to the buildings

A pale gravel drive running in to the buildings.

Pale gravel drive curving past a steel building frame
Curving gravel drive

A drive that curves around past a steel frame.

Wide pale gravel apron in front of a steel building frame
Gravel apron at the building

A wide gravel apron in front of a steel building.

Caliche ranch road running beside freshly cleared ground
Ranch road beside cleared ground

A caliche road running beside freshly cleared ground.

Finished driveway curving past a pipe and wire ranch gate
Finished drive at the ranch gate

A finished drive running in past a pipe and wire gate.

8 photos

Pads, grading and dirt work

Ground cut and filled to grade, with pads left flat and firm for the next trade. Building Pads & Site Prep

Backhoe loader parked in a wide pale rock and caliche dig, with spoil piles and green brush behind
Backhoe in a caliche dig

A wide dig in pale rock, with the spoil piled behind.

Dozer grading a wide open area on a hilltop, with wooded hills behind
Dozer on a wide graded site

A dozer working a big graded area up on the hill.

Wide graded pad with hills and clouds behind
Graded pad

A wide pad graded flat with the hills behind.

Wide graded earthwork basin with smooth sand-colored banks under a big cloudy sky
Graded basin with smooth banks

Smooth banks on a large graded basin.

Dozer working inside a freshly graded earthwork basin under a clear blue sky
Dozer working a graded site

Dozer work on a wide graded site.

Large graded dirt pad with a dozer parked at the far edge
Graded pad, dozer at the edge

A big pad graded out, with the dozer parked at the edge.

Smooth graded dirt pad with a tree line behind
Graded pad, smooth and firm

A pad cut flat and smooth against the tree line.

Panorama of a wide graded site with tree lines on the horizon
Graded site, panorama

A wide graded site, shot as a panorama.

One job on our Facebook page covered 400 acres shredded and smoothed, along with a front gate and a tank. Photos from that job are not shown here. Ask us about it when you call.

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