Professional Earthmoving
and Drainage solutions
Here for Southland and West Otago
WELCOME TO
Summit Earthmoving and Drainage
We specialise in delivering professional earthmoving and drainage solutions across Southland and West Otago.
With a commitment to quality workmanship and a deep connection to our community, we’re here to bring your projects to life — big or small.
Based in Riversdale, Southland, we're proudly a New Zealand family-owned and operated business.
OUR SERVICES
New Tracks & Fence Lines
Removal and disposal of old fence lines, new general farm tracks/fence lines, new high country tracks/fence lines, new dairy lanes & new house driveways.
Track and Lane Maintenance
Dairy lane maintenance, scraping, flanking, water tabling, gravel/rock application, grading, rolling & culvert installation.
Paddock Contouring
Filling small/large hollows, pushing off banks/faces & decreasing slope angles for winter cropping/safety.
Filling In Gullies
Top soil removed, drainage (if required), gully pushed in with dozer and top soil re-instated.
General Farm Maintenance
Culvert installation, soakage holes, gravelling gateways/water troughs, scraping out sheep/cattle yards and all other general work.
Bedding Plough
Savannah magnum 140 bedding plough with x4 36 inch scalloped disc's for mounding and 1200mm ripper for breaking clay pan gives young trees a good head start in life and keeps them up out of wet ground.
Fire Breaking
Clearing scrub with root rake on either dozer or excavator.
Root Raking & Scrub Clearing
3.5m wide root rake on dozer, scrub can be pushed a long way efficiently with dozer, allowing scrub to be roved completely off paddock with (in most cases) no wind rowing required. Also, we have root rakes for excavators.
Building Demolition & Removal
General removal of unwanted buildings with the ability to cart offsite or burn/bury onsite.
Rock & Gravel Excavation
Excavated out of a pit or pushed out of a quarry and stockpiled or carted straight off site for any project.
Heavy Recovery
With the ability to recover rolled/stuck machinery with 60ton recovery gear we can achieve safe and efficient retrieval of your assets.
Deep Ripping/Aerating of Soil
1200mm ripper on the dozer with large winged boot to lift/break clay pan to allow water to soak away and aerate soil.
House & Shed Site Preparation
Large or small we do it all with laser level for accuracy.
Duck & Ornamental Ponds
Large, small, deep or shallow.
Stock Water Schemes
Alkathene pipe installed with dozer and custom made plough to an average depth of 900mm and the ability to install up to 75mm pipe (without fittings). Pipe plough has built in spinning jenny and the ability to carry up to 2km of pipe (depending on pipe size) on the dozer reducing labour costs significantly.
Drainage
Novaflo, tile, open drains/ditches, laser level accuracy for correct fall & novaflo/tile cleaning with high pressure water blaster.
Creek Cleaning
Removal of weeds, mud, debris and can be carted away or stockpiled.
Tree & Stump Removal
Large/small trees can be removed with ease with the 25ton excavator and grapple. We can organise for them to be sold as firewood or for export/local market logs. With the ability to assist chainsaw man by either pushing the tree or pulling with 100m of large wire rope for safety. Stumps can be split in the ground before removal to reduce amount of clay/dirt in root ball and assists with better burning.
Airstrips
Construction of large high country fert application strips and small private farm strips.
WHY WORK WITH US?
We can bring your
vision for your land
to life.
At Summit Earthmoving & Drainage, we understand the difficulties in finding reputable contractors to trust with your project. We pride ourselves on our knowledge of the region, with more than 20years experience and projects under our belt ranging from track/lanes & road formation to more specialised projects like airstrips, house and shed site preparation, ponds and more, we will get it done right. People choose us because they want quality workmanship, efficiency and reliability.
MACHINES
Equipment We Use
14 Tonne Excavator & Foden Tip Truck
25 Tonne Excavator
25 Tonne Bulldozer
Tip Truck
The Hilux
