Demolition & Removal · Fort Meade, Polk County, FL
Demolition & Removal in Fort Meade, FL
Big Rob's Hauling does small-structure demolition in Fort Meade, FL, the oldest town in Polk County: rotted picket fences and heaved walks behind the Victorian homes, carports on the mid-century blocks, and corrals, chutes and pump-house slabs on the cattle acreage toward the Hardee line. Fort Meade is about 37 road miles from Davenport, about an hour, booked a day or two out. 5.0 stars, 119 Google reviews.
5.0 · 119 Google reviews · Fort Meade, FL
Old fences and walks behind Fort Meade's Victorian homes
The older streets in Fort Meade hold homes from the 1880s through the 1920s, and the yards match: a picket fence on posts that rotted off at the ground years ago, a brick or concrete walk heaved by a live oak, a wood deck somebody bolted to the back porch in the seventies. Rob's crew pulls the fence, saves any good pickets you point at, and lifts the walk. Whole brick gets stacked if you want it; broken brick and the concrete bed go to the partner dump truck with any other concrete on the job. The deck comes off the house without touching the porch.
Because so many buildings in town are designated landmarks, ask the City of Fort Meade building department before taking down anything in the yard of one. Rob will tell you if your job looks like one that usually needs a call. When a job needs a permit, he works with a general contractor and says so before you book.
Corrals, chutes and slabs on the acreage
Past the town limits it's cattle, groves and old phosphate land, and the demo is working-ranch demo. A board corral and a loading chute that have outlasted the herd. A block pump house by a dead well. A slab where a feed shed or a mobile home once sat. The Kubota track loader with the grapple pulls the posts and the breaker cracks the slab. Boards and pipe ride the 16-yard trailer; block and slab go out by partner dump truck and recycler, quoted as their own line.
Fort Meade is 58 minutes south through Bartow, and Rob says up front that it isn't same-day country. He books it a day or two out with Bartow and Frostproof, brings the loader and the trailer on the same trip, and quotes flat from photos or a walk. Payment is when the last post is out. Fuel and old chemicals from a barn go to the county facility in Winter Haven, not on the load.
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Demolition & Removal in Fort Meade
Can you take out a corral and loading chute on my ranch near Fort Meade?
Yes. The track loader pulls the posts, the crew stacks the boards and pipe, and it all rides the trailer. Any concrete footings or a slab nearby go out by partner dump truck on the same job. Rob wants a photo of the run and a rough size to quote it.
Will you save the old brick and pickets from my Fort Meade yard?
Yes, if you say so before demo day. The crew stacks whole brick and any pickets you point at. Everything else is loaded as it comes up.
How much notice does a Fort Meade demo need?
A day or two. Fort Meade is about 58 minutes from Davenport, the far south end of the map, so Rob books it with Bartow and Frostproof and brings the loader on the same trip. He gives you the date when you call.
Ready for it to be gone from Fort Meade?
Call before noon and it's usually gone today. Or text a photo of the pile and Rob sends back a flat quote.
5.0 · 119 Google reviews · Fort Meade, FL