[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":418},["ShallowReactive",2],{"equipment-projects-en-yanmar-b32":3},[4,87,166,256,321],{"id":5,"title":6,"beforeAfter":7,"body":8,"cover":53,"date":54,"description":14,"equipment":55,"extension":59,"gallery":60,"location":76,"meta":77,"navigation":78,"path":79,"seo":80,"service":81,"sitemap":82,"slug":83,"stem":84,"summary":85,"__hash__":86},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance.md","Land clearing for villa construction in Hua Thanon",null,{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":46},"minimark",[11,15,20,23,26,30,33,36,40,43],[12,13,14],"p",{},"A plot in the south of the island had been sitting unused for years. Palms, trees, dense undergrowth and uneven sand mounds had taken over the land completely, making it impossible to start construction without a full clearance first. The job was to strip the site back to bare, level ground.",[16,17,19],"h2",{"id":18},"how-we-approached-it","How we approached it",[12,21,22],{},"Plots like this one - overgrown, with deep-rooted palms and trees near boundary walls - need the right combination of machines. We brought two excavators: the Yanmar B32 for the open areas and heavy roots, and the Yanmar VIO70 for work along the boundary wall. The VIO70's zero tail swing lets it operate right up to the edge without risk of hitting the concrete - something a standard excavator can't do safely.",[12,24,25],{},"Running both machines in parallel meant we could clear a substantial plot in two days rather than four.",[16,27,29],{"id":28},"what-the-work-involved","What the work involved",[12,31,32],{},"The trees and palms were felled, tipped and the root systems dug out completely - leaving roots in the ground causes problems later when the soil settles. Bushes and undergrowth were stripped, scattered sand mounds leveled and any pits or hollows filled. The Hino 300 ran continuous trips to haul everything off site for proper disposal.",[12,34,35],{},"Working on sloped terrain in the south of the island also meant paying attention to how the cleared ground would drain - we shaped the surface with a slight natural slope to prevent water pooling once the vegetation was gone.",[16,37,39],{"id":38},"result","Result",[12,41,42],{},"Two days, two excavators, one truck. The plot went from overgrown jungle to a clean, flat, workable surface. The client was satisfied with both the result and how the job was managed - clean site, no damage to the boundary wall, waste fully removed.",[12,44,45],{},"Land clearance done properly at this stage saves significant time and cost later. A site that's clean, level and draining correctly gives every subsequent trade - surveyors, foundation crews, builders - the best possible starting point.",{"title":47,"searchDepth":48,"depth":48,"links":49},"",2,[50,51,52],{"id":18,"depth":48,"text":19},{"id":28,"depth":48,"text":29},{"id":38,"depth":48,"text":39},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance\u002Fhero.webp","2026-04-28",[56,57,58],"yanmar-b32","yanmar-vio70","hino-300","md",[61,64,67,70,73],{"src":62,"alt":63},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance\u002Ftwo-excavators-working.webp","Two excavators clearing the overgrown plot in Hua Thanon simultaneously",{"src":65,"alt":66},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance\u002Fdigging-out-palm-roots.webp","Excavator digging out palm tree roots to fully clear the plot",{"src":68,"alt":69},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance\u002Fexcavator-working-near-concrete-wall.webp","Yanmar VIO70 zero-tail-swing excavator working close to the concrete boundary wall",{"src":71,"alt":72},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance\u002Fexcavator-operators-lunch-break.webp","Excavator operators on a lunch break during the site clearance in Hua Thanon",{"src":74,"alt":75},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance\u002Fcleared-site-ready-for-construction.webp","Fully cleared and leveled plot in Hua Thanon - ready for villa layout and construction","Hua Thanon, Koh Samui",{},true,"\u002Fprojects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance",{"title":6,"description":14},"land-leveling",{"loc":79},"hua-thanon-villa-site-clearance","projects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance","Two-day land clearance on an overgrown plot in Hua Thanon. Removed trees, palms and roots, cleared undergrowth, leveled sand mounds and hauled all waste off site.","R4DgfgC4CqXW-XBmvJWqKE9TbsOy-SXeI_B-22FF6Zo",{"id":88,"title":89,"beforeAfter":7,"body":90,"cover":131,"date":132,"description":94,"equipment":133,"extension":59,"gallery":134,"location":156,"meta":157,"navigation":78,"path":158,"seo":159,"service":160,"sitemap":161,"slug":162,"stem":163,"summary":164,"__hash__":165},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-and-site-leveling.md","Septic tanks, utilities and site leveling in Maenam",{"type":9,"value":91,"toc":126},[92,95,99,102,105,109,112,115,118,120,123],[12,93,94],{},"A project in Maenam on a property where the villa construction was already finished. What remained was the sewer connection, the septic tanks, and getting the grounds in order - fill brought in and the surface leveled.",[16,96,98],{"id":97},"working-in-tight-spaces","Working in tight spaces",[12,100,101],{},"The defining feature of this site was the space. The villas were built, the landscaping partly done, trees already in the ground. Bringing large machinery in here means damaging something, guaranteed.",[12,103,104],{},"We used a compact 3-tonne Yanmar. It fits between the buildings, works right up against walls and needs no room to turn. Everything that had to be dug was dug, without touching a single structure or planting.",[16,106,108],{"id":107},"sequence-of-works","Sequence of works",[12,110,111],{},"The tanks and septic units went in first - before anything was covered over. Then we cut the trenches for the pipework and utilities, laid them and checked the runs.",[12,113,114],{},"With everything in place, the fill started arriving. Our dump truck ran the loop: load, deliver, unload on site. The excavator spread the fill, buried the utilities and brought the overall ground level up.",[12,116,117],{},"The final stage was grading - the surface brought level, with water runoff taken into account.",[16,119,39],{"id":38},[12,121,122],{},"Two to three days and the site was done: septic tanks installed, utilities laid and buried, ground level raised and the surface graded. The work moved fast enough that we never got round to taking \"before\" photos.",[12,124,125],{},"Need a septic tank, utility trenching or fill and leveling on Koh Samui? 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Worked with a compact excavator in tight spaces between finished villas - completed in 2-3 days.","i16qqGmpPb9flIxs8KyeM7GHc8jn5o5PnuQIOwQbWjs",{"id":167,"title":168,"beforeAfter":7,"body":169,"cover":226,"date":227,"description":173,"equipment":228,"extension":59,"gallery":229,"location":156,"meta":248,"navigation":78,"path":249,"seo":250,"service":160,"sitemap":251,"slug":252,"stem":253,"summary":254,"__hash__":255},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway.md","Septic tank, tree removal and driveway concreting in Maenam",{"type":9,"value":170,"toc":219},[171,174,177,181,184,187,191,194,198,201,205,208,211,213,216],[12,172,173],{},"A client in Maenam Soi 3 came to us with three jobs at once: install a septic tank, remove a few unwanted trees from the garden, and concrete the driveway so he could drive in properly.",[12,175,176],{},"His garden is mature and well kept - coconuts, mangoes, limes and other fruit trees. Half the difficulty of this project was exactly that: the work had to be done carefully, without touching anything that mattered.",[16,178,180],{"id":179},"the-right-machine-for-a-tight-space","The right machine for a tight space",[12,182,183],{},"Bringing a large excavator in here was out of the question. We used a 3-tonne Yanmar B32 - it fits between the trees, turns in its own footprint and doesn't destroy what took years to grow.",[12,185,186],{},"The concrete septic rings were collected from the supplier and brought in by truck. Some of the material - the PVC pipes - we delivered on our tuk-tuk: a run to the builders' market and back is faster that way than sending the truck.",[16,188,190],{"id":189},"the-septic-tank","The septic tank",[12,192,193],{},"We dug the pit for the rings, set them to level and connected the pipework. Everything was installed so the system lasts and stays accessible for servicing.",[16,195,197],{"id":196},"the-trees","The trees",[12,199,200],{},"The unwanted trees were dug out with their root systems - leave the roots in place and you get voids that settle later. The neighbouring fruit trees were left untouched.",[16,202,204],{"id":203},"the-driveway","The driveway",[12,206,207],{},"Here we chose to check rather than assume. Before pouring any new concrete, we opened up the driveway with the excavator to see what was under the old surface. The base turned out to be weak - pour straight on top of that and the surface cracks within a couple of seasons.",[12,209,210],{},"We laid a beam underneath and properly reinforced the base. The result takes not only a car but a loaded truck - the client won't have to come back to this again.",[16,212,39],{"id":38},[12,214,215],{},"All three jobs closed in one visit: the septic system works, the garden is intact, and the driveway is concreted with strength to spare.",[12,217,218],{},"Need a septic tank, drainage or a concrete driveway on Koh Samui? Get in touch - we work in tight garden plots where care matters.",{"title":47,"searchDepth":48,"depth":48,"links":220},[221,222,223,224,225],{"id":179,"depth":48,"text":180},{"id":189,"depth":48,"text":190},{"id":196,"depth":48,"text":197},{"id":203,"depth":48,"text":204},{"id":38,"depth":48,"text":39},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway\u002Fhero.webp","2026-05-12",[56,58],[230,233,236,239,242,245],{"src":231,"alt":232},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway\u002Fremoving-tree-from-garden.webp","Compact excavator carefully digging out a tree in the client's garden",{"src":234,"alt":235},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway\u002Floading-concrete-rings-at-supplier.webp","Loading concrete septic rings onto the truck at the supplier's yard",{"src":237,"alt":238},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway\u002Fdelivering-pvc-pipes-by-tuk-tuk.webp","Delivering PVC pipes from the builders' market on our tuk-tuk",{"src":240,"alt":241},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway\u002Fdigging-pit-for-concrete-rings.webp","Digging the pit for the septic rings in the tight space of the garden",{"src":243,"alt":244},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway\u002Flowering-concrete-ring-into-pit.webp","Lowering a concrete ring into the prepared pit",{"src":246,"alt":247},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway\u002Fconcreting-the-driveway.webp","Concreting the driveway with a reinforced base for heavier loads",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway",{"title":168,"description":173},{"loc":249},"maenam-septic-tank-and-driveway","projects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway","Installed a septic tank, removed unwanted trees from a fruit garden and concreted the driveway in Maenam Soi 3. We used a 3-tonne Yanmar excavator to protect the garden, and reinforced the driveway to take trucks - not just cars.","BowwbJzTp-U1fllx4YxZajeUSMfrPzChHvvL8Zjqq8Q",{"id":257,"title":258,"beforeAfter":259,"body":265,"cover":298,"date":299,"description":269,"equipment":300,"extension":59,"gallery":301,"location":311,"meta":312,"navigation":78,"path":313,"seo":314,"service":315,"sitemap":316,"slug":317,"stem":318,"summary":319,"__hash__":320},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fplai-laem-waste-removal.md","Waste clearance and removal from a plot in Plai Laem",[260],{"beforeImage":261,"beforeAlt":262,"afterImage":263,"afterAlt":264},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fplai-laem-waste-removal\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-1.webp","Plot covered in construction and household waste","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fplai-laem-waste-removal\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-1.webp","The same plot after clearance and grading",{"type":9,"value":266,"toc":294},[267,270,273,277,280,283,286,288,291],[12,268,269],{},"The client came to us with a simple brief: the plot is covered in waste, make it go away. Construction offcuts, old household items, weeds growing over the top of it all - the usual story for land nobody has dealt with for a while.",[12,271,272],{},"Jobs like this tend to get put off: the volume looks small, but clearing it by hand is slow and unpleasant work. With machinery it takes a shift.",[16,274,276],{"id":275},"how-we-did-it","How we did it",[12,278,279],{},"A compact Yanmar excavator and a six-wheel dump truck came onto the plot in the morning.",[12,281,282],{},"The excavator beats hand-clearing here: the bucket picks up mixed rubbish together with the layer of topsoil it has sunk into, and loads it straight into the truck. The truck ran to the landfill and back - several trips across the day.",[12,284,285],{},"Once the plot was empty, we went over the surface with the excavator and graded it out. It's a small thing that matters: clearance leaves holes and heaps behind, and if you don't touch them the plot looks little better than it did before.",[16,287,39],{"id":38},[12,289,290],{},"One day - and instead of a dump site, a clean, level plot. All the waste went to the landfill and was disposed of properly, not dropped off \"somewhere\". The client signed the job off the same evening.",[12,292,293],{},"Need waste removed or a plot cleared on Koh Samui? Get in touch - smaller jobs we close in a single visit rather than dragging them across a week.",{"title":47,"searchDepth":48,"depth":48,"links":295},[296,297],{"id":275,"depth":48,"text":276},{"id":38,"depth":48,"text":39},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fplai-laem-waste-removal\u002Fhero.webp","2026-06-25",[56,58],[302,305,308],{"src":303,"alt":304},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fplai-laem-waste-removal\u002Fplot-before-cleanup.webp","The cluttered plot in Plai Laem before the clean-up began",{"src":306,"alt":307},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fplai-laem-waste-removal\u002Floading-truck-at-the-dump.webp","Tipping the waste from the dump truck at the landfill",{"src":309,"alt":310},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fplai-laem-waste-removal\u002Fcleared-plot-result.webp","The plot after clearance - waste removed and the ground graded","Plai Laem, Koh Samui",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Fplai-laem-waste-removal",{"title":258,"description":269},"land-clearing",{"loc":313},"plai-laem-waste-removal","projects\u002Fplai-laem-waste-removal","One-day clean-up of a waste-covered plot in Plai Laem: everything collected, hauled to the landfill and the surface graded. Done with a compact Yanmar excavator and a six-wheel dump truck.","K_Nuql_khvcsayNXnIramJ0sa16F1kd5Iu7smKvOLkY",{"id":322,"title":323,"beforeAfter":324,"body":345,"cover":383,"date":384,"description":349,"equipment":385,"extension":59,"gallery":387,"location":409,"meta":410,"navigation":78,"path":411,"seo":412,"service":315,"sitemap":413,"slug":414,"stem":415,"summary":416,"__hash__":417},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july.md","Site clearance in Bo Put, Chaweng - Koh Samui",[325,330,335,340],{"beforeImage":326,"beforeAlt":327,"afterImage":328,"afterAlt":329},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-1.webp","Dense vegetation covering the plot before clearance","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-1.webp","Plot cleared and leveled after day one",{"beforeImage":331,"beforeAlt":332,"afterImage":333,"afterAlt":334},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-2.webp","Overgrown section with large trees and palms","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-2.webp","Same section cleared, stumps removed, ground exposed",{"beforeImage":336,"beforeAlt":337,"afterImage":338,"afterAlt":339},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-3.webp","Trees and palms covering the plot before work started","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-3.webp","Area fully cleared and ready for leveling",{"beforeImage":341,"beforeAlt":342,"afterImage":343,"afterAlt":344},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-4.webp","Plot perimeter overgrown before work started","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-4.webp","Perimeter cleared, clean ground level achieved",{"type":9,"value":346,"toc":379},[347,350,353,357,360,363,366,370,373,376],[12,348,349],{},"The client - a developer with an active construction portfolio on the island - called us at 9 in the morning. By 11 we were on site together, walking the plot and agreeing on the scope. That evening we mobilised the machinery. Work started the next morning, and three days later the site was clear.",[12,351,352],{},"The plot is in Bo Put, close to the temple เจดีย์ศรีสุคตคีรี (เจดีย์เขาหัวจุก) in the Chaweng area. It was heavily overgrown - large trees and palms with deep root systems, uneven ground throughout. The kind of site where you need the right combination of machines and a crew that works at pace.",[16,354,356],{"id":355},"how-the-work-was-done","How the work was done",[12,358,359],{},"Before mobilising, we assessed the site and made a deliberate call on equipment. The tractor would handle the bulk of the clearing - pushing, dragging and moving vegetation across the plot. A compact excavator was enough for the large stumps and root extraction; there was no need for a full-size machine. That decision saved the client money on equipment hire, and it meant we could deliver the Yanmar B32 on the same Hino 300 truck that was already working the site - no separate low-loader required.",[12,361,362],{},"The Kubota L3608 tractor worked continuously, dragging felled logs and pushing material into loading position. The Hino 300 ran trips to haul everything off site between deliveries.",[12,364,365],{},"Some of the stumps were exceptional in size - one was bigger than the driver standing next to it. Getting those out cleanly without damaging the surrounding ground takes patience and the right angle of attack with the bucket.",[16,367,369],{"id":368},"three-days-clean-result","Three days, clean result",[12,371,372],{},"Day one: felling, initial clearing, start on the large stumps.\nDay two: stump extraction, trees and palms cleared, rough leveling.\nDay three: final leveling, cleanup, waste removal complete.",[12,374,375],{},"The client walked the site at the end of day three and confirmed everything was done to spec. He also proposed continuing the collaboration into the construction phase - the kind of outcome that comes from working fast and keeping the site in order throughout.",[12,377,378],{},"Site clearance in Bo Put, Chaweng or anywhere on Koh Samui at this pace is possible when the crew knows what they're doing and the machinery matches the job. If you need a plot cleared, get in touch - we can usually mobilise within 24 hours.",{"title":47,"searchDepth":48,"depth":48,"links":380},[381,382],{"id":355,"depth":48,"text":356},{"id":368,"depth":48,"text":369},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fhero.webp","2026-07-10",[56,386,58],"kubota-l3608",[388,391,394,397,400,403,406],{"src":389,"alt":390},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fplot-before-clearance.webp","Overgrown plot in Bo Put before clearance work began",{"src":392,"alt":393},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fexcavator-cab-view-during-work.webp","View from the excavator cab during active site clearance",{"src":395,"alt":396},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fdigging-out-large-tree-stump.webp","Excavator digging out a massive tree stump from the plot",{"src":398,"alt":399},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fgiant-stump-bigger-than-driver.webp","A tree stump larger than the driver - scale of the vegetation on site",{"src":401,"alt":402},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Ftractor-pulling-log.webp","Kubota tractor pulling a large felled log across the cleared area",{"src":404,"alt":405},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Floading-trees-and-stumps-into-truck.webp","Loading felled trees and stumps into the Hino 300 truck for removal",{"src":407,"alt":408},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fcleared-plot-result.webp","Final result - clean, level plot in Bo Put ready for construction","Bo Put, Koh Samui",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july",{"title":323,"description":349},{"loc":411},"site-clearance-bo-put-july","projects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july","Full site clearance in Bo Put near Chaweng, Koh Samui. 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