Dykstra Excavating Inc.

About Dykstra Excavating Inc.

Dutch surnames like Dykstra run as thick through Orange City's history as the tulip beds that fill the town each spring, and the same steadiness shows in how this crew moves through winter. Dykstra Excavating runs equipment built for moving earth, and in January that means turning loaders and blades toward packed snow instead of dirt, clearing wide commercial lots and building sites that a smaller outfit couldn't touch before the ground even thaws. The Sioux County flatness that makes farming easy also lets snow travel fast and far, and a lot cleared here can drift shut again within hours if the wind is working. There's a particular kind of quiet at 5 a.m., when the only sound in town is a diesel engine and the scrape of steel on pavement. By the time the crews and customers arrive, the lot is bare ground again, ready for whatever the day needs.