Rardin Excavating Inc

About Rardin Excavating Inc

Nisswa is known in summer for its Wednesday turtle races, but in deep winter the town belongs to the lakes — ice booming in the dark, north wind sweeping off Gull Lake, snow drifting over docks hauled up on shore. Rardin Excavating Inc puts heavy equipment to work on snow removal, digging out whatever fell while the town slept. The work has a satisfying weight to it: a long drive punched through, a turnaround squared off, snow piled where it won't bother anyone come the spring melt. When the overnight snowfall gives way to a pink-edged morning over the frozen lake, an opened drive is the first sign the day can begin. It's hearty work in a town that knows how to wait out a storm.