Block Excavating Co

About Block Excavating Co

Lake Kampeska sits right at Watertown's edge, and by January its shoreline cabins and the ice houses dotting the frozen surface have their own small winter economy going. Block Excavating Co runs heavier equipment down the lake roads and boat-launch drives that summer traffic never has to think about, clearing the same gravel approaches that in July lead to docks and swimming beaches. A wind off the open ice can pile a drift across a lake road faster than a plow can clear the last one, so the crew works the shoreline in a loop rather than a straight pass, doubling back before the wind undoes the morning's work. Beyond the lake, the same equipment handles the farm approaches and larger lots around town that need a loader's reach rather than a light truck blade. Kampeska freezes thick enough most winters to trust, and keeping the roads to it open is its own kind of maintenance.