Foothills Excavating

About Foothills Excavating

Some drives in Blount County are long, gravel, and tipped uphill toward a ridge, and those are the ones that go impassable first. Foothills Excavating turns to snow removal when the cold sets in — pushing snow off drives and lots, opening turnarounds, and treating ice where a slope will not release it. The name suits the ground: the land east of Eagleton Village climbs steadily toward Walland and Montvale, and machinery built for dirt is machinery that can handle a gravel lane in January. A cleared lane running all the way back to the road, with the field beside it still white — that is the morning's whole reward. Calls come from Eagleton Village, Maryville, Alcoa, Walland, Townsend and Rockford.