Bobcat & Landscaping Service
Timber Lane TPW, LLC
5 Timber Lane, Swainton, NJ 08210-1462
NJ Contractor License # 13VH03164600
Fully Insured
609-780-7129
* Bobcat Service * Land Shaping *
* Woods Thinned * Brush Cleared *
* Stone Driveways * Rock Walls *
* Fill & Grading * Snow Removal *
* Split Rail Fence * Electric Deer Fence *
* Raised Beds * Gardens Mulched *
* Trees, Shrubs & Flowers Planted *
Serving all of Cape May County
All Phone Calls Returned Promptly
Free Estimates, Best Prices Around
All Materials at Cost
Most Jobs Started within 1 Week
Timber Lane takes a different approach to land shaping and landscaping. All the work is performed by Douglas, so you get personal service and a one-on-one relationship that assures that the job is done exactly as you want. You are consulted every step of the way so that critical decisions or design changes are a joint venture, not just the way the contractor feels like doing it.
Most jobs can be started within a week, and work is performed seven days a week until completed (Sunday work is prohibited in some towns). All materials – from gravel, topsoil and mulch to fencing and plants – are at cost. You get a copy of the bills and you pay that exact amount. There’s never a mark-up on materials. Since many suppliers give us a discount, that savings is passed directly to you!
Our bobcat (technically called a “skid steer”) is a 2005 New Holland LS170. We have a number of attachments to help perform your task. Besides the traditional 72” wide bucket, we have a grapple bucket for grabbing brush, logs and trash; forks for picking up pallets and flat objects; and a small backhoe for digging. We also have a wide array of hand tools, including chainsaws, posthole diggers, spades, trenching shovels, rakes, wheelbarrows, chains, and much more. We can rent any other machine or tool needed – again, at cost.
Most folks are surprised by the amount of work a man and his skid steer can do. A common comment from happy homeowners is, “I never thought one guy could get all this work done so fast. It looks great”. Most land shaping and gravel driveway jobs take just a day or two, at a cost so reasonable that you’ll wonder why you hesitated.
Our strength is also the “ideas” we can bring. When we come out to your property the first time to give you an estimate, you’ll immediately get a sense of teamwork. We’ll offer different scenarios – and ways of saving money. We’re on your side and at your side.
IDEA GUIDE
A new layer of gravel was added to these two driveways. Each took two hours to relevel the old gravel, then two hours to spread the new gravel.
This 300-foot long driveway first needed a few trees cut and many limbs trimmed to allow UPS-sized trucks access to the house. Then one hour of prep on the driveway and three hours to spread the new gravel, and the result was a beautiful tree-lined lane.
This project began with several days of clearing dense undergrowth resulting in a park-like setting of mature, healthy trees.
The homeowners wanted no-maintenance gravel rather than a lawn, so to the left of the driveway we added two sections of split rail fence, plus three flower beds, to soften the look. To the right of the drive we built two rock wall beds, then added shrubs and trees. The gravel came in last and the job was done. We'll bring in more shrubs in the spring.
Both these homeowners needed more parking. On the left, the property had a tangle of saplings, briars, and old stumps next to their asphalt driveway. That was all removed, leaving just the healthy, mature trees. Then the gravel was brought in and spread, finishing the entire job in just eight hours and giving the homeowner eight additional parking spots. On the right, the homeowner had a single lane driveway in front of the house that wasn't sufficient. We cleared the underbrush next to the house and leveled the ground, then removed the gravel from the old driveway and placed it in the new driveway. Last we graveled the new driveway, allowing parking for six vehicles. The whole project was done in two days.
Many homeowners are familiar with this sight - thick woods choked with briars, poison ivy, poison sumac, and poison oak, with ticks and mosquitos lurking. This can become usable ground by eliminating the underbrush and saplings, leaving the mature trees. It's then a great place to set a bench or picnic table for summer days in the cool shade.
Color and variety make your flower beds most interesting. On the left, the foreground has a rainbow of flowers surrounding a young dogwood tree. Raised vegetable beds are in the background. On the right, this arbor is draped in climbing clematis and the beds hold three different colors of cannas with begonias planted in front to complete the painting.
A pergola is a great place to hang plants, place large buckets for flowers, and put interesting items like the chiminea and wooden planter with hand pump. The broken sunlight makes the bench a favorite resting place. Creating alleyways through your foliage gives inviting glimpses and provides cooling shade in the summer time.
On the left, lining your driveway with acuba, which grow to 12-feet and hold their leaves yearround, is a nice effect and it affords privacy. On the right, ornamental grasses provide a nice privacy screen along the street and a visually pleasing display when they sway in the wind.
Bamboo, when controlled properly, makes the best privacy screen. It grows 20-30 feet tall and fills in thick to make an inpenetrable barrier. The trick is to first place a plastic barrier underground to keep the roots from spreading to undesired areas. We planted 120 bamboo plants in this 300-foot run. The first spring/summer we got 285 new shoots, which grow as much as six inches per day. The second year we got over 1,000 new shoots. We're expecting 3,000-4,000 this year as the bamboo wall thickens and fills in.
There are a number of ways to keep unwanted critters off your property. On the left, this split rail fence also holds four strands of electrified wire. There are strands at 6" and 12" above the ground to deter raccoons and possums, then strands between the two rails and across the top to discourage deer. On the right, the white fiberglas poles carry electrified wire at 6', 12", 24" and 48" above the ground. The wire is almost unnoticable, but four-legged varmints learn quick. The current is just 11 volts, or roughly 1/10 of the voltage in a wall socket, but it's enough. It doesn't affect birds that land on it, since you have to be touching the ground to complete the current's circuit.
