Dotson Excavating

If you're looking for top-quality dirt work or excavating needs, Riley takes great pride in his work and customer satisfaction, and it shows. He not only takes the time to get the job done right but also to exceed his customers' expectations! I highly recommend him and his crew, not only for his talent and dedication to the job but also for great customer service.

I’m writing this review to hopefully save someone else from the terrible experience we had. I originally wrote a much longer, very detailed version of everything that happened, but Google wouldn’t allow the full length — so this is the shortened version with much detail left out. I had used Riley and his team before and had always spoken highly of them. I even considered him a friend and trusted him deeply. But our most recent project in 2024 — a pond and drainage job — was a complete disaster from start to finish. It revealed a shocking lack of integrity, ownership, and accountability that I never expected from him. The job went from an estimated $15–18K to a final bill of about $48,000, and that’s after he knocked a little off. Yes, you read that right — nearly triple the original esti

Riley and his guys are a great team. I had them build my bass pond, and it's going to be a good one. Way more than I hoped for. Great job guys

Riley and his crew did a great job installing this low water crossing - I appreciated his good communication throughout the process. I look forward to working with him again.

Great, quick Work! I had originally contacted Riley about doing some roll offs as we were tearing down a building on the property. In doing so, i realized the project was more than I could handle with hand tools and called in the professionals! I will say they had this building down, had a hole dug for scrap material in 45 minutes or less. For the price, this kind of work was a breeze to let them take care of it. Will definitely be calling back for some land clearing once some other things are in line. Riley is super responsive to emails as well!