Dave's Bobcat Service.

Permits filed under the licence go back to 2013 and run through 2024. Spokane County sewer permits make up much of the record, for sites in Spokane, Spokane Valley and Greenacres, alongside Spokane Valley approach and right-of-way permits for driveway and street-edge work, and a demolition permit in Spokane Valley in 2024. The company says it has been in business since 2005 and describes itself as family-owned. The state lists David Schmidt as a principal since 2007. This suits a homeowner tearing down an old garage or outbuilding, clearing a lot, or replacing a side sewer, and a commercial owner who needs equipment hauled out and a site cleaned up. The crew is one to three people and the work comes mostly through referrals and repeat customers, so expect to deal with the person doing the job. It's heavy-equipment and excavation work, not framing a new house or handling electrical and plumbing repairs inside one. Around Spokane, digging is easiest from late spring into fall. Frost settles into the ground over winter, and freeze-thaw in early spring leaves soils soft and rutted, which is hard on yards and approaches. Sewer trenches and right-of-way work go smoother once the ground has dried out, though dry summer months bring dust that demolition and clean-up crews have to keep down. Booking excavation or a teardown ahead of the busy season helps, and finishing driveway approaches before the first hard freeze avoids patching them come spring.