ABOUT US

25 Years of Moving Dirt in Middle Tennessee, Built on Handshakes and Job Well Done

Led by Doug Lee. Doug is a licensed electrician who started running excavation equipment on the side in 2000 and never stopped. He went full-time in 2020 after two decades of growing the operation one job and one referral at a time. When you call JD Lee, Doug picks up. When a crew is on your property, Doug knows what’s happening on it.
Based in McEwen, Humphreys County. JD Lee Excavating sits in the middle of the western Nashville corridor, serving residential and commercial clients across Humphreys, Dickson, Hickman, Perry, Montgomery, Maury, and Davidson counties. The company holds a Tennessee contractor’s license for projects up to $3 million, carries full bonding, and maintains liability and workers’ compensation coverage on every active job.

Excavator bucket dropping dirt into an open trench.

How JD Lee Excavating Got Here

Doug spent years as a licensed electrician while running excavation jobs on evenings and weekends. The side work kept growing because people kept calling back. By 2020, the excavation business had outgrown the side hustle stage, and Doug made it his full-time operation. No outside investors or corporate backing. Just a contractor who showed up, did the work right, and let the referrals do the selling. That same approach runs every project today.

A Fleet That Matches the Work

Four dozers, three excavators, haul trucks, scrapers, compaction rollers, and a GPS grading system. Every machine is owned. No rentals, no scheduling delays, no waiting on someone else’s equipment to show up.

The Phone Gets Answered

Doug takes calls at 5 PM on a Friday. Texts get responses. When there’s a weather delay or a schedule change, you hear about it before you have to ask. In an industry where half the competition disappears mid-job, that’s how Doug has kept clients coming back for 25 years.

One Standard Across Every Job

The same licensing, bonding, insurance, equipment, and crew standards apply whether the project is a residential driveway or a commercial site prep. The scope changes. The standard doesn’t.

Let’s Talk About Your Project

Tell us what you’re building, where the property is, and what the land looks like right now. We’ll get back to you with a straight answer and a realistic timeline.