Bobcat E42 Mini Excavator
The primary machine. Digging, grading, pads, culverts, trenching, and light demo — with the reach for real work and the footprint for tight sites.
About the owner
Wade Jones founded Jones EarthWorks LLC in Adams County after seeing the gap from the customer's side: large excavation firms often pass on smaller residential projects, while informal operators frequently lack the insurance, equipment, and follow-through those projects require. Jones EarthWorks was built to serve that middle — professional, properly equipped excavation and site work, sized for residential, acreage, and light commercial projects.
The company's primary machine is a Bobcat E42 mini excavator, supported by digging, grading, and compaction attachments and the trucks and trailers to move equipment and material. The E42 is sized for precise work on residential, acreage, and light commercial sites — capable on excavation, grading, pads, culverts, and trenching, and compact enough to work around homes, trees, and finished landscaping without unnecessary disturbance. For projects that require heavier equipment, Jones EarthWorks rents larger machines through established local rental partners — the equipment on a project is matched to the work, not limited to a single machine. And when a project requires a different trade entirely, that is stated up front, before any work begins.
Several principles shape every estimate the company writes. Every site is evaluated on site before it is priced — measurements provided by others, satellite photos, and assumptions are never a substitute for standing on the ground. Estimates are provided in writing. Schedules are kept. And when a project is not the right fit — too large, a different trade, or outside the service area — that is stated plainly, with a referral when possible.
Jones EarthWorks LLC is fully insured, with liability and equipment coverage through Selective Insurance, and is based in Strasburg. Most work comes by referral and word of mouth across Strasburg, Bennett, Byers, Watkins, and the surrounding I-70 corridor — a reputation the company works to earn on every project.
Wade Jones — Owner, Jones EarthWorks LLC
The fleet
Equipment matched to the project
Attachments for the job
Buckets for digging and grading, plus compaction and cleanup attachments so a site is finished, not just dug, when we leave.
Delivery & rental access
Material sourcing and delivery by the load — road base, millings, gravel, sand, and mulch — coordinated with your project or delivered on its own. When a project requires larger equipment, it is rented through established local partners.
Work directly with the owner
Request a quote and you will hear back from the owner, who oversees every project from estimate to completion.