I started this business In 1978 as a high school student. I started out mowing lawns and eventually purchased my first backhoe and developed a landscape design and construction business.

I then spent 4 years implementing the designs of renowned Landscape Architect, James Rose.
This experience has given me a truly unique awareness of the aesthetic and the understanding
of how things need to function. I integrate this perspective into all my excavation work.
Let us put our 3 decades of experience to work for you !

Communication with our customers is our trademark!
Schaffer Excavating is a member of the Ulster County Chamber of Commerce