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Real barn removal and demolition jobs from around central Illinois.
Old barns, corn cribs, machine sheds, and pole barns — torn down, hauled off, and graded smooth. Mattoon, IL — serving a 60-mile radius.
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Barn demolition contractor in Mattoon, IL — serving Charleston, Effingham, Shelbyville, Decatur, Champaign, and Urbana. Brohez Trucking LLC tears down timber-frame barns, corn cribs, machine sheds, hog barns, and pole barns, hauls the lumber, tin, and concrete to a proper disposal site, and leaves the ground clean and graded. Metal is pulled for scrap. Insured, owner-operated, on a 60-mile radius covering Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Moultrie, Shelby, Effingham, Champaign, and Macon counties. Free on-site estimate, or text a photo to (217) 809-0779.
An old barn that's done its time becomes a liability — a place kids and animals get into, a fire risk, a tax line, and a hazard one good wind away from coming down on its own. When it's time, you want it down, hauled, and the ground left clean.
Right here — call (217) 809-0779. Levi drives out, walks the building with you, and hands you one itemized number. Free, no obligation, anywhere inside 60 miles of Mattoon, IL. Don't want to wait for the visit? Text a photo of the building and get a reply the same day.
If you're comparing barn demolition contractors in central Illinois, here's what actually moves your number: the size and framing of the barn, whether there’s a foundation, slab or old milk-house floor to come out, asbestos on anything pre-1980, how tight the access is for a truck, and how far the debris hauls. We'll walk it and tell you straight.
Brohez Trucking LLC handles barn demolition across central Illinois — old timber-frame barns, corn cribs, machine sheds, grain-storage outbuildings, pole barns, and the leaning ones nobody wants to walk into anymore. Farm, residential, or acreage.
Searching barn removal companies near me and turning up outfits three counties away? We're based in Mattoon and work a 60-mile radius. You deal with Levi — the man on the machine, not a call center — and the travel is built into your estimate instead of tacked on afterward.
The Komatsu PC150LC handles the heavy work. The JCB mini and Takeuchi skid steer get into tight farmsteads and clean up after. Dump trucks haul the lumber, tin, and concrete straight to a proper disposal site. Barn standing to clean dirt is one job, one contractor.
It's your property, so take out anything you want to keep before we mobilize. We're also straight about what's in the structure before we start, including any signs of asbestos in old siding or roofing.
Still deciding whether it has to come down at all? Some barns are worth propping back up and some are past it, and it's usually the foundation and the frame that settle the argument rather than the roof everybody's looking at. We wrote the honest checklist we use when somebody asks: is your old barn worth saving? — read it before you decide either way. We'd rather you tear down a barn you're sure about.
Barns and outbuildings put up before about 1980 can carry asbestos in old siding, roofing, or pipe wrap. It's common on farmsteads and it's manageable — it just has to be handled the right way, not bulldozed and ignored.
Not sure what happens first? what happens before we tear down your barn walks the sequence. A barn is an agricultural structure, not a residence, so it gets no single-family exemption — a pre-demolition asbestos survey and the IEPA 10-working-day notification are required before it comes down, whatever its age. We coordinate both and build the 10-day clock into the schedule, and we don't cut corners on it. It's worth confirming the specifics with your local IEPA office, and we'll point you the right direction.
Talk to Levi — the man running the machine, not a call center. Call (217) 809-0779.
Here's how a Brohez barn job works: we tear the barn down, haul off every bit of it — lumber, tin, concrete, and trash — and leave you clean, graded dirt. The estimate is free and on-site, and the number you get is the number.
Every barn is different, so the price comes from a site walk, not a web page. What's coming down, how far it's leaning, what it's built from, whether the foundation comes out, and how far we haul all move the number. We look at yours and give you a straight, itemized quote — no pressure, no runaround.
It's your property, so take out anything you want to keep before we mobilize. Once we're on site the barn comes down as a unit — we don't hand-pull material out of it. Everything in it we clear and haul, metal goes out as scrap, and you walk away with a clean site.
Every barn is different. The basics don't change.
We come look at the barn, talk through what's coming down, check how far it's leaning and what it's built from, and give you a straight number. No pressure.
Most farm barns don't need a permit. If yours does, we help sort it out, call utility locates, and arrange to kill any power or water still running to the building.
It's your property — take out anything you want to keep before we mobilize. Once we start, the barn comes down as a unit.
The Komatsu works the barn down in a controlled sequence — even a leaner. No dropping things toward the house, the bins, or the neighbor's fence line.
We break out the foundation and old floor if it's part of the job, separate metal for recycling, and load lumber and debris onto dump trucks for proper disposal.
We backfill the hole, grade the footprint flat, and walk you through the finished work. Clean dirt — ready to farm, build, or seed down.
If it's old, in the way, and shouldn't be standing, we can probably help.
Classic gambrel and gable timber-frame barns brought down in a controlled sequence, foundation out if you want it, and every bit of it hauled.
Old slatted corn cribs and grain-storage outbuildings removed and hauled off — foundation and posts included if needed.
Equipment sheds, implement buildings, and lean-tos taken down and cleared so you can reclaim or rebuild the spot — more on our farm building demolition page.
Old pole barns broken down post by post, posts pulled or cut below grade, tin and lumber separated and hauled — see pole barn demolition.
The dangerous ones — half-down, sagging, or storm-damaged barns brought down in a controlled way and made safe.
Lumber, tin, concrete, and trash all hauled to a proper disposal site. Metal separated out as scrap. You walk away with clean dirt, not a pile.
Old stone or concrete barn foundations, footings, and floors broken out, hauled, and backfilled so the ground is usable again.
Lumber, tin, trash, and concrete all hauled to a proper disposal site. You walk away with clean dirt, not a burn pile.
A lot of these jobs aren't really a teardown — they're a rebuild that starts with a teardown. If a new building is going back down on that ground, say so on the first walk-through.
It changes how we do the work. Instead of just filling the hole and grading it flat, we can strip and stockpile the topsoil, compact the fill in lifts so the ground doesn't settle under a new slab, and leave the pad shot to grade and ready for the post holes or the concrete crew. The machines are already sitting there — doing it in one mobilization beats bringing a second outfit back out in the spring.
We build the pad, run the site prep, and set the drainage so water leaves the building instead of standing against it. Laser grade on the D6N for the finish work.
Compacted, graded, drained building pads — sized and shot to grade for your builder's plan.
Clearing, cut and fill, driveway and approach work, and finish grade — the whole site ready for the next trade.
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Real barn removal and demolition jobs from around central Illinois.
Brohez Trucking LLC gives free, on-site, itemized estimates for demolishing old barns and outbuildings anywhere within 60 miles of Mattoon, Illinois — call (217) 809-0779. We come out, walk the building with you, and give you one number that already includes the teardown, the debris haul-off, and the grading. Old barns, corn cribs, machine sheds, hog barns, pole barns, garages and sheds all count as outbuildings, and it's the same visit whether you have one or a whole farmstead of them. We cover a 60-mile radius from Mattoon, Illinois — Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Shelby, Moultrie, Effingham, Edgar, Clark, Champaign and Macon counties. There's no charge for the visit and no obligation to book the work. If you'd rather not wait for a visit, text a photo of the building and the address to (217) 809-0779 and you'll get a reply the same day — that's what broheztrucking.com/free-demolition-estimate/ is for.
Most rural and farm barns in central Illinois don't require a demolition permit. If the barn sits inside city limits, a permit is usually needed. We'll tell you what's required and help you handle it.
Yes. A leaning or partially collapsed barn is one of the more dangerous things on a property. We approach it carefully with the Komatsu, bring it down in a controlled sequence, and make the site safe. Don't go in there yourself — call us.
Yes. Cleanup is part of the job — old lumber, tin, concrete, and trash hauled to a proper disposal site. We separate metal where it makes sense and leave you clean dirt.
It's your property — take out whatever you want before we mobilize. Once we're on site the barn comes down as a unit; we don't hand-pull material out of it. Metal goes out as scrap, everything else is hauled, and you're left with a clean site.
Yes. If the job includes the foundation, footings, or an old concrete floor, we break it out, haul it off, and backfill or grade the spot so you can farm it, build on it, or seed it down.
A small shed or corn crib is often a day. A big timber-frame barn with foundation removal can run several days. We give you a realistic timeline at the estimate.
60-mile radius from Mattoon, IL — including Decatur, Champaign, Effingham, Charleston, Urbana, Sullivan, Tuscola, Shelbyville, Pana, and Terre Haute.
Off the building, not off a web page. What moves the number is the size of the barn, what it's built from, whether the foundation comes out, how far we haul the debris, and access to the site. We walk it with you and give one itemized number. Call (217) 809-0779. If you want the long version of what drives the figure before we come out, read what it costs to tear down a barn in Illinois.
If you're inside a 60-mile radius of Mattoon, Illinois, yes. Brohez Trucking LLC tears down old barns, corn cribs, machine sheds, hog barns and pole barns, hauls the debris off, and grades the ground back smooth throughout that radius — Decatur, Champaign, Effingham, Charleston, Urbana, Sullivan, Tuscola, Shelbyville, Pana, and Terre Haute included. You deal with Levi, the owner running the machine, and travel is built into the estimate rather than added afterward. Call or text a photo during the workday and you get a straight number back the same day. Free on-site estimate: (217) 809-0779.
A house and attached garage in Charleston, Illinois — block and brick separated and hauled to clean fill, roof and contents loaded into 30-yard boxes, and the slab left in place because that's what the owner wanted.
That one was a house and garage rather than a barn, but it's the same crew and the same iron that takes a barn down: separate the metal for scrap, load the rest, haul it, and grade the footprint back.
See how that job went →Brohez Trucking LLC delivers demolition across a 60-mile radius from Mattoon, IL — into Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Shelby, Moultrie, Effingham, Edgar, Clark, Champaign, and Macon counties, plus over the line into Vigo County, Indiana. Pick your town below for local details, or call (217) 809-0779 for a free estimate anywhere in the radius.
Every one of these is a real Google review from a real central Illinois customer. See them all on our reviews page.
"We hired Levy for a large demo job and dirt removal. They showed up on time, worked hard, and completed the job faster than I expected. What impressed me most was how clean they left the site afterwards — no mess left behind."
"Great Service and Great Price! They continued working for 3 days to demolish three buildings and removed all the debris to dumpsters that I ordered. Then, they also came in with dirt to fill the whole backyard. Strongly recommended!"
"Very responsive, fair pricing, and easy to work with. Did a great job for our project."
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