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Real pole barn and metal building demolition jobs from around central Illinois.
Pole barns, metal machine sheds, post-frame outbuildings, and steel buildings — torn down, posts pulled, concrete floor removed, usable steel and tin salvaged if you want, hauled off, and graded smooth. Mattoon, IL — serving a 60-mile radius.
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An old pole barn that's done its time becomes a liability — sagging trusses, rusting tin, rotted posts, a place kids and animals get into, and a hazard one good wind 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 walks the building with you and hands you one itemized number. Free, no obligation, inside 60 miles of Mattoon, IL.
Brohez Trucking LLC handles pole barn demolition across central Illinois — wood post-frame pole barns, metal machine sheds, steel buildings, post-frame outbuildings, lean-tos, and the storm-damaged ones nobody wants to walk into anymore. Farm, residential, or acreage.
Searching pole barn demolition near me and turning up outfits three counties away? We're based in Mattoon and work a 60-mile radius. Brohez Trucking LLC handles complete pole barn, machine shed, and post-frame outbuilding teardown, debris hauling, and smooth grading — all inside that 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. Call or text a photo during the workday and you get a straight number back the same day.
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.
If there's usable steel roofing, wall tin, or sound trusses you want saved, tell us up front — good metal can have real value, and we'll plan the teardown to pull it carefully. We're also straight about what's in the structure before we start, including any signs of asbestos in old siding or transite panels.
Insured — Certificate of Insurance emailed before we roll in. You'll have it in writing before any equipment shows up on your ground.
Older structures can carry asbestos (siding, old board, transite panels). What decides the paperwork is the building, not its age: a farm or commercial pole barn gets no single-family exemption, so the pre-demolition survey and the IEPA 10-working-day notification are required and we build that clock into the schedule. A pole barn that's an accessory to a single-family residence is exempt from both.
Talk to Levi — the man running the machine, not a call center. Text a photo of your barn and he'll get you a straight number.Every building is different. The basics don't change.
We come look at the building, talk through what's coming down, check whether it's wood post-frame or steel and what shape it's in, and give you a straight number. No pressure.
Most farm pole barns don't need a local permit. We call the JULIE locate and kill any power or water still running. A farm or commercial pole barn gets no single-family exemption, so the asbestos survey and the IEPA 10-working-day notification get filed before anything comes down; a pole barn that's an accessory to a single-family residence is exempt from both.
Take out anything you want to keep before we mobilize. Once we start, the building comes down as a unit. Steel and tin are separated for scrap and everything else is hauled.
The Komatsu works the building down in a controlled sequence — even a sagging or storm-damaged one. No dropping things toward the house, the bins, or the neighbor's fence line.
We pull the posts or cut them below grade, break out the concrete floor if it's part of the job, separate steel and tin for recycling, and load lumber and debris onto dump trucks.
We backfill the post holes, 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 post-frame pole barns broken down post by post, posts pulled or cut below grade, tin and lumber separated and hauled.
Steel and metal machine sheds and implement buildings taken down clean, the steel and tin separated for recycling.
Post-frame shops, garages, livestock buildings, and outbuildings cleared so you can reclaim or rebuild the spot.
Bolt-up and rigid-frame steel buildings disassembled or torn down, anchor bolts cut, and the steel hauled to recycling.
Lean-tos, sheds, and add-on bays pulled off the main building or cleared on their own — fast and clean.
The dangerous ones — sagging, half-down, or wind-damaged pole barns brought down in a controlled way and made safe.
Old concrete floors, footings, and pier pads 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 pole barn and metal building demolition jobs from around central Illinois.
Brohez Trucking LLC gives free, on-site, itemized estimates for pole barn demolition 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 tin and lumber hauled off, the posts pulled, the concrete if there is a floor coming out, and the ground graded. Machine sheds, shops, riding arenas, livestock buildings and storage barns all count. Metal is pulled for scrap. If you are putting a new building back on the same spot, say so at the walk — that changes how we leave the pad. We cover Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Shelby, Moultrie, Effingham, Edgar, Clark, Champaign and Macon counties. There is no charge for the visit and no obligation to book the work.
It depends on the size of the building, whether it's wood post-frame or a steel building, whether the concrete floor comes out, how far we haul the debris, and access to the site. We give free on-site estimates with a straight number. Call (217) 809-0779.
Most rural and farm pole barns in central Illinois don't require a demolition permit. If the building sits inside city limits, a permit is usually needed. We'll tell you what's required and help you handle it.
Yes. Metal machine sheds, steel buildings, and post-frame outbuildings come down clean with the Komatsu. We separate the steel and tin for recycling, pull or cut the posts, and haul the debris off.
Yes. On a post-frame building the posts are set in the ground, often in concrete. We pull them or cut them below grade so nothing's left to catch a tire or a tillage tool, then backfill the holes.
Often, yes. Good metal roofing, wall tin, and sound trusses can have real value. Tell us at the estimate what you want saved and we'll plan the teardown to pull it carefully before the main demo. It adds a little time.
Yes. If the job includes the concrete floor, footings, or pier pads, 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.
It can. Older structures can carry asbestos in siding, old board or transite panels. But what decides the paperwork is the building, not its age: a farm or commercial pole barn gets no single-family exemption, so a pre-demolition asbestos survey and the IEPA 10-working-day notification are required, and we build that clock into the schedule. A pole barn that's an accessory to a single-family residence is exempt from both. We tell you up front what we find before anything comes down.
If you're inside a 60-mile radius of Mattoon, Illinois, yes. Brohez Trucking LLC handles complete pole barn, machine shed, and post-frame outbuilding teardown, debris hauling, and smooth grading throughout that radius. 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.
60-mile radius from Mattoon, IL — including Decatur, Champaign, Effingham, Charleston, Urbana, Sullivan, Tuscola, Shelbyville, Pana, and Terre Haute.
It depends on the size of the building, whether it's wood post-frame or a steel building, whether the concrete floor comes out, how far we haul the debris, and access to the site. We give free on-site estimates with a straight number. Call (217) 809-0779.
A storm-wrecked garage and shed near Charleston — both structures off the lot, a tree and its root ball pulled off the house, debris hauled, and the ground graded back so the yard was usable again.
Post-frame buildings come down the same way whether it's storm damage or just age — structure off, debris hauled, ground graded. If a new pad is going where the old building stood, that happens in the same mobilization.
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.
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"These guys have went above and beyond for me. My garage was damaged in the tornado. They finished knocking it down and an amazing job of cleaning it up. I would definitely hire them again if needed!"
"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 come in with dirt to fill the whole backyard. Strongly recommended!"
"The tornado made quite a mess of the buildings on my property. They were quick to schedule and begin work given the local workload after the storm. Very skilled service in salvaging machines and vehicles under debris. Every custom request was fulfilled and felt very confident throughout the process. Total satisfaction. Brohez will definitely be my 1st choice for future projects."
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