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Excavation In Mattoon, IL

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Excavation & Site Work in Mattoon

Brohez Trucking LLC is based in Mattoon, IL — Coles County, central Illinois. The shop, the equipment, and the dump trucks are all here. When you call (217) 809-0779, you're calling Mattoon — Levi answers.

We handle excavation, demolition, rock driveways, dirt hauling, pond work, drainage, foundations, and site prep for Mattoon homeowners, contractors, farmers, and businesses. Same-day response is normal in town — emergency culvert washouts, drainage that needs fixed before the next rain, demo work on a tight schedule.

If it's in Mattoon, we're not "coming in from out of town." We're already here.

Services Available

⛏️ Excavation

Foundations, basements, drainage, septic, trenching, and site prep across Mattoon.

🪨 Rock Driveways

Crushed limestone driveway installs and repairs across Mattoon properties.

🏗️ Demolition

Houses, barns, garages, foundations, and structures torn down clean.

🌲 Land Clearing

Brush, trees, fence rows, and stumps cleared.

🚚 Dirt & Material Hauling

Fill dirt, topsoil, gravel, and rock delivered. Spoils hauled off.

💧 Pond Cleanout

Farm pond and recreation pond cleanouts, restoration, and new ponds.

🚧 Culvert Repair

Driveway and road culvert installs and replacements across Mattoon.

💧 French Drains

French drain installation in Mattoon — perimeter, footing, and yard French drains to carry off groundwater and dry out wet ground.

💧 Drainage & Tile

Drainage tile, French drains, foundation drains, and yard drainage. Soggy yards and standing water fixed.

📐 Site Preparation

Pole barn pads, garage pads, residential foundations, and commercial slab prep — ready for the slab crew.

🏠 Foundation Excavation

Footing digs, basement excavation, crawl spaces, and pole barn footings.

🌳 Stump Removal

Single yard stumps to whole fence rows pulled or ground. Holes backfilled.

⛰️ Grading

Yard grading, driveway, lot, and finish grading in Mattoon — regrade to fix standing water, crowned, sloped, and drained right.

💧 Pond Construction

New ponds built from scratch — layout, basin, dam, spillway, and seeding.

🌾 Grassed Waterways

NRCS-spec waterways and WASCOBs — cut, shaped, and seeded to plan.

🏗️ Pole Barn Pads

Stripped, cut, compacted, and rocked — ready for the post crew.

In Mattoon, that demolition includes barn demolition, garage & shed teardown, grain bin removal, and concrete & foundation removal — torn down, hauled off, and the site graded clean. See all demolition services.

What a Teardown in Mattoon Costs Depends On

There's no honest flat price on a teardown — what it runs in Mattoon comes down to size and construction, whether the foundation or slab comes out, asbestos on the older buildings, how tight the access is, and how far the debris has to haul. We read all of that at a free on-site walk and hand you a straight number.

See what moves the price on a barn, house, garage, or grain bin teardown.

The Local Choice

Working Around Mattoon

Mattoon sits in Coles County, central Illinois — about 17,000 people, on the I-57 corridor halfway between Champaign and Effingham. We work all over town: the older neighborhoods on the north and west sides, the newer subdivisions, the commercial strip on Route 16, the industrial zone on the south end, and the rural ground out toward Cooks Mills, Humboldt, and Lake Mattoon.

Sub-areas we cover too: Cooks Mills, Humboldt, Lake Mattoon, Lerna, the rural Coles County roads, and right into Charleston (12 miles east). If you're in Coles County, we're in your area.

Common Mattoon jobs: Foundation digs and basement excavation for new builds, drainage tile fixes for the older neighborhoods with original clay tile, rock driveway installs and refresh on rural lanes, demo on small commercial buildings and houses, pond cleanouts on Lake Mattoon and farm ponds out in the county, and the everyday culvert and drainage work that small-town life turns up.

Recent Mattoon jobs: a backyard in-ground pool excavation and yard regrade, a 42-ton crushed-rock driveway, several tandem loads of fill dirt hauled and placed, and CA-7 driveway rock delivered and spread — all in and around Mattoon over the past few weeks.

Emergency response: If a culvert washes out, a tile breaks, or you've got water where you can't have it — call. Same-day response in town is normal. We'd rather work the emergency than turn it down.

Mattoon, IL FAQs

Are you actually based in Mattoon?

Yes — the shop, the equipment, and the dump trucks are in Mattoon. Levi grew up here. When you call (217) 809-0779 you're calling local.

Can you start same-day in Mattoon?

Often, yes — depends on what's already booked. Emergency drainage and culvert work get priority. Call early and we'll tell you straight.

What sub-areas around Mattoon do you cover?

Mattoon proper, plus Cooks Mills, Humboldt, Lake Mattoon, Lerna, Charleston, and the rural Coles County roads in between.

Do you do small jobs in town, or only big ones?

Both. A single load of rock for a driveway patch is fine — same crew, same straight pricing.

Are you fully insured?

Yes — full liability and equipment coverage. Certificate of insurance available on request before we start.

What's the most common Mattoon job?

Drainage tile work, rock driveway refreshes, and small demolition are the volume. Foundation digs and pond cleanouts come in regular too.

5★ on Google

★★★★★

"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!"

— Xiao Zhang
Multi-building demolition · Google Review

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Where Mattoon Sits

Mattoon, IL is roughly the center of our 60-mile service radius. We work Mattoon and the surrounding county regularly.

Got A Job In Mattoon?

Call us and we'll come look. No pressure, no obligation — just a straight number.

When you call, you talk to Levi — the man running the machine, not a salesman.

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Hours: Open daily, 7am–7pm · Mattoon, IL · Coles County