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Real grain bin removal and demolition jobs from around central Illinois.
Steel grain bins, hopper bins, concrete and tile silos, leg and auger systems, dryers, and the pads and foundations under them — torn down, the steel scrapped to help offset the job, hauled off, and graded smooth. Mattoon, IL — serving a 60-mile radius.
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Call or text and you get Levi, the man running the machine. Not a call center, not a lead broker passing your number around. Reach out during the workday and you hear back the same day.
An old grain bin or silo that's out of service becomes a liability — rusting through, leaning, a place kids and critters get into, and one good wind from peeling apart over the fence line. When it's time, you want it down, the steel handled, and the ground left clean.
Brohez Trucking LLC handles grain elevator demolition, grain bin removal, and silo demolition across central Illinois — country elevators and their headhouses, corrugated steel bins of every size, old concrete-stave and tile silos, leg systems, augers, conveyors, grain dryers, catwalks, and the pads, pits, and foundations under all of it. Single bins, whole bin yards, elevator sites, and full farmstead cleanups.
Searching grain bin removal 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 grain bin, silo, and leg-system teardown, steel separated for scrap, 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 bin yards and clean up after. Dump trucks haul the steel, tin, and concrete to the right place. Bin standing to clean dirt is one job, one contractor.
Here's the part nobody else will say plain: a bin or silo is a lot of steel, and the steel has scrap value that helps offset the job — we're straight about that. It's in your number, not pocketed quietly on the back end.
If you're comparing grain bin removal companies in central Illinois, here's what actually moves your number: how many bins and what size, whether a silo or leg system is involved, whether the concrete pad and foundation come out, and how tight the site is. We'll walk it and tell you straight.
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, transite board, roofing, pipe insulation). On an elevator or any other ag-commercial structure there's no single-family exemption — the survey and the IEPA 10-working-day notification are required, we coordinate both, and a licensed abatement contractor handles any removal before we demolish. We don't cut corners on it.
Talk to Levi — the man running the machine, not a call center. Text a photo of your bin or elevator and he'll get you a straight number.A country elevator is a different animal from a farm bin yard — headhouse, bucket leg, crib or concrete storage, truck driveway, scale pit, and a boot pit and tunnel underneath. It's a plant, not a structure, and it's priced differently.
We take those down too, mechanically, with the foundations out below grade and the site graded clean — including village and co-op projects bid as prime. That work has its own page: grain elevator demolition →
Every bin yard is different. The basics don't change.
We come look at the bins, silos, and leg system, talk through what's coming down, weigh up the scrap steel, and give you a straight number. No pressure.
We call utility locates, kill any power or aeration still running, and on pre-1980 structures coordinate the inspection and IEPA 10-day notification before anything comes down.
Legs, augers, conveyors, dryers, fans, and catwalks come down first — disconnected, dropped safe, and set aside as clean steel for scrap.
The Komatsu works the bin or silo down in a controlled sequence — even a leaner or a cracked concrete stave. No dropping things toward the house, the other bins, or the neighbor's fence.
We break out the concrete pad and ring footing if it's part of the job, separate the steel for the scrapyard, and load concrete and debris onto dump trucks.
We backfill, grade the footprint flat, and walk you through the finished work. Clean dirt — ready to farm, build, or seed down.
If it's old, out of service, and shouldn't be standing, we can probably help.
Hopper-bottom bins, feed bins, and their stands cut down and hauled off — steel separated out for scrap.
A row or cluster of bins cleared in one move — set up once, take them all, and leave the yard graded clean.
Corrugated steel bins of every size torn down clean, the steel separated and scrapped to help offset the job.
Old concrete-stave and tile silos — cracked, leaning, or storm-damaged — brought down in a controlled way and hauled off. Full detail on our silo removal page.
Bin legs, augers, conveyors, catwalks, and support towers disconnected, dropped safe, and pulled out as scrap steel.
Dryers, aeration fans, and the wiring and ductwork tying the system together removed and hauled along with the bins.
The dangerous ones — rusted through, sagging, or half-collapsed bins taken down safe so nobody walks into a bad one.
A bin yard is a lot of steel. We weigh that value into your number and we're straight about how it offsets the job.
Concrete pads, ring footings, and old foundations under the bins broken out, hauled, and backfilled so the ground is usable again.
A whole cluster of old bins, silos, legs, and outbuildings cleared in one job — that's our farm building demolition work. You walk away with clean dirt, not a scrap heap.
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Real grain bin removal and demolition jobs from around central Illinois.
It depends on the size and number of bins, whether silos or a leg system are involved, whether the concrete pad and foundation come out, and access to the site. The steel carries scrap value that helps offset the job, and we're straight about that in the number. We give free on-site estimates with a straight number. Call (217) 809-0779.
Often, yes. A grain bin, silo, or leg system is a lot of steel, and that steel has scrap value. We factor that into your number and we're straight about it — you're not paying full demo price on something we turn around and sell. The bigger and cleaner the steel, the more it helps offset the job.
Yes — country grain elevators are their own line of work for us: headhouse and bucket leg, wood-crib or concrete storage, steel annex tanks, truck driveway and scale pit, plus the boot pit, conveyor tunnel and mass footings below grade. It's mechanical demolition only — no explosives or implosion — with the foundations out to spec depth and the site backfilled and graded. We bid village and co-op elevator projects as prime contractor. Full detail is on our grain elevator demolition page at https://broheztrucking.com/grain-elevator-demolition/ or call (217) 809-0779.
A bin is mostly steel sitting on a pad — it comes down, the steel is scrapped, the pad and footing come out, and the ground gets graded. An elevator is a whole plant: a tall headhouse, a bucket leg, cribbed timber or slipformed concrete storage, a driveway and scale, and a surprising amount of structure below grade. Different sequence, different equipment time, and different pricing. See our grain elevator demolition page at https://broheztrucking.com/grain-elevator-demolition/.
Yes. Old concrete-stave and tile silos are some of the more dangerous structures on a farm — they crack, lean, and drop chunks. We bring them down in a controlled sequence with the Komatsu, haul the debris, and clean up the pad. Don't climb or push on one yourself — call us. Silos have their own page with the full detail, including stave versus steel and silo cleaning: silo removal & silo demolition.
Yes. Bin legs, augers, conveyors, grain dryers, and the catwalks tying it all together come down as part of the job. That equipment is steel too, so it adds to the scrap offset. We disconnect, drop it safe, and haul it off.
Yes. If the job includes the concrete pad, ring footing, or old foundation, 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, transite board, gaskets, roofing, or pipe and boiler insulation. An elevator or any other commercial or ag-commercial structure doesn't get the exemption a single-family house does — an asbestos survey and the IEPA 10-working-day notification are real requirements, and we coordinate both. If there's asbestos to remove, a licensed abatement contractor takes it out before we demolish; that's not work we self-perform. We tell you up front what we find before anything comes down.
Yes. A lot of our work is full farmstead cleanup — a cluster of old bins, a silo, a leg, and the outbuildings around them all cleared in one job, one contractor. Steel separated for scrap, concrete and debris hauled, ground left clean and farmable.
If you're inside a 60-mile radius of Mattoon, Illinois, yes. Brohez Trucking LLC handles complete grain bin, silo, and leg-system teardown, steel separated for scrap, 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.
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.
Give us the basics and Levi calls you back the same day with a straight number. Rather talk now? (217) 809-0779 or text a photo.
Call us and we'll come look at the job. No pressure, no obligation — just a straight number, with the scrap steel value factored in.
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