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Serving Newton, Illinois

Excavation In Newton, IL

Jasper County seat. Excavation, pond work, drainage, and rock driveways in Newton and southeast central Illinois.

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Excavation & Site Work in Newton

Newton is the Jasper County seat — 30 miles south of Mattoon along the Embarras River. Newton Lake state recreation area is right outside town, with surrounding farms and acreage.

Brohez Trucking LLC handles the full range of dirt and site work in Newton — rock driveways for rural homes and farms, foundation excavation, pond cleanout, drainage, culvert installs, and demolition. If it involves moving earth, we've done it in Jasper County.

Newton Lake and Embarras River bottoms make drainage and pond work a regular call. Lake-adjacent properties, farm pond restoration, and old-farmstead demo round out the mix on this side.

Call (217) 809-0779 for a free estimate anywhere in Newton, Wheeler, Sainte Marie, Willow Hill, or rural Jasper County.

Services Available

⛏️ Excavation

Foundations, basements, drainage, septic, trenching, and site prep across Jasper County.

🪨 Rock Driveways

Crushed limestone driveways for rural and residential properties around Newton.

🏗️ Demolition

Barns, garages, foundations, and structures torn down clean.

🌲 Land Clearing

Brush, trees, fence rows, and stumps cleared from Newton-area properties.

🚚 Dirt & Material Hauling

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

💧 Pond Cleanout

Farm pond and recreation pond cleanouts across Jasper County.

🚧 Culvert Repair

Driveway, field, and road culvert installs and replacements.

💧 Drainage & Tile

Drainage tile, French drains, foundation drains, and yard drainage in Newton and surrounding areas. Soggy yards, standing water, and broken field tile fixed.

📐 Site Preparation

Pole barn pads, garage and shed pads, residential foundations, and commercial slab prep in Newton. Stripped, cut, compacted, ready for the slab crew.

🏠 Foundation Excavation

Footing digs, basement excavation, crawl spaces, and pole barn footings across Newton. Square corners, accurate grade, drainage tied in.

🌳 Stump Removal

Single yard stumps to whole fence rows pulled or ground in Newton. Holes backfilled, graded, ready for grass or fence.

⛰️ Grading

Yard, driveway, lot, and finish grading — 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 Newton, that demolition includes barn demolition, grain bin removal, and concrete & foundation removal — torn down, hauled off, and the site graded clean. See all demolition services.

What a Teardown in Newton Costs Depends On

There's no honest flat price on a teardown — what it runs in Newton 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 or grain bin teardown.

Local Crew, Real Equipment

Working Around Newton

Newton is the seat of Jasper County — about 2,800 people, on the Embarras River in southeast central Illinois. It's the southern edge of our regular service area, about 50 miles south of Mattoon by IL-130. We come for the right job; the drive is built into the estimate.

Sub-areas we cover too: Sainte Marie, Willow Hill, Wheeler, West Liberty, and the rural pieces of Jasper County. Some of our Newton trips also pull us into north Richland County.

Common Newton jobs: Embarras riverbottom drainage and pond work (the river runs straight through the county and the bottoms hold water year-round), ag drainage tile and grassed waterway work, rural farm-lane regrading, foundation digs on the rural acreages, and pond cleanouts on the farm ponds across Jasper County. This is older oil-country too — wells and abandoned pads are a hazard to know about before any big dig.

No travel surcharge. Newton jobs price the same as Mattoon jobs. The drive is part of our normal service area, not a premium add-on.

Newton, IL FAQs

Is Newton inside your normal service area?

Newton sits at the southern edge of our 60-mile radius — about 50 miles south of Mattoon. We come for the right job (typically full-day or multi-day work) and the drive is built into the estimate.

How do you get to Newton from Mattoon?

IL-130 south — about 50 miles, an hour and ten minutes with equipment in tow.

Do you do drainage and pond work in the Embarras bottoms?

Yes — pond cleanouts, drainage tile, and waterway work in the river bottoms is regular work for us in Jasper and Cumberland counties.

Do you serve all of Jasper County?

Yes — Newton, Wheeler, Sainte Marie, Willow Hill, Yale, and rural Jasper County. We also overlap into Effingham, Cumberland, and Richland counties.

Is there a travel charge for Newton?

No. Mobilization is built into the estimate. One straight number.

Do you work on Newton Lake recreation properties?

Yes — sloped lake-adjacent grades, recreation cabin lots, and tighter rural access are routine. Our excavators handle the terrain.

What's the most common Newton job?

The volume here is pond cleanout, drainage, and rural rock driveways.

Are you insured?

Yes — full liability and equipment coverage. Certificate of Insurance available on request.

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Where Newton Sits

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

Got A Job In Newton?

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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