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Serving Tuscola, Illinois

Excavation In Tuscola, IL

30 miles north of Mattoon — straight up I-57. Full excavation, demolition, and site-work services across Tuscola and Douglas County.

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Excavation & Site Work in Tuscola

Tuscola sits on I-57 about 30 miles north of our Mattoon shop — an easy run for our crew and an easy haul for our equipment trailers.

Brohez Trucking LLC handles excavation, rock driveways, demolition, land clearing, hauling, pond cleanout, and culvert work in Tuscola, Pesotum, Camargo, and the rural areas of Douglas County. Same equipment, same crew, same straight pricing as a Mattoon job.

Most of our Tuscola-area work is rural — farm-lane driveways, pond cleanouts, foundation excavation for new builds, and culvert installs at driveway entrances. We also handle work in town for homeowners and contractors.

Call (217) 809-0779 for a free estimate anywhere in Tuscola or Douglas County.

Services Available

⛏️ Excavation

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

🪨 Rock Driveways

Crushed limestone driveway installs and repairs in Tuscola and rural areas.

🏗️ Demolition

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

🌲 Brush & Tree Clearing

Brush, trees, fence rows, and stumps cleared. Full scope on our land clearing page →

🚚 Dirt & Material Hauling

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

💧 Pond Cleanout

Farm pond and recreation pond cleanouts and restoration.

🚧 Culvert Repair

Driveway, field, and road culvert installs and replacements.

💧 French Drains

French drain installation in Tuscola — 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 in Tuscola and surrounding areas. Soggy yards, standing water, and broken field tile fixed.

🧬 Trenching

Trenching in Tuscola for drainage tile lines, French drains, culvert lines, septic and water lines — cut on continuous fall to a real outlet, pipe bedded, backfilled and graded smooth.

📐 Site Preparation

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

🏠 Foundation Excavation

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

🌳 Stump Removal

Single yard stumps to whole fence rows pulled or ground in Tuscola. 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.

🌊 Lake Construction

Recreational, fishing and farm lakes near Tuscola — big-dam construction, spillway sizing and armoring, and the earthmoving a lake takes.

🌾 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.

Pond jobs around Tuscola are built out of flat, tiled Douglas County ground, so the pond is a shaped basin with a real outlet rather than a dam across a draw. The clay is excellent, which helps — see pond construction cost for what actually sets the number. If an existing pond has slumped banks or an outlet that has quit working, that's pond dam repair.

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

What a Teardown in Tuscola Costs Depends On

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

Demolition Contractor in Tuscola, IL

Searching for a demolition contractor in Tuscola, IL? Brohez Trucking works Tuscola and Douglas County — Arcola, Arthur, Atwood, Camargo, Hindsboro, Newman, and the rural ground between. Barns, machine sheds, grain bins, garages, mobile homes, and houses come down, get hauled off, and the site gets graded back.

Straight up I-57 from the shop means a short trailer run and a short debris haul, and the Amish-settlement farmsteads around Arthur and Arcola send us a steady stream of timber-barn and outbuilding teardowns. See barn demolition, grain bin removal, or the full demolition services page. Free on-site estimate — (217) 809-0779.

Local Crew, Real Equipment

Working Around Tuscola & Douglas County

Tuscola sits at the I-57 / US-36 crossroads — Douglas County seat, 30 miles north of Mattoon. The local Amish community around Arthur and Arcola makes this corner of our radius unique: we work alongside Amish builders on pole barn pads, drives, and pond projects regularly. Different pace, same straight quotes.

Sub-areas we cover: Tuscola, Arcola, Arthur, Atwood, Camargo, Pesotum, Hindsboro, Garrett, Newman, and rural Douglas County. Arcola and Arthur are the heart of the Illinois Amish settlement — we know how to work that market.

Common Tuscola-area jobs: pole barn pads (huge demand around Arthur for ag and equipment buildings), long farm-lane rock driveways, drainage tile work on the productive Douglas County farm ground, pond construction and cleanout on Amish and English farms alike, foundation digs in town, and culvert installs along county roads. We also run NRCS / SWCD grassed waterway jobs in Douglas County — practice 412 work in season.

Routes: I-57 north — straight shot from Mattoon, 30 miles, about 40 minutes with equipment. Route 45 if we're heading toward Arcola or Arthur on the back roads.

Tuscola, IL FAQs

Do you work with the Amish community in Arthur and Arcola?

Yes — regularly. Pole barn pads, drives, ponds, and farm work for Amish builders and customers. We work alongside the Amish carpentry crews when needed and bring the iron they don't have.

Do you serve Arcola and Arthur too?

Yes — Tuscola, Arcola, Arthur, Atwood, Camargo, Pesotum, Hindsboro, Garrett, Newman, and rural Douglas County. Arcola has its own dedicated Arcola page.

How do you get to Tuscola from Mattoon?

I-57 north — 30 miles, about 40 minutes with equipment. Route 45 for the back-road runs to Arcola and Arthur.

Do you really come up to Tuscola from Mattoon?

Yes — regularly. Tuscola is 30 miles up I-57, well within our normal service radius.

Is there a travel charge?

No. Mobilization is built into the estimate.

What's the most common Tuscola job?

Rock driveways and excavation are the volume — Douglas County is mostly rural and farm-related work.

Are you insured?

Yes — full liability and equipment coverage.

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Where Tuscola Sits

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

Got A Job In Tuscola?

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 · Serving Tuscola and Douglas County