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Excavator digging alongside a gravel drive
Hillsboro, IL & central Illinois

Utility Trenching & Installation in Edwardsville & Hillsboro, IL

Trenched, bedded and backfilled so the ground settles once, not for years.

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  • Residential and commercial

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Straight to Jon — he quotes every job himself.

Water, electric, drainage and service lines

Trenched to depth, bedded properly, and backfilled so the ground settles once instead of sinking in a line across your yard for the next three years.

Locates come first

Nothing goes in the ground before utilities are located. That is not optional and it is not a delay worth skipping.

Drainage lines and French drains

Where water is the problem rather than the service, the same trenching work puts in the pipe and the stone that moves it off the property.

By town

Trenching Town by Town

Pages written for the ground and the jobs in each town. Every one is quoted by Jon himself.

On the ground

Jobs like this one

Every photo is a real 3D Excavating job. See more recent work.

Excavator digging alongside a gravel drive
Excavated cut with stone base going in
Excavator cutting a deep footing
Gravel drive and yard completed in town
How far will you travel?

Further than most people expect. Montgomery County is home, and we are in Springfield, Decatur, Effingham, Vandalia, Greenville, Carlinville and out into the Metro East as a matter of course. If your job sits past that, ring and ask — Jon would rather hear about it and tell you himself than have you rule it out.

Do you quote for free?

Yes. Every quote is free and Jon does them himself.

Can you give a price over the phone?

Sometimes, for straightforward work where a photo tells the whole story. Anything involving a cut, drainage or access we would rather look at, because a number given blind helps nobody.

Do you do small jobs?

Yes. Being based in Hillsboro rather than an hour away is what makes small jobs worth doing at all.

Do you haul material as well as move it?

Yes — rock, mulch, sand and dirt delivered, and spoil, concrete and brush hauled off.

How it goes

Four steps, no surprises

Tell us the job

Call, text or send the form. A photograph of the ground and the way in tells us more than a description does — width of the gate, where the truck can sit, what is in the way.

Jon prices it himself

Jon quotes every job on this site. You are not talking to a call centre and you are not getting a number from someone who has not looked at the ground.

The machines turn up

Excavator, dozer, skid steer or the truck — whatever the job actually needs, with an operator who has run it before.

It gets left clean

Spoil hauled off or graded back, whichever was agreed. The job is not done while there is a pile sat in your yard.

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Get a price on utility trenching

Send the job over and Jon will come back to you himself. A photo of the ground and a rough idea of access gets you a straighter answer than a paragraph ever will.

  • Free quotes, given by Jon himself
  • Residential and commercial work
  • Rather talk now? Call or text (217) 710-0606

Get a free quote

Straight to Jon — he quotes every job himself.

Tell Jon what you need moved

Send the job over and Jon will come back to you himself.

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