A&S Brushworks is a forestry mulching and land clearing outfit based in Rock Hill. We work Lancaster County top to bottom — from the new builds going up in Indian Land down to the old pasture land around Lancaster, Kershaw, Heath Springs, and Buford. Corey and Sam run the jobs, and every acre gets handled the same way: with a Kubota SVL 97-3 track loader and an FAE forestry mulcher head that grinds standing trees up to eight inches right back into the dirt.
Lancaster County is a long county, and that matters for the kind of work we do. The northern panhandle looks and feels like Charlotte suburbs. The southern end feels like farm country. Those are two different jobs, two different customers, and two different conversations — and we do both.
Two Counties in One: Why Lancaster Is Different
Lancaster County is really two jobs depending on which end you're on. Up in Indian Land we're usually doing quick lot-clearing work for homeowners who just closed on a half-acre to three-acre parcel that nobody's touched in five years. Thirty miles south in Kershaw, it's different — we might be working through six acres of overgrown pasture that the owner is trying to put back into hay. Same equipment, same crew, very different day.
US-521 is the spine of the county. It runs from the Charlotte line through Indian Land, past Buford, through Lancaster, and down into Heath Springs and Kershaw. We use it constantly. The drive from our yard in Rock Hill up to Indian Land is short. The drive down to Heath Springs takes a little longer, but it's an easy shot and we go there often enough that it's just part of the routine.
Indian Land & the Northern Panhandle: Lot Clearing for New Builds
Indian Land has been one of the fastest growing parts of South Carolina for years now. Folks are moving down from Charlotte, closing on parcels, and then looking at a wall of privet, sweetgum saplings, wisteria, and honeysuckle wondering where the house is going to sit. That's where we come in. Forestry mulching is the right tool for this kind of work — we drive in, grind the underbrush and small trees down to chips, and leave the property walkable in a day or two on most residential lots.
A lot of Indian Land properties are smaller, irregular parcels tucked between existing neighborhoods. The Kubota SVL 97-3 is a compact machine, which matters when we're working around fences, septic fields, and the neighbor's shed. For new-build site prep we can open up a building pad, clear a driveway path, and knock back the tree line so the house has some breathing room. No burn piles, no stump holes, no hauling debris off to a dump — the mulch layer stays on the ground and holds the soil while things settle.
We also get a lot of brush removal calls in Indian Land from homeowners who just want their backyard back. Five years of vines and volunteers along a property line. A creek buffer nobody can walk through. A future garden spot lost to thorns. Those are small jobs and we do plenty of them.
Lancaster, Kershaw, Heath Springs: Rural Acreage and Pasture Work
South of Indian Land the county changes. Lancaster is the county seat with its historic downtown, and once you get past town the land opens up. Kershaw and Heath Springs sit along US-521 further south — rolling Piedmont with a mix of pine and hardwood, old family farms, hunting tracts, and pasture that's been let go. Buford is a small unincorporated community tucked in that same rural stretch. The work down here looks different.
Pasture reclamation is a big part of what we do in this part of the county. Somebody inherits thirty acres that hasn't seen a cow in fifteen years and now it's a wall of sweetgum, cedar, and greenbrier. We can mulch that back down to grade in a few days and leave the owner with something they can actually bush-hog going forward. Same goes for fence-line clearing — if the fence has disappeared into the hedgerow, we can chase it back and give you a clean strip to rebuild on.
Easement clearing is steady work through Lancaster, Kershaw, and Heath Springs. Power easements, pipeline corridors, long gravel drives that have closed in overhead. We can open up the canopy without tearing up the ground, which matters on rural drives where a dozer would leave a mess. Trail clearing for hunting land is another one — shooting lanes, ATV trails, food plot access — and we handle those the same way. Grind it, leave it, keep the soil where it belongs.
Services We Run Across Lancaster County
Forestry Mulching is the core of what we do. The FAE head on the Kubota takes standing trees up to eight inches in diameter and turns them into a mulch layer on the forest floor. No burn piles, no hauling. Brush Removal covers the smaller stuff — overgrowth, vines, volunteers, thorn thickets, property-line cleanup. That's a lot of what Indian Land calls us for.
Site Prep is for folks getting ready to build — house pads, barns, shops, driveways. We can clear the footprint and the approach without tearing up the rest of the property. Trail Clearing is for hunting land, ATV paths, and private trails through the woods around Kershaw, Heath Springs, Buford, and the rural edges of Lancaster. Easement Clearing covers utility runs, pipeline corridors, shared drives, and boundary lines. Different service names, same machine, same approach.
Pricing in Lancaster County
Typical forestry mulching runs $1,500 to $5,000 per acre in Lancaster County. Where a job lands in that range comes down to density — a thin stand of pines with a clean understory prices very differently from six acres of mature privet, greenbrier, and sweetgum saplings packed tight. A lightly wooded Indian Land lot is on the lower end. A neglected pasture down near Kershaw with fifteen years of regrowth is on the upper end.
We'll come out, walk the property with you, and give you a flat number before we start. No hourly surprises. For smaller brush removal jobs in Indian Land and the Lancaster area we can often quote from photos and a map pin, which saves everyone a drive.
Get a Quote for Your Lancaster County Property
Call or text Corey and Sam at (336) 467-4572, or use the quote form on the site. Tell us where the property is — Indian Land, Lancaster, Kershaw, Heath Springs, Buford, or somewhere in between — roughly how much you want cleared, and what you're trying to do with the land when we're done. That's usually enough for us to give you a real ballpark on the spot and schedule a walkthrough.
We're based in Rock Hill, so Lancaster County is home turf. We know the drive down 521, we know the difference between an Indian Land lot job and a Heath Springs pasture job, and we show up with the right plan for which one you've got.
Cities we serve in Lancaster County
Lancaster, SC
County seat work — clearing overgrown lots, reclaiming pasture, and prepping build sites in and around Lancaster.
Kershaw, SC
Rural land clearing in Kershaw — big-tract pasture work, timber stand cleanup, and hunting land management in southeast Lancaster County.
Heath Springs, SC
Rural land clearing in Heath Springs — pasture work, fence-line reclaim, and site prep in one of Lancaster County's quietest communities.
Indian Land, SC
Residential lot clearing in Indian Land — new-build site prep, backyard brush removal, and property-line cleanup in Lancaster County's fastest-growing community.
Buford, SC
Rural land clearing in Buford — farm tract reclamation, timber stand cleanup, and easement clearing in south Lancaster County.
Guides for Lancaster County
Affordable Land Clearing in Lancaster, SC — Cost Guide
A practical breakdown of land clearing costs in Lancaster, SC — what drives pricing, typical per-acre rates, acreage discounts, and how to get the best value on rural properties.
Rural Timber Cleanup & Land Clearing in Kershaw, SC
How forestry mulching handles post-harvest timber cleanup in Kershaw, SC — slash removal, stump grinding, and getting cutover land ready for replanting or other use.
Farm & Fence Line Clearing in Heath Springs, SC
Professional fence line and agricultural property clearing in Heath Springs, SC — maintaining boundaries, improving pasture, and keeping farm properties productive.
New Construction Lot Clearing in Indian Land, SC
Fast, efficient lot clearing for new construction in Indian Land, SC — working with builders, clearing residential lots, and keeping suburban development projects on schedule.
Common questions about Lancaster County jobs
Yes, that's a lot of what we do in Indian Land. We can clear a building pad, open up a driveway path, and push the tree line back for new residential builds. The Kubota SVL 97-3 is compact enough to work tight suburban parcels without tearing up the rest of the lot, and forestry mulching leaves no burn piles or debris to haul off.
It's a longer haul than our Indian Land trips, but it's a straight shot down US-521 and we make the drive regularly. Heath Springs and Kershaw are well within our normal service area — we price Lancaster County jobs the same whether they're in the northern panhandle or the southern end of the county.
Yes. Pasture reclamation is one of the main things we do in rural Lancaster County. If you've got five, ten, or twenty-plus acres of overgrown field around Lancaster, Buford, Kershaw, or Heath Springs that you want pushed back to grade, the mulcher handles it cleanly. We can also chase out fence lines and open up old access drives at the same time.
The FAE forestry head on our Kubota SVL 97-3 grinds standing trees up to about eight inches in diameter. That covers nearly everything we run into on Indian Land residential lots and on neglected pasture down around Kershaw and Heath Springs — privet, sweetgum, cedar, small pine, hardwood saplings, vines, and thick brush.
Both. A half-acre backyard cleanup in Indian Land is a perfectly normal job for us, and so is a fifteen-acre pasture reclamation outside Lancaster. Give us a call with what you've got and we'll tell you honestly whether mulching is the right fit or not.
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