A&S Brushworks is based in Rock Hill, which makes York County our home turf. We run a Kubota SVL 97-3 track loader with an FAE forestry mulcher head, and most weeks you can find us somewhere between Lake Wylie and the back roads out past York working through brush, saplings, and small trees up to about 8 inches across. We are owned and run by Corey and Sam — two guys, one machine, and a straightforward way of doing things.
If you have got a lot that has grown up over the last few years, a fence line that has disappeared, a building site that needs to be opened up, or a trail you want cut through the woods behind the house, that is exactly the work we do. Because we live here, we can usually get out and look at a York County property within a few days of the first phone call.
Why York County Property Owners Call Us
Most of the jobs we quote in York County come from word of mouth — a neighbor in Fort Mill saw the machine working next door, someone in Tega Cay got tagged in a Facebook post, a contractor in Rock Hill needed a sub who would show up when they said they would. We try hard to be the guys who actually call back.
We are not a national franchise and we are not a guy with a chainsaw and a pickup. We are somewhere in between: local enough that you can talk to an owner on the phone, but equipped well enough to knock out an acre of heavy brush in a day instead of a week. Corey or Sam will be the one walking your property, giving you the price, and usually running the machine on the job.
Every quote is a flat per-acre or per-project number. No hourly meters running while you wonder what the total is going to look like. That matters a lot in York County, where a lot of our customers are buying raw land and trying to budget a build.
What We Do Across York County
Forestry Mulching is the core of the business. We grind standing brush, briars, privet, sweetgum saplings, and small hardwoods right where they stand and leave the material as a clean mulch layer on the ground. No burn piles, no hauling, no stumps sticking up. For an overgrown acre in Rock Hill or a wooded lot in Clover, it is usually the fastest and cleanest way to take the land back.
Beyond mulching, we handle Brush Removal on properties where owners want the understory cleaned out but the mature trees left standing — a common ask in shaded Fort Mill neighborhoods and older parts of York where homeowners want a park-like look under the canopy. We do Site Prep work for builders and owner-builders clearing a pad for a new house, barn, or shop, often in the more rural southern and western parts of the county.
Trail Clearing is big around Lake Wylie and out toward the Catawba River, where people want a walking or ATV trail through their woods without clear-cutting anything. And Easement Clearing — fence lines, property corners, power line runs, driveway widening — shows up on pretty much every property we visit. A lot of Tega Cay and Lake Wylie owners call us specifically to get their property pins visible again after years of growth.
What Makes York County Land Different to Work
York County is Piedmont country — rolling hills, red clay, hardwoods mixed with pine, and that stubborn layer of vines and privet that takes over anything left alone for three seasons. The terrain is generally friendly to a tracked machine, but the clay is the story. After a heavy rain the ground out toward York and Clover can stay soft for days, and we plan access carefully so we do not leave ruts across a customer's yard.
Closer to Charlotte — Fort Mill, Tega Cay, and the Lake Wylie side — we see a lot of suburban lots where the back half of the property has gone wild while the front stays mowed. The challenge on those jobs is usually getting the machine in without tearing up landscaping, not the clearing itself. We have learned the tight spots and the HOAs are generally fine with mulching work as long as you are not dragging mud through the neighborhood.
Waterfront work around Lake Wylie has its own rules. We stay well off the shoreline buffer and stick to what the owner is actually allowed to clear. When there is any question, we tell people to check with the county or their dock permit before we start the machine. It is not our job to get a homeowner crossways with a regulator.
Pricing and What to Expect
Our typical range across York County is $1,500 to $5,000 per acre. Where a job lands in that range depends almost entirely on how thick the brush is and how big the trees are. A pasture that has grown up for two or three years with mostly saplings and briars is at the low end. A woodlot packed with 6- to 8-inch hardwoods, heavy vines, and standing deadfall is at the high end.
Jobs under an acre are usually priced as a flat project rather than per acre — it is not worth making a Fort Mill homeowner do acreage math on a quarter-acre side yard. For bigger properties out past York or Clover, we will walk the piece with you, talk about access, and give you a number before we leave. Quotes are free and we do not high-pressure anybody.
Most single-acre jobs in York County wrap up in one day. Two to five acres is usually two to four days depending on density. If the schedule looks longer than that on your property, we will tell you up front so you can plan.
Service Areas Inside York County
We cover every zip code in the county. Rock Hill is right out our front door, so in-town work around Riverwalk, the Winthrop area, and the neighborhoods off Cherry Road and Dave Lyle is about as easy as it gets for us to schedule. Fort Mill and Tega Cay are a short trip up I-77 and we run jobs up there constantly — most of them are one- to three-acre residential lots where the owners want the back of the property made usable again.
York itself and Clover are where we do a lot of the bigger rural work: site prep for new builds, pasture reclaim, long easement clearing along farm roads. Lake Wylie sits in between and leans heavily toward lakefront lot cleanup, trail cutting, and view work where the owner wants to open up sightlines without taking down the canopy.
Because Rock Hill is home base, York County jobs do not have a travel surcharge and we can usually slot small work into an existing week without much lead time. Our full service radius is 75 miles from Rock Hill, but York County is always the first call we answer.
How to Get a Quote
The fastest way to get a quote is to call or text (336) 467-4572. Tell us roughly where the property is — a street in Rock Hill, a subdivision in Fort Mill, a parcel number out near York or Clover — and what you are trying to accomplish. We will ask a few questions about access, acreage, and what is on the ground, and then set a time to come look.
We come out, walk it with you, and send the quote in writing. No deposit to hold a spot on the schedule for standard-sized York County jobs. Once you approve the number, we book a start date and show up when we said we would. That last part sounds obvious, but anybody who has tried to hire land work in the Charlotte region knows it is not.
Cities we serve in York County
Rock Hill, SC
Our home base — A&S Brushworks lives and works in Rock Hill, so your property is never far from the machine.
Fort Mill, SC
Precise clearing for Fort Mill's suburban lots — from Baxter to Kingsley and everywhere in between.
York, SC
Bigger lots, rural acreage, and old homesteads — York is where we do some of our largest clearing work in the county.
Tega Cay, SC
Careful clearing for Tega Cay's lakefront lots, wooded trails, and nature-oriented neighborhoods on the Lake Wylie peninsula.
Lake Wylie, SC
Larger lots, lakefront estates, and wooded acreage — Lake Wylie has some of the biggest residential clearing jobs in York County.
Clover, SC
Rural lots, agricultural edges, and a small-town pace — Clover is where we do honest clearing work on honest land.
Guides for York County
Complete Guide to Land Clearing in Rock Hill, SC
Everything you need to know about land clearing in Rock Hill, SC — types of jobs, realistic pricing, what the process looks like, and how long it takes.
Lot Clearing for New Builds in Fort Mill, SC
What Fort Mill homeowners and builders need to know about clearing lots for new construction — site prep process, HOA considerations, timelines, and what we leave behind.
Pasture Reclamation & Overgrown Land Clearing in York, SC
How to reclaim overgrown pasture and farmland in York, SC — when saplings take over, fence lines disappear, and you need your land back.
Lakefront Property Clearing in Tega Cay, SC
What Tega Cay lakefront property owners should know about selective clearing near the water — buffer zones, understory work, and working around shoreline features.
Common questions about York County jobs
Because we are based in Rock Hill, we can usually walk a York County property within two to five days of the first call, and schedule the actual work within one to three weeks depending on the season. Winter and early spring book up fastest in Fort Mill and Tega Cay because that is when homeowners want the woods thinned before everything leafs out.
For a typical overgrown York County lot — saplings, briars, privet, some small hardwoods — we can usually forestry mulch an acre in a single day with the Kubota and FAE head. Heavier work with more 6- to 8-inch trees can push a single acre into a day and a half. We give you a realistic time estimate with the quote.
Yes, we do a fair amount of work on Lake Wylie properties — trail clearing, view work, and general brush removal up away from the shoreline. We do not clear inside regulated shoreline buffers and we ask owners to confirm what they are allowed to take down before we start. That keeps everybody out of trouble with the county and the utility.
Site prep is a big chunk of what we do out in the rural parts of York County. We can open up a pad for a house, barn, shop, or driveway, mulch the brush, and leave the site ready for a dozer or grader to come behind us. For most owner-builders, forestry mulching before earthwork saves real money on haul-off.
For most residential forestry mulching and brush removal work on private property in York County, no permit is needed. Things change if you are inside a regulated buffer near water, doing large-scale grading, or working under specific HOA rules in places like Tega Cay or parts of Fort Mill. When in doubt, call your local municipality before we start — we are happy to wait while you confirm.
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