Easements and rights-of-way need to stay clear. Whether it is a power company requirement, a pipeline safety corridor, or a drainage easement that your HOA or municipality needs maintained, A&S Brushworks keeps these areas cleared using forestry mulching.
Easement clearing is different from open-field land clearing. These corridors are typically long and narrow, often running through difficult terrain behind homes, along creek banks, or up hillsides. Our compact equipment is built for exactly this kind of work.
Power line corridor clearing
Power line easements need regular clearing to prevent trees and brush from growing into the lines. Utility companies require that vegetation within the easement stays below a certain height, and property owners are often responsible for maintaining the easement that crosses their land.
We mulch all vegetation within the easement corridor to ground level. The mulch layer left behind slows regrowth, extending the time between maintenance visits. For properties with long power line easements, this can save significant money over time compared to frequent hand-clearing or bush-hogging.
Pipeline rights-of-way
Natural gas, petroleum, and water pipeline corridors require clear access for inspection and maintenance. Trees growing within a pipeline easement can damage infrastructure with their root systems and block access for utility crews.
Forestry mulching is well-suited for pipeline easement work because the mulcher stays on the surface. We do not dig, grade, or disturb the soil above buried infrastructure. The vegetation is ground at ground level and the mulch remains in place as a surface cover.
Fence lines and property boundaries
Overgrown fence lines are a maintenance headache for rural property owners. Trees grow through wire fencing, brush obscures the fence entirely, and before long you cannot tell where your property ends and the neighbor's begins.
We clear along fence lines and property boundaries, mulching everything up to (but not including) your existing fencing. If the fence is too far gone and you plan to replace it, we can clear a wider swath to give your fencing contractor clean access. This ties into our brush removal work — the techniques are the same, just applied in a linear corridor.
Recurring maintenance plans
Vegetation does not stop growing after we clear it. Easements and rights-of-way need ongoing maintenance to stay compliant and accessible. We offer recurring maintenance schedules — annual, biannual, or custom intervals — so your easements stay clear without you having to track it.
Recurring clients get priority scheduling and reduced rates on follow-up visits, since regrowth clearing is faster than initial clearing. If you manage multiple properties or long easement corridors, a maintenance plan is the most cost-effective approach.
Where we provide easement clearing
We serve property owners, utility companies, and municipalities across York County, Lancaster County, Chester County, and Union County in South Carolina, plus Mecklenburg, Gaston, Union, and Cabarrus counties in North Carolina. If your easement is within about an hour of Rock Hill, SC, we can take the job.
Easement clearing FAQs
It depends on the vegetation growth rate in your area, but most easements in the Carolinas benefit from clearing every 1 to 3 years. Fast-growing species like sweetgum, privet, and kudzu can encroach into an easement within a single growing season. We offer recurring maintenance plans so you do not have to think about scheduling — we come back on a regular cycle to keep easements clear.
Yes. We clear easements for private property owners, but we also take on work for utility companies, municipalities, and property management companies that need rights-of-way maintained. We carry the insurance and can meet compliance requirements for utility corridor work.
We clear power line easements, natural gas and petroleum pipeline rights-of-way, sewer and water easements, drainage easements, and access easements. We also clear property boundary lines and fence lines, which are similar in scope to easement work.
Yes. Our compact track loader handles slopes, soft ground, and narrow corridors that larger equipment cannot access. Easements often run through the most inconvenient terrain on a property — behind houses, along creek banks, up hillsides — and our equipment is built for exactly that kind of work.
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