Bush Hogging
We bush hog overgrown fields, pastures, vacant lots and pond banks with a brush cutter on a compact track loader. We do one-time cuts, and repeat cuts for HOAs and property managers.
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Travelers Rest keeps growing, from 7,788 people in the 2020 Census to an estimated 9,135 by July 2025. A lot or a back field that goes a few seasons without a cut grows up in briars and saplings. Under that growth, most ground in town is red clay on a slope. Once the cover comes off, bare clay can wash in a hard rain.
Travelers Rest sits on the west side of our service area, about 17 miles from Duncan. Blackwell's Land Management clears brush, briars, saplings and small trees here with a compact track loader. Open pasture may need only bush hogging, while wooded lots get the same land clearing we do across the Upstate. Call or text (864) 747-5946 and we will set a time to look at the land.
Tell us about the land and what you want done with it. We look at it and put the quote in writing.
The USDA soil survey maps most of the land inside the city limits as Hiwassee and Cecil soils. Both have a sandy loam top over red clay, which starts about a foot down in a typical profile. That clay gets sticky when wet. More than half of all the land in the city limits is mapped on slopes of 6 to 15 percent.
On ground like this, we plan the clearing and the grading together. The grapple pulls small stumps, and the cut brush is hauled off or piled where you want it. Then land grading with the smooth bucket fills the stump holes and shapes the slope for seed or sod. On a lot for a new home, the house pad can come next.
About 9 percent of the land in town is creek-bottom soil that the survey rates for occasional flooding. FEMA maps flood zones along the Reedy River and Little Creek, which cross the city limits. Where water stands, our drainage and culvert work can regrade the low spot or add a French drain.
The city's zoning ordinance sets tree rules for new development. Each development project needs a tree inventory and protection plan. At least 20 percent of the mature tree canopy has to stay.
Creek banks top the ordinance's priority list for saved trees. Land beside greenways, such as the Swamp Rabbit Trail, is on that list too. Before grading starts, each saved tree gets an orange safety fence that equipment stays outside.
Older neighborhoods and built-out subdivisions in the city have their own infill standards. They cover a new house, an accessory building, a garage or carport addition and a new or wider driveway. The site plan goes in with the building permit application and shows the trees kept or planted.
The infill standard calls for one canopy tree per 2,000 square feet of lot outside the building footprint. A kept canopy tree at least 6 inches across counts as two. Mark the trees you want to keep, and we clear the brush and saplings around them.
Start with where the land sits. The 29690 ZIP code covers about 105 square miles of land, and the city covers about 6. Most land with a Travelers Rest mailing address sits outside the city limits, where county rules apply.
About a third of the homes inside the city limits were built before 1980, by Census Bureau estimates. On an older lot, an old shed or carport may need to come down before the clearing. The city's Building Department lists demolition, the removal of a structure, among the work that needs a permit.
Stormwater review for the city goes to the Greenville County Land Development Division, per the state's list. The county's single-family grading form names Travelers Rest among the places it covers. Clearing or grading one acre or more also needs a state construction stormwater permit. For a live creek, the form asks for Army Corps of Engineers paperwork or an undisturbed 100-foot buffer.
Machine grading, ditching, trenching and demolition all need a South Carolina 811 ticket first. The notice goes in at least three full working days ahead, and the day it is filed does not count. The city and county offices answer the permit question for your lot, and we point you there.
The city's own site places Travelers Rest in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. North of town, Geer Highway (US 276) runs up toward Slater-Marietta. Pasture left without a regular cut goes back to briars and saplings, and bush hogging keeps it open.
Our gravel driveway work covers new drives and farm lanes on acreage. We spread and grade the stone, or regrade and top up an old drive. Where the drive meets the road, we cut the entry and set the culvert pipe.
Whose road it is decides who permits the entry. US 25 and US 276 are state highways, so a new entry there needs an SCDOT encroachment permit. On a county road, Greenville County ties a driveway culvert to a building permit or similar permit. For vacant land such as a pasture, the owner can get an encroachment permit and pay for the pipe.
Communities and areas we serve around Travelers Rest: Downtown Travelers Rest, Geer Highway, Old Buncombe Road, State Park Road, Tigerville Road, Old White Horse Road, Roe Ford Road, Paris Mountain, Slater-Marietta, Tigerville, Berea.
Travelers Rest ZIP codes served: 29690, 29617, 29613.
Travelers Rest is part of our service area. We look at the land first, then put the quote in writing.
(864) 747-5946 We bush hog overgrown fields, pastures, vacant lots and pond banks with a brush cutter on a compact track loader. We do one-time cuts, and repeat cuts for HOAs and property managers.
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We level yards and lots and fill the low spots that hold water. Finish grading with a smooth bucket leaves the ground ready for seed or sod.
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We build house pads and building pads for new homes, garages, barns and shops around Duncan. The footprint is cleared, then the pad is cut and filled to grade and compacted for the foundation crew.
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We build new gravel driveways and parking areas and regrade worn ones. The stone gets a crown so rain runs off to the sides.
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We fix yards and lots that hold water after a rain. A French drain or a regraded slope moves the water off, and culvert pipe carries it under the drive.
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We take down sheds, old barns, carports, decks and fences with a compact track loader. The grapple loads the debris, and we haul it off.
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We load brush piles, fallen limbs, yard waste and job site scraps with the grapple and haul them off. If you would rather keep it, we pile the debris where you want it on the land.
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We build mulch beds and lay sod on yards around Duncan and the Upstate. Shrubs, bed edging, stone borders and cleanups after clearing or grading are part of the work too.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Travelers Rest. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Send the form with where the land is and what you want done with it. You can also call or text (864) 747-5946, and we will set a time to look at the land.
Tell us about the land and what you want done with it. We look at it and put the quote in writing.