Pricing
What land work costs around here
Every job is priced by the same four things: access, size, material and haul-off. Here's how that plays out for each service in Oconee, Pickens and Anderson counties — and the fastest way to get your own ballpark range.
Land clearing
What drives the price
Price is driven by tree size and density, stump removal, what happens to the debris (burning, hauling or grinding on site), and how open or tight the access is.
Typical jobs around here
Across Oconee, Pickens and Anderson counties we mostly see half-acre to few-acre tracts going from hardwoods and sweetgum to homesite or pasture, often on sloped red clay with a tight drive in.
Typical range: $5,190–$7,710 per acre
That's an example planning estimate for that scenario — based on a 1-acre example with a mix of tree sizes, stumps removed, and debris burned on site. — not a quote. Your own price depends on your property, and the fastest way to get your range is the estimator.
Brush clearing
What drives the price
Price is driven by how thick the brush is, stem size, slope, and whether you want the material mulched in place or piled for removal.
Typical jobs around here
Typical jobs here are pasture or field edges going back to privet and cedar, or understory clean-up in open woods. Searchers also call this work forestry mulching.
Typical range: $1,283–$1,850 per acre
That's an example planning estimate for that scenario — based on 1 acre of moderate brush and small trees on flat, open ground. — not a quote. Your own price depends on your property, and the fastest way to get your range is the estimator.
Gravel driveways
What drives the price
Price is driven by length and width, how much regrading is needed, stone type and depth, culverts or ditching for water, and haul distance for material.
Typical jobs around here
Around here we see long rural drives that have rutted and washed out on clay slopes, and new drives into acreage off the highway.
Typical range: $3,322–$3,801
That's an example planning estimate for that scenario — based on regrading a 200 ft by 12 ft driveway that is rutted and washed out, mostly flat, with 4 inches of new stone. — not a quote. Your own price depends on your property, and the fastest way to get your range is the estimator.
Trail building
What drives the price
Price is driven by trail length and width, how dense the understory is, slope and sidehill work, drainage crossings, and how far we can work from the access point.
Typical jobs around here
Common jobs are walking or ATV trails through hardwoods, and access paths to creeks, ridges and back corners of the property.
Typical range: $650–$900
That's an example planning estimate for that scenario — based on 500 ft of 5 ft-wide walking trail, rough-cut, through medium brush on flat to gently rolling ground with easy equipment access. — not a quote. Your own price depends on your property, and the fastest way to get your range is the estimator.
Shed pads
What drives the price
Price is driven by pad size, how much cut-and-fill the slope needs, soil and rock conditions, and where the excavated material can go on site.
Typical jobs around here
Mostly level pads for sheds, shops and barns on sloped foothill lots, often paired with driveway work.
Typical range: $1,249–$1,577
That's an example planning estimate for that scenario — based on a 16 ft by 20 ft pad on a flat site with 4 inches of crush and run base stone, on clear open ground with truck access. — not a quote. Your own price depends on your property, and the fastest way to get your range is the estimator.
Drainage
What drives the price
Price is driven by pipe length, trench depth, soil type, stone volume, outlet location, and how close equipment can get to the trench line.
Typical jobs around here
Typical work is French drains along foundations and soggy yards, and runoff fixes where driveways or slopes send water toward buildings.
Typical range: $1,634–$2,056 per 100 ft
That's an example planning estimate for that scenario — based on 100 ft of buried drain pipe with stone (a French drain) in normal dirt with easy access. — not a quote. Your own price depends on your property, and the fastest way to get your range is the estimator.
Material spreading
What drives the price
Price is driven by material type (gravel, mulch, soil, rip-rap), quantity, how far it must be moved from the pile, and the finish you want.
Typical jobs around here
We spread delivered gravel, mulch and topsoil on drives, pads and landscaping jobs across all three counties.
Typical range: $1,542–$1,776
That's an example planning estimate for that scenario — based on spreading 20 tons of material, spread and leveled, with Fox Ridge supplying the material. — not a quote. Your own price depends on your property, and the fastest way to get your range is the estimator.
Fence line cleanup
What drives the price
Price is driven by total length, how grown-in the line is (vines, saplings, mature trees), slope, and what happens to the debris.
Typical jobs around here
Older farm parcels around Oconee County often have fence lines lost to cedar and briars; clearing them is usually the first step to re-fencing.
Typical range: $1,077–$1,541
That's an example planning estimate for that scenario — based on 500 ft of fence line with moderate brush, one side only, no wire removal and no obstacles. — not a quote. Your own price depends on your property, and the fastest way to get your range is the estimator.
Property cleanup
What drives the price
Price is driven by what's being removed (brush, debris, small structures), volume and haul-off, access for trailers, and how finished you want the ground left.
Typical jobs around here
From storm-downed trees to clearing a yard before a sale, cleanup jobs vary the most — photos at the site visit make the biggest difference to accuracy.
Typical range: $1,204–$1,438
That's an example planning estimate for that scenario — based on 1 acre with a moderate amount of debris and 2 trailer loads hauled off, no building tear-downs. — not a quote. Your own price depends on your property, and the fastest way to get your range is the estimator.
Pricing FAQs
- How accurate are the price ranges on this page?
- They're example planning estimates for the specific scenario described — not quotes. Your own price depends on your property's access, size, material and haul-off needs, which is why the online estimator asks about those first.
- What actually drives the price of land work?
- Four things move most jobs: access (how easily equipment and material get in), size of the work area, materials like stone and pipe, and haul-off — whether debris can be burned or mulched on site or has to leave the property.
- Is the online estimate a quote?
- No — the estimator gives a ballpark range in about 3 minutes. A written quote follows a site visit, where we confirm access, conditions and scope before you commit to anything.
- Do you charge for site visits or quotes?
- Site visits and written quotes are free within our service area of Oconee, Pickens and Anderson counties. Call (864) 613-6654 or use the contact form to schedule.