Greenwood County was carved from two neighboring counties by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1897, though its roots run deeper than that. The name comes from a plantation called Green Wood, built in 1823 by Judge John McGehee and named by his wife Charlotte. The village once known as Woodville took the Greenwood name in 1850 and was incorporated in 1857, and when the railroad arrived in 1852 it turned the area toward cotton and textiles. The Park Seed Company put down roots here in 1918, a fitting start for a place that would come to be called the Emerald City, with a nine-acre downtown triangle set aside as the Emerald Triangle. Today around 69,351 people call the county home. Lander University has anchored Greenwood since it moved here in 1904, and the county sits at the heart of the Old 96 District, with the Ninety Six National Historic Site keeping its Revolutionary past close at hand.
Custom Cut Land Works is a family company, and that shapes how we treat the ground we stand on in Greenwood County. We came to this work after over two decades in heavy civil construction, and we've brought that experience home to the home sites, driveways, and pastures of folks across the county. We handle land clearing and grading, excavation and gravel driveways, bush hogging, and storm and tree cleanup, from lots beside older homes to parcels waiting on a brand-new build. We're fully licensed and insured, and we care for the ground we work on as if it were our own. Walking a piece of ground before any clearing or grading starts is the best way to turn a rough idea into a workable plan.
Greenwood County is growing fast, with hundreds of new single-family homes going up along Cokesbury Road and the Bypass 25/New Market Street corridor.Clearing those lots means taking a wooded or overgrown parcel down to a workable building pad.Older neighborhoods in Greenwood County hold places like the one-story brick worker cottages of Greenwood Mill Village, company-built in the early 1900s for the Greenwood Cotton Mill. Either way, land clearing in Greenwood County starts with knowing what stays and what goes.
Good grading decides where water goes and how a site sits, and that matters across Greenwood County.In the City of Greenwood, US 25, US 178, US 221 and SC 72 all converge at a single interchange.Near that busy interchange and across the county, a well-graded pad sends rain toward drains instead of toward a foundation.
Excavation in Greenwood County covers the dig work behind a project: footings, utility trenches, drainage lines and pad cuts.The county is wrapped by routes built to move around the city, from SC Highway 72, a long east–west road that bypasses downtown to the north, to SC Highway 225, a short spur that swings a bypass around the southwest side.Sites along roads like these often need careful digging and hauling, with the cut, the load and the backfill each worked in turn.
Across Greenwood County, SC Highway 254 runs north from the City of Greenwood to Cokesbury, and SC Highway 248 heads south toward the Ninety Six National Historic Site.We build gravel driveways for homes along and off routes like these, grading the ground and setting a firm base before the stone goes down.
Bush hogging keeps fields, pastures and fence lines from turning back into brush, and there's plenty of open ground to tend across Greenwood County.The smaller municipalities of Ninety Six and Ware Shoals and the old community of Cokesbury, laid out in 1824, all sit among the kind of rural acreage that grows thick if it's left alone.We cut tall grass and saplings down to size so land stays usable and easy to walk.
Storms bring down limbs and whole trees across Greenwood County, and the cleanup can't wait long.Lake Greenwood is an 11,400-acre reservoir on the Saluda River, and Lake Greenwood State Park was developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.Clearing fallen trees and hauling off debris gets a property safe to use again and ready for whatever comes next.
We meet you on the property, hear the plan, and flag the problems that cost money before they cost you any.
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Straight quote
A written scope and a real number. No surprises, no upsells.
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Do the work
The right machine for the job, and the owner in the seat.
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Leave it clean
Graded and tidy, ready for whatever comes next.
What Customers Say
Custom Cut Land Works
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Chris Graham
October 2026
Excellent experience from start to finish! They were quick to respond, got the job done in a timely manner, and were professional throughout the entire process.… Read more
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Greg Brescia
October 2026
Outcome was great! Brian has done multiple jobs for us with the best results! Highly recommend
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Adele Secoy
October 2026
Brian is brilliant. He is punctual and carries out his work with such professionalism. We had trees cut and a little grading. His prices were very competitive… Read more
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Brad Dumpling
September 2026
We hired Brian to redo our 950-foot gravel driveway and clear about an acre behind the house. He did a great job.
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Katie Coleman
September 2026
I had a great experience with Custom Cut Landworks! Brian was professional, reliable, and did an excellent job from start to finish. He brought in the necessary… Read more
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Kelsey Kissner
September 2026
I hired Brian to remove about 6000 sq ft of fully mature two-story tall bamboo from my backyard. From start to finish he was great: friendly, professional, expl… Read more
Family-owned, and the owner runs the machine on your property. You deal with Brian from the first stake to the final grade.
We never bury debris
Cleared material is mulched, hauled off, or burned legally. Buried debris settles into sunken driveways and cracked slabs years later.
Heavy-civil experience
More than twenty years in heavy civil construction, from the Ravenel Bridge to the I-385 Gateway, brought home to driveways, home sites, and pastures.
A free site walk, not a phone quote
We walk the land and quote what your property actually needs. A real number, not a guess over the phone.
Licensed, insured, compliance carried
Fully licensed and insured. The SC811 locates, county rules, and erosion controls are ours to handle, never your fines.
Proudly Serving Greenwood County
We cover all of Greenwood County, from the City of Greenwood and Cokesbury to Ninety Six, Ware Shoals and the land around Lake Greenwood.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can you clear and work around older homes in Greenwood County's historic districts?
Yes, we work around older homes in Greenwood County, including those inside its two local historic overlay districts. In the Uptown Greenwood Historic Overlay and the Old Greenwood Village Historic Overlay, any exterior change needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Board of Architectural Review before work begins, so planning ahead matters near landmarks like the Old Greenwood High School on South Main Street, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. On an older lot, mature trees and existing footings are worth mapping out before any machine moves, so the work stays clear of what should remain.
When is the best time of year for land clearing in Greenwood County?
There isn't a single best month for land clearing in Greenwood County, because the area averages about 46 inches of rain a year spread fairly evenly across every month. Working after a drier stretch helps keep equipment off soft, saturated ground.
What makes a good gravel driveway in Greenwood County?
A good gravel driveway in Greenwood County starts under the surface, with a compacted base that carries the load and a crown that sheds water to the sides. On top of that base, angular crushed stone locks together far better than smooth round rock, which tends to scatter and rut. Edges matter too, since a drive that drains at its shoulders holds its shape through the county's regular rain. Done right, the gravel stays put and the base stays solid for years.
Do you clear land near historic sites in Greenwood County?
Clearing near historic sites is work we take on, and Greenwood County holds a deep store of that past, with two dozen listings on the National Register and a single National Historic Landmark among them. Some of the most storied ground is at Ninety Six, where patriot forces held the longest siege of the Revolutionary War over 28 days in the spring of 1781. Near significant ground, careful planning around marked boundaries keeps a job focused where it belongs.
What happens to the trees and brush you clear in Greenwood County?
After a clearing job in Greenwood County, the material that comes off a lot still has to go somewhere, and handling it well is part of the work. Usable timber can be set aside, while smaller limbs and brush are often chipped into mulch or hauled off, and stumps can be ground down or dug out depending on what comes next for the site. Keeping a property clean as the work goes means less mess to deal with at the end and a lot that's ready to build, plant, or simply enjoy.
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