A fence line is a strip, not an acre, and it is priced that way: a mulcher or a cutter runs the line, ten to fifteen feet wide, so a fence crew can set posts or so an old wire fence swallowed by privet can be found and pulled. Trails, shooting lanes, view lines down to a pond and the strip along a drive are the same job at different widths.
It is the most common call from the horse farms and hobby farms toward Landrum and Campobello, and from owners of larger lots who want to walk their boundary again.
What a fence line and trail clearing job involves
- Walk the line with you; flag corners, pins and anything buried
- Agree the width and whether old fence and posts come out
- Mulch or cut the strip end to end
- Pull old wire and posts if quoted; stack or haul
- Final walk of the line, gates and crossings clear
What's included
- Site visit and a written price before any work
- Strip cleared to the width quoted
- Old fence removal where quoted
- Access cleaned
Not in the price
- Setting new fence, which a fence crew does
- Survey work; the crew works to your pins and flags
- Trees over the quoted diameter, handled as clearing
Lines and lanes on Upstate farms
A twenty-year-old fence line in this county is usually a hedge of privet, honeysuckle and volunteer sweetgum with the wire somewhere inside it. The crew mulches to the wire, then pulls it, then finishes the strip; on lines that run through woods, trees over the fence are cut and dropped inward so the strip stays clean.
Trails and lanes are cut to a width a UTV or a mower can keep; a lane you cannot mow grows shut in two seasons.
Fence Line and Trail Clearing pricing in Spartanburg
Strip work runs about $2 to $5 a linear foot in 2026 depending on width and density, with a $500 minimum. Pulling old fence and posts adds by the foot. Trails and lanes are quoted by the foot or by the hour on longer runs.
The firm number comes from the crew after a site visit.
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Related: Land Clearing Permits and Burning Rules in Spartanburg County, Land clearing in Boiling Springs, Land clearing in Inman. Official page: Spartanburg County Building Codes.
Fence Line and Trail Clearing questions, answered
How wide is a fence-line strip?
Ten to fifteen feet as standard, enough for a fence crew and a mower; wider on request.
Do you find the property line?
No. The crew clears to your pins and flags; a surveyor sets the line.
Can you pull the old barbed wire?
Yes, where it is quoted. It is stacked for scrap or hauled with the brush.