After a squall line or an ice storm the county is full of pines across drives, limbs on fences and brush piles nobody has a truck for. The crew cuts what is down, stacks it and hauls it, and can chip or mulch on site where hauling makes no sense. Trees still on a house or tangled in lines are a tree service's job first; once they are on the ground, they are ours.
Loads are priced by the truck, and a walk-around or a few photos gives a firm number before anyone starts.
What a storm debris haul-off job involves
- Photos or a site visit to size the pile and check access
- Downed trees bucked, limbs cut to lengths a truck can take
- Material stacked at the access point or chipped on site
- Hauled to the landfill or grinding yard, as many loads as the quote says
- Drive and yard raked clear
What's included
- Cutting of downed material to haulable size
- Loading and hauling of the quoted loads
- Disposal fees
- Raking of the work area
Not in the price
- Trees still standing or on structures, which a tree crew handles first
- Roof, fence or gutter repair
- Anything that is not vegetation
Storm cleanup across the county
Upstate storms come in two kinds: summer straight-line winds that snap pines at the trunk, and winter ice that brings limbs down across a whole street. After a big one, the county and the towns sometimes announce curbside debris pickups, and when they do they take what is stacked at the road, not what is lying in the back two acres.
The crew works the lots and the back acreage the curb pickup does not reach, and hauls or mulches by the load.
Storm Debris Haul-Off pricing in Spartanburg
A single truckload of cut storm debris runs about $300 to $600 in 2026; multi-load cleanups of a yard or a lot run $900 to $2,500 depending on how much cutting is needed before anything can be loaded. Mulching downed material in place on a large lot is priced by the hour.
The firm number comes from the crew after a site visit or from clear photos.
Full price list and what moves the price →
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.
Storm Debris Haul-Off questions, answered
Do you take the tree off the house?
No. A tree crew takes it down off the structure; once it is on the ground the crew cuts and hauls it.
Can it be burned instead of hauled?
On rural land, sometimes, with a Forestry Commission notification and someone attending the fire. Inside town limits and most subdivisions it cannot.
How fast can you come after a storm?
The crew works down a list after a big storm; call early and send photos so the load count is right the first time.