Spartanburg County and the towns beside it
The list runs up I-26 to Inman and Landrum, out I-85 to Greer and Gaffney, south to Woodruff and Union, and fills in the mill towns between. Each town line can change which office issues the permit.
The operator who takes your job drives I-85, I-26 and US 29 every week, so the travel time they quote comes from real runs.
With the meter starting at the yard, a lift in Gaffney or Union often carries an extra hour of billed time next to the same job near Converse University.
How far out each town sits
- Spartanburg - Morgan Square. City closure application for cranes in the street; tree permits take 7 to 10 days
- Greer - 17 miles W. Split between Greenville and Spartanburg counties; see the Greer page
- Duncan - 12 miles W. Industrial parks along I-85 and SC 290, covered on the Greer page
- Lyman - 11 miles W. Old mill town on US 29 between Wellford and Greer
- Wellford - 10 miles W. Small city on US 29 west of Spartanburg
- Boiling Springs - 7 miles NW. Fast-growing area north on SC 9 with new subdivisions
- Roebuck - 5 miles S. South of the city along SC 215 and US 221
- Inman - 11 miles NW. North on I-26 with older mill streets and new homes
- Cowpens - 9 miles NE. East on SC 110, small town streets
- Pacolet - 10 miles E. Southeast mill town on the Pacolet River
- Chesnee - 14 miles N. North near the state line on US 221
- Woodruff - 16 miles S. South on SC 101, near the BMW battery plant
- Landrum - 21 miles NW. Northwest edge on I-26 near the North Carolina line
- Gaffney - 18 miles NE. Cherokee County seat east on I-85
- Union - 24 miles SE. Union County seat south on SC 215, the far edge of the list
Your town is not listed?
Moore, Reidville, Startex, Converse, Clifton and Fingerville are covered too. Put the town name or the nearest crossroads in the form.
City, county or SCDOT: sorting out the road
Inside Spartanburg, the city handles street closures and encroachments, with a bond and an insured applicant. County roads go through Spartanburg County Roads and Bridges, and town streets in Greer, Inman, Woodruff and the rest go through each town hall. SCDOT owns the interstates and most numbered routes and issues its permits online at no charge (SCDOT encroachment permits).
A vehicle over 102 inches wide or 13 feet 6 inches tall needs a South Carolina permit to travel (S.C. Code 56-5-4030 and 56-5-4060), so larger cranes and their counterweight trucks move on oversize permits.
Weather and timing
Summer storms and the fall hurricane season bring the tree calls. Plant shutdowns around July 4 and the year-end holidays are when a lot of machinery gets moved, so those weeks book up early.