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Custom fencing

GM88

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wanted to know what the rate for a mile of new fence is. Not material just labour. Also what the rate to take down the old fence, roll it up and stack the posts is. How much does limited brush change the price. not enough to justify a cat but does require removal. Any responses would be great.
 
I tore out a 4 strand barb wire fence with cedar posts and built a new fence in it's place using material supplied by the landowner. The fence was a mile and a half in length and I recieved $2000. But that was about 4 years ago.
 
Kids and I did a mile on the forest service grazing allotment. Bid was $14,000, we got volunteered to do it for $4000, and we tore out the old 4 wire let down fence and built a new 4 wire let down fence. no more then 5 steel post in a row. Now when shale runs horizontal you can't get a wood post in. We didn't make very good money.
 
Custom fencing is getting pricey......hearing reports of $1850-2250 per mile for 4 strand barbed; posts every rod. Add in new materials and it is significant. We had to rebuild 5 miles after a fire a few years back & the quotes for cleaning the old fence out were even higher for labour......we cleaned out the old fence ourselves but run out of time & had the new fence custom built @ $1000 a mile. Did a great job.
If we have much to do we get everything lined up & rent a heavy hitter & go at it........can get a lot done in a day with 2 men! Just can't afford paying for both materials & labour :cry:
 
I wish I had your fence builders that work that cheap. I have been quoted upto $4 a linear foot for new high tensile fence including materials. We have to import pressure treated southern pine for fence stakes as non treated native stakes do not last.
 
Some of the slopes I've seen fenced stateside I'd gladly hire it out. There are some contractors work pretty cheap in Sask.-they forget to pay their wages-don't ask me how I know it. :x
 
PATB said:
I wish I had your fence builders that work that cheap. I have been quoted upto $4 a linear foot for new high tensile fence including materials. We have to import pressure treated southern pine for fence stakes as non treated native stakes do not last.

The other option is imported lodge pole which is even more. Tractor Supply's posts here come out of Canada and are Red Pine, inferior in strength. I've used quite a few of them, but I go up a size. Anything in a straight line, I use PasturePro composite line posts. I agree, cedar doesn't last long enough, doesn't grow this far south anyway.
 
Ben

Eastern red cedar grows down into north carolina. Most of the cedar has long since been harvested in southern maine with a few isolated pockets left. That last high tensile I had built the contractor used pressure treated southern pine.
 
I talked to Pete, he's getting the posts from Kencove. Due to freight costs it really only makes sense to get them by the tractor trailer load. I tried to convince Paris Farmers Union to stock them, but that didn't go anywhere.
I didn't know Red Cedar grew down here, I guess I don't see any because most of the land down here was cleared at one point.

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Actually it should have been, Eastern Red Cedar grew this far North. It's Northern White Cedar that people typically use for posts up here, the map shows the range down here, but I never see any except for ornamentals until you get up past Pat's areas (North).

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Eastern Red Cedar

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Northern White Cedar

Back to the original topic, this fall I built a 6 strand high-tensile sheep fence for someone, not far from Pat, extremely rocky conditions, small fields, a bunch of gates so a ton of bracing. It ended up costing about $3.40/ft with everything but the charger. There was also some labor intensive custom work around the stone walls.

Last Summer I built one for somebody on a field that was a little more coastal, all clay, few rocks but drought like conditions and the clay was like ledge. I ended up having to sharpen posts to bust through without breaking them.. They were only about 20 minutes away. 5-strand HT sheep fence, no charger, that one was only about $1.20/ft.

I have done a terrible job tracking my time on my own fences to figure out what the costs are, but materials are below a dollar/ft. All of these were done with the lesser expensive CCA .40 treated Red Pine posts from TSC.
 

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