cost of fence

farmerwithmutt · Mar 26, 2014

Got to put in boundry fence 3/4 mile (3 fortys in length)have calves on both sides no electric so i was going to put in hog fence on bottom barbs on top .what would a fence like that cost?
thanks for the help

kyhayman · Mar 26, 2014

Not sure what hog fence is.... Assuming woven wire 47 inch tall, 6 inch stay, high tensile class 3 galvanizing, with class 3 high tensile barbwire on top. Posts 12 foot centers, every other post steel. 6 inch corner and brace posts, landscape timber crosses, and 5 inch line posts.

At my cost:
woven wire 176.00 per roll
6 inch wood posts at 10.00 each by the bundle
5 inch posts at 8.00 each bundle
landscape timber at 4.00 each
barb wire . 42.50 per roll
steel posts at 5.00 each
misc staples bracing etc

Rough in my head on 4000 feet looks like about 2.00 per foot, maybe a bit more. Last year labor and materials I was at 4.95 per linear foot on this plus rock drilling. HTH

Dave H (MI) · Mar 26, 2014

I don't know hog fence either, just hog panels. So I used redline, I believe, second summer back, and put in roughly 1/4 mile of fence. It has about 10-11 HEAVY braces, all but two of them doubles. It had to go around a 2.5 acre parcel that is on that property line, that is why so many braces. There is one large gate in the line. I had roughly $1200 in materials, did most of the labor myself. That doesn't count a few post holes I hired out because the material in the bottom was more than I could handle...so maybe I had $1500 into it. Only disclaimer being that I stockpile posts and other material from sales so i would not have bought any new t-posts and probably had at least one roll of wire on hand. Come to think of it, this answer is probably not the greatest to rely on!

Run over to TSC and price materials and draw it up.

Dr. Walt · Mar 26, 2014

I think you'd be better off going with 5 strands of barbed wire instead of the hog fencing - cheaper too.

You're looking at approximately 3960 linear feet of fencing.

Home Depot has Farmgard Barbed Wire in 1320 Ft. rolls for $95.00 per roll. It's 4 Pt./ 12.5 Ga./ Class 1 - Model # 317831
So you would require approximately 15 rolls to do a fence 5 strands high. So you're looking at approximately $1500.00 JUST FOR WIRE .

Home Depot also has Hog Fencing in 4 Ft. high rolls / 50 Ft. in length for $37.47 per roll - it's 14 Ga./ Galvanized Steel / Welded Wire . You would need approximately 80 rolls for a cost of about $3000.00 JUST FOR THE HOG FENCING - NOT counting the Barbed Wire that you want to put above it.

Doc

Anonymous-0 · Mar 26, 2014

That looks about right on price. I paid for a new farm I bought last year. I am a high school teacher and after teaching all day I decided to pay for construction. Expensive.

wvfarmboy54 · Mar 26, 2014

one thing for sure good fence makes good neighbors do it right if it costa little more u will be hapier in long run

Pair-a-dice farm · Mar 26, 2014

Kyhayman has it pretty close In our area t posts are $4.15 but 12 1/2 ga barb wire is about $65. Woven wire is a little cheaper but not by much. I also lucked into so good used cross ties for $7 each.

BAnNC · Mar 27, 2014

Better call ahead if you need something to see if they carry enough of it in stock. Tried other items lately just to find how limited TSC is these days.

Vernon in Ks · Mar 27, 2014

Putting in a half mile fence now. I'm not using woven wire (hog fence). Doing 5 wire barbed. Going rate for fencining here is $25.40 a rod(16.5') for materials and labor but does not include corners and brace. I'm using 6" pipe corners and braces set 5' deep with concrete and (2)2" pipe cross ties. 6" pipe is $10 a foot and 2" pipe is $2 a foot. Tractor supply has 5.5ft T posts for $3.59 and Red Brand 12.5 guage 2point for $60 a role. My fence is L shaped.
Material cost for me
7 x 9ft corners = 63ftx$10=$630.00
8 x 8ft 2" pipe = 64ftx$2=$128.00
220 T post = 220x$3.59=$789.80
10 roles wire = 10x$60=$600.00
28 bags quikrete = 28x$3.75=$105
Total $2252.80
Can it be done cheaper? You bet but this is a 50 year fence.

Leroy · Mar 27, 2014

What hog fence is since you know what the woven wire is at 47" high with 6" stays just look at the lower part up to 39" high and you have hog fence, just the top 2 wires missing from your cattle fence. Altho on some hog fence you could get it with the bottom wire as a barbed wire. And with small calves that would be a lot better than the 5 strands of barb that is being pushed as it would keep small animals from being able to lay down next to the fence and getting up on the other side. And here years ago (don't know about now) barb alone was not legal as a lign fence.

T in NE · Mar 27, 2014

We're rippin out all that old medieval torture device and putting up hi tensile. Don't know about cost but it goes up in 1/3 the time, is even quicker to ride in spring, and doesn't attack you.
Solar chargers are pretty reliable today too. We have one that will shock you through a spot sprayer wand and 4-wheeler tires.

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