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Allan in NE

04-26-2005 17:48:56

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Hey Guys,

Know this is off topic, but does anyone have a ballpark figure as to what it costs to fence cattle and sheep-tight? Hog wire and two runs of barbed wire.

That's gotta come to quite a chunk of change anymore, doesn't it?

Thanks,

Allan

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RayP(MI)

04-27-2005 17:08:12

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 17:48:56

Whatever you do, build it strong! Sheep can be harder on fences than you"d ever believe. I used wood posts every 3rd, and two T posts between, on ten foot spacing. I didn"t use electricity, theorizing that a good wool coat would be a pretty good insulator. When the sheep start rubbing and scratching against the fence, or scraping their horns, or having butting matches thru the fence, it"s only a matter of time before they batter it up. We used the tractor to stretch our wire - doesn"t look like we bothered. We had one ram that found a loose strand of wire, and kept rubbing his horns on it, until they bled! And we raise the LITTLE guys - Shetlands. I can only imagine what a bigger breed could do, like Columbians!

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Jim in Michigan

04-27-2005 14:24:49

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 17:48:56

we bought wire last year , 42 inch hog wire, 330 foot rolls were 63 a roll,, best price we found was actually Menards..Jim

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dave from MN

04-27-2005 06:13:21

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 17:48:56

Hey Allen. I am fencing in bout 20 acreas. I started with nothing. Loacal retired farmers I helped as a kid are letting me take the fence posts from there long retired pastured woods. I will however give them .50 a post since they are worth something. I can easily get 1000, depends on free time. Lot of barb wire in rolls and the are just telling me for a load of wood or two I can have it all. Nice to see what ya do for people can come back to help you 20+ years later. Good folks round here.

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HA in Oh

04-27-2005 05:28:02

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 17:48:56

Fencing supplies are like feul, fertlizer and machinery, has gone way up lately. I haven't priced any wire lately, but had my son pick up some T post last week and they were $3.25 at TSC. Bought our place in '02, had to replace most of the fence used T post in the woods, they were $1.59 then.

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kyhayman

04-27-2005 05:24:21

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 17:48:56

48" 9/11-6" stay wire, 1 barb on top, 5" wood posts 20' apart with steel T posts between. $1.85 per running foot. Construction $1.10 per running foot. Remove old fence $.60 per running foot.

Plank, $3.85 per running foot for 4 plank 1x6 16' oak, treated 6" faced posts. Construction $2.00 per running foot.

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Tim...Ok

04-27-2005 04:34:19

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 17:48:56

Ya know,it"s funny seeing how people do things in other parts of this great country,ya"ll talking about wood posts.. Round here,wood posts went the way of the Edsel,just don"t see"em at all other than corner and brace posts..1/4 mile of nothing but t-posts is a very common sight.We"ve been working on fence ourselves lately,puttin up 48" field fence(hog wire) with a single strand of 4 point on top..That 48" x 330" is going for $113 a roll here..

Tim

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Jerry/MT

04-26-2005 22:00:10

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 17:48:56

I just put up a bunch of fence using 3.5"-4" x 6.5'penta treated line posts on 15 ft centers ($2 apiece), 8" x 8' penta treated corner posts($15 ea) 4x4 x 8' penta treated brace post($8.50ea) and 4 strands of Gaucho at $25 per 1/4 mile roll. According to my calculations, based on a 1/4 mile four strand fence, it comes to about $0.26/foot.

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John A.

04-26-2005 20:31:52

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 17:48:56

Allan, I an fencing here on the home place. Here are some current prices on materials 40 in tall, 11x11x12 net wire is $104/330 ft roll.
Redtip or Okla 12.5 ga. barbed wire is $55/roll/= 1/4 mi.
6.5 T-post, reg lt-duty (green) are $2.00/post
6.5 T-post, HD (orange) are $3.00/post.
4in Thick wall corner post pipe-$3.85/ft
2-7/8 secondary corner post pipe-$1.55/ft {4ft in the ground,5.5ft up.
2-3/8 brase pipe/ every 5 post too -$1.35/ft
Sacrete is is +- 2.65/ sack, 2 or 3 sacks per hole at the corners .
Custom hole drillers, if you need one is $200 for the first 2hr and all the holes they can drill. after that is is 75/hr.
Here in Central Texas a good fence , Steel pipe welded corners, net and 3 barb, or 5 or 6 strands of Barbed wire will eat up the better part of $2.00, Ave about 1.75 to $1.85/ft! Hope this helps!
Later,
John A.

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John A.

04-26-2005 20:35:37

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to John A., 04-26-2005 20:31:52

Allan, Forgot to add STAY AWAY FROM THAT DAMM "gaucho wire" That is some nasty ,crappy, kinking, no good crap, Later,
John A,

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Hound

04-26-2005 20:10:50

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 17:48:56

..hey guy, read your other posts....looks like your starting to let your clutch out....just go ahead and just drop her. When the dust settles, you'll be smiling. As far as fence posts, when the time comes, I think that I know of one guy in your area that sells them buy the truckload.

Hound

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Dixieland

04-26-2005 19:17:45

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 17:48:56

Hi Allen...High tensil with 6 strans a 7" o.c. using 8" corner and bracing posts and 6" line posts spaced at 30' will run about $150.00 an acre on 20 acres or more before electrification.

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Dug

04-26-2005 19:02:24

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 17:48:56

Hey Allan,

I went through the math a while back. Looking at a similar fence, 12 gauge hog with one strand of barb, metal t-post with wood every forth, priced out at about $1.30 or $1.40 per foot doing it myself. The price of steel has gotten out of hand. Should of done this when I bought the property 3 years ago...

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Willy-N

04-26-2005 18:40:53

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 17:48:56

I put in 4,800 ft of DNR Approved fence, 4 strand 12 ga barb wire, 10 ft on center 6 1/2 ft heavy steel stakes, 6x6 treated line posts every 150 ft, proper pull posts for the gated and corner posts. It cost .68 a ft for the materials and I was paid 1.19 a ft total to put it in. So add to that cost the Hog Wire and you will have a idea. I made around $2,800.00 putting the fence in for 80+ hours of work. Mark H.

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WyoDave

04-26-2005 18:27:16

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 17:48:56

Allan, this is just a guess, and I could be way off, but if you're doing the labor I'd say maybe $1-1.25 a foot? That's considering woven wire on the bottom, two barb wires, and wooden posts the whole way. I might not even be in the ball park.
I have a question for you though. What exactly are you looking for farm wise? How many irrigated acres, total acres, and what kind of buildings do you want on it. If you let me know I'll keep my eyes and ears open in the North Platte Valley on the Wyoming side. Sometimes I know of places that will be put up for sale before they're listed and I'll give you the jump on them. David

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Allan in NE

04-26-2005 18:42:00

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to WyoDave, 04-26-2005 18:27:16

Hi Dave,

Thanks, that's what I thought. 'Bout $5K a mile or so if a guy had to put out the money to put it up?

I'll shoot ya an email.

Allan

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old

04-26-2005 18:25:12

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 17:48:56

Last I priced hog or woven wire which ever you want to call it was running around $50-70 per 300 foot roll. Barb wire was running around $25-35 a 1/4 mile roll.

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IH2444

04-27-2005 11:23:01

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to old, 04-26-2005 18:25:12

Old,
Feild fence is well over a hunderd dollars per 330 ft roll now.

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caseyc

04-26-2005 18:18:12

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 17:48:56

well old buddy i'm in that faze of my operation right now as a matter of fact. probably no where near the size your looking at but here's what i got. a total of 20 acres. 7 of those acres split three ways. rail ties for corners, 8"x8' wood post and 7 1/2' steel post alternate, heavy woven wire and one stand of barb to top it off.a few gates and i'm right around $2500. one acre all wood posts and boards(right by the barn and road frontage) i'm around $1200. the remaining 12 acres will be rail tie corners, 8"x8" wood every two 7 1/2" steel and five strand barb wire, that one is gonna run about $1900. when the time comes that i do 50-100 acres i would probably go 5 steel post per every wood and the wood posts would only be 4"x8', that would be a huge savings since a 8"x8' post is triple what a 4"x8' post is. i am a firm believer in rail tie corners. heck with all your money you could just rail tie and sucker rod the whole dang thing, then nothing would get out!

casey in SD

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Allan in NE

04-26-2005 18:34:24

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to caseyc, 04-26-2005 18:18:12

Hi Casey,

I know full well that I'm not making any sense, but I'm trying to put some kind of a dollar amount on this fence in my mind.

All wood posts, braided hog wire with two strands of barbed wire on top (I know the wire doesn't show up too well). It�s a good sheep-tight fence.

The whole damned place is perimetered and quartered off with it.

Nope, you're wrong. I don't have two nickels to rub together.

Allan

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Pajamafied John

04-27-2005 06:15:50

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 18:34:24

Looks like a pool table. Where are the hills?

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Leland

04-26-2005 18:49:20

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 18:34:24

Allan you can save a lot with RRties they make good corner and brace posts but a buck a foot sounds close I have not built fence for over 15 years. we have guys around here split ties and use them to build fence with and they last quite a while.good luck you rich land owner.

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Mike (WA)

04-26-2005 18:41:29

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 18:34:24

I seem to be dealing with tree roots, hills, etc. all the time. I'll go out on a limb on this, but I'm thinking you may not have some of those problems. . .

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Jay (ND)

04-26-2005 18:17:32

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Allan in NE, 04-26-2005 17:48:56

Here's a nice place to start Allan. TSC

If you look, there is all kinds of advice in the left column.

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steveormary

04-27-2005 09:42:41

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Re: O/T Fencing in reply to Jay (ND), 04-26-2005 18:17:32

Put up new fence some years back. Took a good look at the way Dad built fence and followed his procedure. Put down 3 wood posts and one t post spaced 25" apart. Then 4 strands of barbwire. Dont know the cost.

Now a question. When you staple the barbwire to the wood posts do you drive the staples in tight or do you leave them loose?

steveormary

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