PREP My ( and wife's ) weekend project..... just about done!

[20Gauge]

In a previous thread, I spoke about using a surveyor to track the lines of my property on the side of some current development. Having gotten the survey, we proceeded to build a 200 ft fence in one section. That was finished before the heat of the summer.

Well, Fall seems to be here, so over the last 3 weeks we have been working on the next section of 300 ft. Yes, 100 yards of new fencing.

Attached are some of the pictures we took.

We still need to wire the fence to the poles and place signs, but in every other respect, the fence is done.

Now we only have 1 section left. That is between the two fences, but that will be next years fence project as this one cost a bundle. We started with poles costing $ 18, but now are $31 each. Yeah same poles and in some cases thinner material as we found with some of the fencing. ( had to use two different vendors for that, no stock in the area )

Enjoy!!

 

[20Gauge]

Our side is the one with the trees. So you can see why we wanted the fence.

 

[Blacknarwhal]

Clearly planning to make some good neighbors there. Nice job!

 

[Cardinal]

Great investment there. it will pay off in unseen ways.

 

[desertvet2]

Keep spare poles, fittings and fencing on hand. Trees put the hurt on thise fences when they drop on them.

Looks great.

 

[bw]

Keep spare poles, fittings and fencing on hand. Trees put the hurt on thise fences when they drop on them.

And dropping a tree across the fence is the quickest way to land wood on the neighbor's side.

 

[agmfan3]

My hubby had a few days off, worked on the porch railing

 

[hiwall]

I just hired a neighbor to mow all our land with a rotary(brush) mower ($500). I wanted it done for fire mitigation and because otherwise it will all become a woods.
Wildfire is a real threat here because we are surrounded with national forest.

 

[briches]

Great job!

 

[Griz3752]

Great investment there. it will pay off in unseen ways.

If you electrify the fence, there might be incontrovertible evidence of who trespassed, 'good neighbours' being in as short supply as they can be these days . . . . .
Are Wifi Game cams in the plan?

 

[20Gauge]

Keep spare poles, fittings and fencing on hand. Trees put the hurt on thise fences when they drop on them.

Looks great.

Yep the do at that

 

[20Gauge]

I just hired a neighbor to mow all our land with a rotary(brush) mower ($500). I wanted it done for fire mitigation and because otherwise it will all become a woods.
Wildfire is a real threat here because we are surrounded with national forest.

We get 50+ inches of rain per year. No need to worry about that

 

[20Gauge]

If you electrify the fence, there might be incontrovertible evidence of who trespassed, 'good neighbours' being in as short supply as they can be these days . . . . .
Are Wifi Game cams in the plan?

Not at the moment.

 

[Bud in Fla]

My hubby had a few days off, worked on the porch railing

People don't realize how difficult it is to make that kind of railing look right, either!

 

[dioptase]

Good job, but I really hope that you left enough room for the trees to grow! You don't want them pushing out that fence - you'll just have to do it all over again.

 

[Jeep]

With all the pines, I can tell you live in Georgia!!!!

 

[Zardoz]

Say,...that's a nice job you did there. If you still got the itch to do more fence work, I've got about 1000' that could use your expertise.

 

[nomifyle]

DH is cutting small oak trees to use for posts, no way we could afford the price of the metal ones. My great grand father used wooden posts about 100 years ago and parts were still standing about 10 years ago. DH fenced around them.

 

[changed]

We bought our property and it was 2 acres surrounded by chain link fence. Even had a dog run. I can't imagine what it would cost to build that now days.

 

[2ndAmendican]

Definitely in the Southeast. Can't miss that sandy soil! Lol. Fence looks great! My son and I installed a 6 foot chain link fence at me and my ex wife's former home, so I definitely know what it takes to install. That appears to have been one helluva project. Kudos!!

 

[20Gauge]

Good job, but I really hope that you left enough room for the trees to grow! You don't want them pushing out that fence - you'll just have to do it all over again.

3ft from the edge of the fence, Yes

 

[20Gauge]

Say,...that's a nice job you did there. If you still got the itch to do more fence work, I've got about 1000' that could use your expertise.

I still have several hundred feet to install through a heavy tree section. I am trying to figure a way without removing trees. Most likely will make several sections

 

[20Gauge]

DH is cutting small oak trees to use for posts, no way we could afford the price of the metal ones. My great grand father used wooden posts about 100 years ago and parts were still standing about 10 years ago. DH fenced around them.

We can not. Even pressure treated posts last 3 years or less. The rain and water table movements just kill wood posts. We live in a swamp

 

[20Gauge]

We bought our property and it was 2 acres surrounded by chain link fence. Even had a dog run. I can't imagine what it would cost to build that now days.

We can not. Even pressure treated posts last 3 years or less. The rain and water table movements just kill wood posts. We live in a swamp

Answer??????

Chain alone 4ft high is $2.50 per foot
Rail poles $ 2.81 per foot
Line poles $ 2.60 per foot Average cost
Misc,,,,, unknown... tools, etc will depend upon user

$ 7.91 per foot. In our case, $2400 est for the 300 ft, but the 200 ft section was 2/3 of that as prices were lower.

 

[zeker]

We bought our property and it was 2 acres surrounded by chain link fence. Even had a dog run. I can't imagine what it would cost to build that now days.

I priced 200ft of chain link fence

$3000.

I,ll just go with farm fence with 2 in squares.

I have lotsa cedar here for poles/posts

 

[nomifyle]

We can not. Even pressure treated posts last 3 years or less. The rain and water table movements just kill wood posts. We live in a swamp

I'm sure they will eventually rot, but they seem to be holding up. I'm pretty sure the ones that my papa put up were cedar. We live on a hill, but swamp is near.