I had 6000' of 48" net wire fence built 1.5 yrs ago now. Materials were around $1.10 per foot with 8" x 10' cedar corner posts and 1.33 tpost every 15'. Wire was class III 12" spacing net wire that was $300/600' roll. T-post were 6'1/2' and cost $4.69. Corner post were $35 each. Braces pipes were 2 3/8" pipe and don't remember the exact cost now. Had and "H" brace every 1/4 mile with all cedar posts 5' deep and 3 post brace on the ends. Labor was about .99/ft. This fence cost a bit more since there 4 breaks in the fence and a total of 35 "H" brace posts. Labor was broke down into .75/ft on labor + $40 per corner post hole dug. This was all black dirt and some caliche type soil.

What did the 6000' of fence cost you total? Neighbor is needing some and was wondering an approximate cost. I know it would be higher here because of the rock.

My last fencing project (7572 feet) ran about $2.05/foot plus the cost of ROW clearing. Half was flat but the other half had some very steep inclines. Lots of rock, three water gaps, three gates and several "H" braces. Don't remember the exact number. Clearing the old fence and opening up the ROW took 20 hours of D6R dozer time at $145/hour. Your dozer costs can vary depending on the terrain and if you are competing with the oil patch for dozer work.


And I am still waiting on a $9000 check from the ^^^^^ landowner on the other side of the fence who shook hands and agreed to split the costs.

My last fencing project (7572 feet) ran about $2.05/foot plus the cost of ROW clearing. Half was flat but the other half had some very steep inclines. Lots of rock, three water gaps, three gates and several "H" braces. Don't remember the exact number. Clearing the old fence and opening up the ROW took 20 hours of D6R dozer time at $145/hour. Your dozer costs can vary depending on the terrain and if you are competing with the oil patch for dozer work.


And I am still waiting on a $9000 check from the ^^^^^ landowner on the other side of the fence who shook hands and agreed to split the costs.

OUCH!!

I'm having just over 9000ft of 5 stand put in and my total cost will be around $13000. Had 3 metal gates, 1 barb gate, a 110ft top rail welded angled entrance, 6 corners, and 5 extra stays.

$2500/mi - fence labor
$30/ hr - welding
$100/stay
$100/corner
$1300 - 36 joints of pipe
$4.50 per pole - 12ft centers
$62/roll barb wire
$300 shedding

It should be finished this week, weather permitting. Luckily my place isn't rock like south tx. I pushed back the mesquites with a front loader kubota. That only cost me a case if beer and some diesel.

Man, I never want any more Gaucho wire on the place. Like working with a spring steel slinky with barbs.

$13,000 for 9000 ft. of barb wire fence? If that fence builder was around here he would have work backed up for the rest of his life.

I know. When I started looking at adding the fence, I saw a few posts on this forum and was thinking it was going to cost 13k a mile plus the entry gate. Found 2 people around lubbock and spur that were about the same cost. Decided to use the local spur guy because of keeping it local, using local feed store, establishing local repor etc....He has been building fences for over 30 years and also runs cattle on several other places. Guess whom I'll contact when I get ready to buy some bred cows.

The other guy is a green card holder. Comes back across as he picks up work. Ive watched him hand drive 96 poles from 7am to 12pm. Weighs about 175 and can literally rip you arms off.

Both are great people but choose the local for obvious reasons.