Price of fencing.

IH784man

Hi

I have to wire an acre or so of land so I was wondering what Is the cost of sheep wire plus one strand of barbed wire a meter.Would it be better to do that or electric fence it as I am going to rent it.

Thanks.

IH784man

And also a 10ft sheep gate

I said

Rough guide not knowing what part of country your in around €1.10ish a metre electric and treble that for sheep wire and barbed.
Rough guide only don't hold me to it

arthur daly

100m of sheep wire and roll barbed 150e was the best I got locally without spending the difference in diesel to get it xheaper.

arthur daly

100m of sheep wire and roll barbed 150e was the best I got locally without spending the difference in diesel to get it xheaper.

IH784man

I'm in donegal,I am splitting a field in the middle and I have some pet lambs that keep breaking out so I think sheep wire is probably the better option.

Nekarsulm

100 metres of high tensile 8 row sheep wire is costing between 115 and 130 per roll.
Posts vary widely in price. PDM Creosote posts, 5 fool long, cost about €8 each. Tanalised posts cost about €5, and plain ones about €3.50
To put up sheep wire properly you are going to need a post every 5 paces. Plus a heavier "strainer" at each end if you have no tree lining up.
Hire a post driver if you haven't got a digger to batter them in, €50
Plus your barbed wire and staples, etc.

I said

arthur daly wrote: »

100m of sheep wire and roll barbed 150e was the best I got locally without spending the difference in diesel to get it xheaper.

Are you including the price of supply and driving of posts and labour?
Maybe the OP is doing that himself

High bike

I said wrote: »

Are you including the price of supply and driving of posts and labour?
Maybe the OP is doing that himself

surely everyone would do a bit of fencing themselves;)

IH784man

I bought posts cut in half before at around 1.85 a piece before at hardware shop,mabey local sawmill might be cheaper,Me and the father will batter them in with a sledge,we have a wire tightener and all that so I think well be okay in that side,my uncle has a contractor up fencing for him and there's a tractor and post driver sitting in yard I case I'm stuck I can use that.

I want to weigh up the costs of either options,any battery fencer on donedeal is 140 upwards and as people said here that can buy you a roll of sheep wire and barbed for that,that's without buying the roll of electrical wire and the posts.

I said

High bike wrote: »

surely everyone would do a bit of fencing themselves;)

Baling twine and pallets might work for some👌

gazahayes

I said wrote: »

Are you including the price of supply and driving of posts and labour?
Maybe the OP is doing that himself

Put down 6 foot posts here at the weekend mad a hole with a heavy crow bar and shoved then down with the tractor loader no bother at all

High bike

I said wrote: »

Baling twine and pallets might work for some👌

blue pallets????

IH784man

Would I be better of with posts and sheep wire or the electric fence?

Nekarsulm

IH784man wrote: »

Would I be better of with posts and sheep wire or the electric fence?

Posts and sheep wire, properly put up, is a long term solution. If you only need something for this year then perhaps a post every 10 yards and 3 or 4 strands of high tensile smooth wire and put an electric fencer to it. a lot easier taken down if needs be.

IH784man

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Posts and sheep wire, properly put up, is a long term solution. If you only need something for this year then perhaps a post every 10 yards and 3 or 4 strands of high tensile smooth wire and put an electric fencer to it. a lot easier taken down if needs be.

I can see it being a bit longer than a year hopefully,so I may ring around and try and get the best quote I can.

Thanks all I can get back to ye's with the prices if anyone's intrested.

arctictree

I normally pay 5.50 a metre to a contractor all in. Ive worked it out and couldn't really do it cheaper myself. And they do a better job than I could especially around the end posts.

arthur daly

I said wrote: »

Are you including the price of supply and driving of posts and labour?
Maybe the OP is doing that himself

the local fencing company they were cheaper than glanbia..labour posts etc would be on top of that I guess although I done my own

IH784man

arctictree wrote: »

I normally pay 5.50 a metre to a contractor all in. Ive worked it out and couldn't really do it cheaper myself. And they do a better job than I could especially around the end posts.

It's only for about an acre so doing it myself would be easier probably.

I said

High bike wrote: »

blue pallets????

No ya know them plastic green ones

Reggie.

What price are the pencil stakes?

IH784man

I'll ask for you if I ring this evening if you want

Reggie.

IH784man wrote: »

I'll ask for you if I ring this evening if you want

Cheers

freedominacup

I replaced 20+ stakes in a five acre section last week and when I went to take cows out there now another one gone. Most of the ones that we replaced were pressure treated cresoted stakes put down in 1996/97 so we got reasonable value from them.

amacca

As an aside

Probably not ideal if you are renting and definitely not the job if sheep are involved but I've had land fenced for about ten years now with nothing but two strands of high tensile electric wire and a good mains fencer. Never had a breakout yet - had calves, heifers, yearlings, older bullocks, cows etc all of them stayed in - its more expensive but it can be a viable long term solution for some situations if you want and its convenient if you have esb imo + has some advantages over sheep wire too (as long as you're not running sheep!)

Tried a third lower row of wire with sheep once and it worked fine - just hate the stupid wooly b@stards so I got rid of them.

sea12

freedominacup wrote: »

I replaced 20+ stakes in a five acre section last week and when I went to take cows out there now another one gone. Most of the ones that we replaced were pressure treated cresoted stakes put down in 1996/97 so we got reasonable value from them.

Yea nearly 20 years you can't say too much about that.

IH784man

@amacca

Yea the man I'm renting it of doesn't want proper fencing in it so i was told so I will have to get it electric fenced,I'll use 3 strands most likely,any one know the price of a good battery for it?

IH784man

End end up getting sheep wire

2 rolls of galvanised sheep wire,25 half post @1.80 each,round ones the same,box of staples at 15 euro came to 140 or something close to that,couldn't do electric for that I wouldn't think.

Plus the uncles telling me about fencer battery's being nicked all the time.