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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 1711715" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>Thank you Fence</p><p> That was exactly what I was looking for. The local Farmers Coop gave me two names for possible fence builders. I know one of them. He is young and a good rancher who leases a lot of land in the county. The other I was unfamiliar with. I left a message yesterday with that one, since my source at Coop said he had the equipment to cut the line and more experience. I haven't heard back, but today is the last day for deer hunting in the county, so maybe tomorrow. I was hoping to get a bid from both and wanted some idea of what would be fair. I would be totally fine with purchasing materials and having them delivered here. </p><p></p><p> I measured the distance using the GIS function on our county assessor site and it would be about 11,500-12,000 feet. The old fence was built along a ridge top and jogs along using both posts and trees. It was made using woven wire to keep in sheep and I have often wondered how they accomplished that. In some spots it would be easier from the neighbors, so I'll have to see if they would accommodate us in that way. I know some of them, but they are 6-7 miles away by road and I don't know them all by any means. That side is split into many small tracts above the river at the eastern end. I would love to have a road through there that could make ATV access possible, so I like that idea. It would not be good to follow the fence the whole way however. The steep areas would wash out in winter rains if we cut a track through them. If I could do this it would add 375 acres of pasture that I could add to my drought insurance. The USDA uses a 74 year rain average, so we collect most years, since unfortunately our total rainfall has continuously dropped over the last 30-40 years. I would need to pay up to $5,000 more for the insurance of course, but those 375 acres might have saved me several months of winter feed and brought in over $20,000 in additional drought insurance money, in just the last two years alone. Even if we go back to normal rain and there are no payouts, I still have an additional 100 acres of high meadow to graze. I had looked into buying part of a piece that borders us, and after hearing what it is worth now, I decided it made more sense to fence what we already have. Otherwise if this drought continues I will need to seriously cut back on animals. The last two years have been especially rough. I can't keep feeding like this forever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 1711715, member: 9933"] Thank you Fence That was exactly what I was looking for. The local Farmers Coop gave me two names for possible fence builders. I know one of them. He is young and a good rancher who leases a lot of land in the county. The other I was unfamiliar with. I left a message yesterday with that one, since my source at Coop said he had the equipment to cut the line and more experience. I haven't heard back, but today is the last day for deer hunting in the county, so maybe tomorrow. I was hoping to get a bid from both and wanted some idea of what would be fair. I would be totally fine with purchasing materials and having them delivered here. I measured the distance using the GIS function on our county assessor site and it would be about 11,500-12,000 feet. The old fence was built along a ridge top and jogs along using both posts and trees. It was made using woven wire to keep in sheep and I have often wondered how they accomplished that. In some spots it would be easier from the neighbors, so I'll have to see if they would accommodate us in that way. I know some of them, but they are 6-7 miles away by road and I don't know them all by any means. That side is split into many small tracts above the river at the eastern end. I would love to have a road through there that could make ATV access possible, so I like that idea. It would not be good to follow the fence the whole way however. The steep areas would wash out in winter rains if we cut a track through them. If I could do this it would add 375 acres of pasture that I could add to my drought insurance. The USDA uses a 74 year rain average, so we collect most years, since unfortunately our total rainfall has continuously dropped over the last 30-40 years. I would need to pay up to $5,000 more for the insurance of course, but those 375 acres might have saved me several months of winter feed and brought in over $20,000 in additional drought insurance money, in just the last two years alone. Even if we go back to normal rain and there are no payouts, I still have an additional 100 acres of high meadow to graze. I had looked into buying part of a piece that borders us, and after hearing what it is worth now, I decided it made more sense to fence what we already have. Otherwise if this drought continues I will need to seriously cut back on animals. The last two years have been especially rough. I can't keep feeding like this forever. [/QUOTE]
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