06-13-2014, 02:50 AM
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Originally posted by lakepuna
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I'm wondering if anyone can tell me an approximate cost for how much chain-link fencing costs for an entire acre. Also planning on putting up a couple-few feet high rock wall in front with it being higher for a gated entrance. Looking for any kind of suggestions or experiences :
It depends on how tall it will be. You can get a rough cost of materials by determining how many feet around total, then going down to Home Depot to look at the mesh, poles and hardware. Be aware, there is cheap chain link material and more expensive. The cheap stuff will turn to rust in two years, so how cheap is that? The cost around here isn't the fence material, it is the cost of getting the posts into the ground, because the ground is lava, not dirt. You can do it yourself with a jack hammer rental from Home Depot but after the first post hole, that idea won't seem so great. Hiring somebody with a trackhoe and a jack hammer attachment will charge $150 per hour and it will take at least 2 or 3 days to dig holes around an acre, if it is all level and there isn't some huge lava boulder they run into.
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