The long drive to Kona is just not worth it for me, and if I need to come do a 30 minute fix on your fence down the road, paying me for 4 or 5 hours round trip travel time for such a small job is not worth it for you. Note to Kona side customers – I am based in the Hilo area don’t do jobs on the Kona side of the Island, just the Hilo side from Pahoa to Pa’auilo. The reason I work like this is so that you are happy with my work and I get referrals from satisfied customers. I also don’t leave scraps of materials behind on your land because I pick up after myself. To do this, I work as efficiently as possible, in an assembly line procedure when possible. This is how I generate new business, by making happy customers who give me referrals, since I do not advertise. When I install a fence, my goal is to install it with the best quality I can, for the lowest cost to you possible. My policy is to fully inform customers and give them as much choice as possible. I view it as my job as an electric fence specialist to inform you of all the options you have so that you can choose exactly what you want for your fence. The final invoice amount is the total of hours labor and materials used and is usually close to the estimate. I estimate on the high side because I always want the final amount to be less than my estimate! My installation labor rate is $66,/ hour. Step 4: After you know what you want, and you want me to install your fence, the next logical step is for me to come out to your property and see what it looks like, measure it, and give you an approximate estimate of what your investment would be. For instance, if you have rocky ground and I need to spend 5-15 minutes drilling each post hole, then obviously it will take longer and cost more than if there is soft soil and I can just pound in each post in 15 seconds or so. If the gate is installed after the electric fence, the installation of the gate most likely will disturb the electric fence and I will have to come and re-install it, costing you more money).Ī rough, ball park will all depend upon the difficulty or ease of installation. If you want a metal type gate, you will need to hire someone to install it, and it’s best to have the gate installed first, so I can bring the electric fence right up to it. Will you need any gates installed? (I install gates using electrified ropes. If your soil is very rock and full of large rocks, it is likely that I will tell you that electric fencing is inappropriate for this situation and I cannot install an electric fence there. What is the soil like? Is it deep dirt or rocky? (Rocky soils require more installation time because each post hole frequently must be drilled, whereas in deep soil each post can be pounded in very quickly, reducing installation time and the overall cost of the fence). If the fence just goes out and stops somewhere, the pigs may eventually find their way around it and you’re right back with pig problems again. In planning a pig fence, the most effective fence totally encloses an area, such a square or rectangular fence, or a fence the goes up to an existing fence or something that the pigs can’t go over, such as a taller rockwall. If you can’t tell where they come in, it may be useful to mount a trail camera in several locations at night to determine where they come in. It really helps if you know where the pigs are coming in. I can give you the number of people who do weedeating. Is the fence line cleared? If not, you will need to clear it as I have enough to do installing fences and don’t want to do clearing work. What is the shape of your fence? Are the sides straight or irregular? When I say straight, I mean you can put a string on the fence line and from corner to corner, the string will be perfectly straight, if not, then you have some direction changes that I need to plan for and bring posts for each direction change. What is the total length of your fence? (The full length of the perimeter). These are the questions I will ask you in order to do this: Step 3: If the fence fits your budget, the next step is to contact me and to get a rough estimate for your fence. I will decide which fence fits your needs. Figure $1.50 – $3.00 per foot of fence for a 2 or 3 wire pig fence. Step 2: You can calculate a rough estimate for me to install an electric fence to see if it fits your budget or not. So you’re considering an Electric Fence? Here’s the steps I suggest to help you decide: My name is Charlie Abel, and I specialize in Electric fences to keep pigs out I have been installing electric fences for 8 years. Our fences are built to last 20 to 30 years. Professional Installation with high quality components.We install Electric Fences to Keep Pigs out on the East Side of the Big Island of Hawai’i The following two videos, recorded with my trail camera, show how my fences repel pigs:
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