Taking fence down price??

[ladycrofter]

I seem to be living on another planet wanting the OLD fence, (wrecked, rotten and mangled) removed before a new fence goes up. What does a fencer charge to remove old fencing?
(A LOT so I'm told, although no figures could be provided .)

 

[Macsky]

It’s a ‘mare of a job, I wouldn’t expect anyone to do it for nothing.

 

[BRB John]

By hand or by digger?

 

[Willie adie]

If I'm asked to price for stripping a fence ,the reply is usually "f@@k that I will do it myself " and that's the plan.
Just remember if its to be done by hand taking staples from broken posts, thr staples hammered hard home. The nettles. Thistles, gorse, and broom growing through it, wires buried un ground , and or the gorse.
Rolling up the wires , not so bad rylock but barbed and plain are a yoke.
It's a pansy of a job

 

[tepapa]

£1.50-2 /m maybe £2.50. and I'll strip it down into a pile of posts and rolls of netting to either reuse or dispose.

I can rip it out with a tractor in a fraction of the time but you'll have a big mess of mixed materials that will need to go on a bonfire.

 

[ARW]

As much as it costs in labour for the new fence!

 

[ladycrofter]

Thanks for replies. Part is standing and part smashed down. The line is very clear, the forestry have been in to clear downed trees and limbs so both sides are well trampled. Think I'll have a look this weekend, only about 50m looks difficult. Famous last words.
Don't mind paying if it's bad.

 

[ARW]

Thanks for replies. Part is standing and part smashed down. The line is very clear, the forestry have been in to clear downed trees and limbs so both sides are well trampled. Think I'll have a look this weekend, only about 50m looks difficult. Famous last words.
Don't mind paying if it's bad.

It’s disposing of the old fence that’s the biggest cost, we take a fence down, bundle it into a trailer then onto the fire at our yard then it’s all to scrap and sort annually, which can take days

 

[spin cycle]

could use eco clipex to salvage the standing.....then digger out the bad bit and patch?

 

[ladycrofter]

Forestry is giving materials and we do the labour side, so it has to be 100% new and a condition is that the old one is removed, fair enough.
I'm thinking how many fence lines I've completely re-set/remade in 20+ years. Think I'll have a go first as I won't have to be re-making it. Not a bad job on a good day.
@ARW I might have to do that with some of it. IIRC there's bits of rabbit netting in places. I already have a fence bonfire place so yeah could just pile it on. What a mess tho

 

[ARW]

Rabbit net is very hard to remove, you may have to except it just tears off at ground level, it’s very hard to pull out unless you dig it out with a digger
Good luck!

 

[Alchad]

Just a suggestion - if it’s only about 50 metres, say 20 post? As said, the hard part is usually removing the staples, an alternative might be to invest in a pair of bolt croppers to cut the wire either side of the fence post which should then pull out and can be burnt later (not forgetting to go through the ashes to retrieve staple). The in between section of wire should be capable of folding up into manageable size for disposal.

 

[Willie adie]

As much as it costs in labour for the new fence!

I wouldn't argue with that , Probably as much work and effort.

 

[Willie adie]

Just a suggestion - if it’s only about 50 metres, say 20 post? As said, the hard part is usually removing the staples, an alternative might be to invest in a pair of bolt croppers to cut the wire either side of the fence post which should then pull out and can be burnt later (not forgetting to go through the ashes to retrieve staple). The in between section of wire should be capable of folding up into manageable size for disposal.

Cordless grinder, good for that.
We have a site master spinning jenny that we use to roll up wires barbed is a real pain as it catches in grass. Plain is no problem though.
As you say you cab cut wire between each post and fold up once or twice ,and if you put it in a bucket and dump in a scrap box too then it's as easy a way to do it.

 

[Willie adie]

£1.50-2 /m maybe £2.50. and I'll strip it down into a pile of posts and rolls of netting to either reuse or dispose.

I can rip it out with a tractor in a fraction of the time but you'll have a big mess of mixed materials that will need to go on a bonfire.

I need to charge more per metre to take down then

 

[lloyd]

Problem solved sounds like Tepapa would do it for£125.

 

[Optimus]

I seem to be living on another planet wanting the OLD fence, (wrecked, rotten and mangled) removed before a new fence goes up. What does a fencer charge to remove old fencing?
(A LOT so I'm told, although no figures could be provided .)

I'm not sure what we get charged but the fencer has done it a few times for us.usually he just chops it into sections then we pick it up with the forklift, burn the crap off then weigh in what's left.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Just a suggestion - if it’s only about 50 metres, say 20 post? As said, the hard part is usually removing the staples, an alternative might be to invest in a pair of bolt croppers to cut the wire either side of the fence post which should then pull out and can be burnt later (not forgetting to go through the ashes to retrieve staple). The in between section of wire should be capable of folding up into manageable size for disposal.

Or a battery 5" grinder.

 

[tepapa]

Problem solved sounds like Tepapa would do it for£125.

If I lived within 30 mile and had the contract to install the new fence, for an additional payment of course, I would

 

[Zebeddee]

Digger is extremely quick to take down fencing then just burn it all and retrieve the burnt wire for scrap, advantage also is digger can make good the fence line for a better tidier job. Annoys me when a new fence nicely erected on rough ground that could have easily been leveled tidily first