Chain Link Fence

[TRCM]

To any respectable gun dog, 4 foot is a simple hop over.

^ my thinking to......

[catch5]

How difficult is it to “stretch” the chain link fence and make it tight. Setting the post be easy enough. Have the nephew dig the holes. Lol

[1781ccT]

Got a lot of rocks?

A few, lol. What gave it away

[1781ccT]

So you’re willing to pay someone to get your rocks off? Sounds like a DIY job but when I put my fence up all I had to deal with was all the cups, bottles, shirts, etc that was in the fill dirt. One hole took me an hour because a sweatshirt was 3 feet down! Idiots.

yes, yes I am willing to pay to get my rocks off. when you’ve got rocks like I do, get back to me

[1781ccT]

we just had 183' of 6' tall ceder fence put in on the sides of our house and 195' of black 5' tall chain link on the back side so we could keep our view of the woods intact and it was about the same price for the wood as it as for chain link. 5' tall chain link was just shy of $12 per foot. Our soil in the Ozarks is rocky as can be, money well spent to hire someone to do it.

if you have an athletic dog, I highly recommend going with a 5' fence. Our Australian shepherd could hop a 4' fence if she wanted to.

Money well spent...this guy gets it!

[Walkabout7781]

We're only allowed up to 6' fences, so we put in 6' fences. The neighbor's 6' cedar fence wasn't enough to keep his Irish Setter from getting over. The 5 of us new owners on the cul-de-sac teamed up and rented a gas posthole digger one Saturday. We had two guys hanging on and a safety man to shut off the engine when it hit a rock big enough to lock it up solid. We took the digger back at about 2:30pm after digging 105 holes. The rental company was shocked when they were told how many holes we dug, and we dug them as deep as the machine allowed. Our dirt is clay/rock ("glacial till") much like the OP's...pretty much waterproof and bulletproof.

[billnorman1]

How difficult is it to “stretch” the chain link fence and make it tight. Setting the post be easy enough. Have the nephew dig the holes. Lol

Use a "comealong" and put a bar through the fence. Sounds like you should have trees or a well placed truck hitch to pull against. You want it tight not so tight you can play it like a harp. Dig the holes, make a wooden stick or 2 x 4 the height you want the posts to be with a horizontal elbow coming out at 90 degrees at that height, set the posts vertical with a level in dry Sacrete and then drop a couple of gallons of water in the hole to set them. You have to decide how much fence you want to be at the top rail. I like about 1/4 inch or so overlapping the rail. You only have to set the end posts in concrete you can drive the others into the ground with a tool to keep from flattening the top of the posts. If you have a long run or a gate you must set those in concrete too.
Those are a couple of basics, the internet is a good source on how to do it properly. Rocket science it's not.

[pabasshawk]

Have you considered installing a split rail fence with a wire fence lining? It's easy to install and looks a lot better than chain link.

[grayline]

If the soil in Greenbriar TN is anything like it is where I live, I'd gladly pay the extra money to have somebody else dig those holes. Renting a powered posthole digger would eat up a bunch, if not most, of the cost difference between DIY and hiring it out.

digging a 3ft wide x 3ft deep hole to plant a tree damn near broke my wrist on this rocky soil

Go buy an earthquake auger for $239 have your fence and concrete Delivered

[billnorman1]

Oh BTW a fence supply company will probably sell you a kit with everything you need per your drawing. They will also have better quality fence stuff that your big retail store.