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Hi , a friend of mine has asked me what the price per metre is for rabbit fencing (labour wise). He’s not particularly keen on doing it but it’s an ‘in’ for a load of other work that he does want. 1.2 m mesh 4” posts 6” strainers but not sure on the metreage(?)Thanks in advance

John

 

 

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Hi , a friend of mine has asked me what the price per metre is for rabbit fencing (labour wise). He’s not particularly keen on doing it but it’s an ‘in’ for a load of other work that he does want. 1.2 m mesh 4” posts 6” strainers but not sure on the metreage(?)Thanks in advance

John

 

 

 

Are you going to " dig it in " below the surface ?  Allow for that in the price .

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I think it's best to dig the fold-back in. The little sods have a knack of working it out. 

 

These days I prefer the high speed lead poisoning approach. 

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would never do a rabbit fence without digging in a full spades depth. 

 

just replacing 200m metres at work where a contractor allowed enough for a few inches touching/folded over on ground - rabbits walk through!

 

an awful lot depends on ground conditions, nice soft digging you can put a trench in fairly quick with spade, if theres no fence to dismantle and nice run with no obstacles depepending on length a mini digger with competent driver do an awful lot in a day.

 

for rabbit fence i always use three plain wires, lets you keep good and neat, strainers in a good 3 foot.   can you get a tractor and post knocker in, or hand dig them?

 

 

 

 

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Used to do a lot of fencing with rabbit netting. As Gimlet said, don’t go short on the buried overlap or on the finished height of the net. If there’s a lot of rabbit pressure it’s often wise to price in ‘windows’ for drop box/barrel traps every 50 metres or so.

 

Using pins to hold the net down on the surface rather than burying it is sometimes ok (on really hard ground) if the line is being walked every day until the grass grows, but as suggested above, pre-planning by using a furrow saves an awkward dig after a fence is erected.

 

 

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