Field & Ranch Fencing
Ranch and Field Fencing
Field fence for pasture and garden containment, rail and ranch rail for the equestrian look, both built to hold a straight line across uneven ground.
Chapter 01
Field fence or rail: the ground decides which
Field fence is the workhorse choice for a farm, a pasture or a big garden. It's built to contain livestock and hold its line across ground that never stays flat, which is exactly the ground most of our customers are fencing.
Rail and ranch rail fencing solve a different problem. Farms, ranches and equestrian properties use it for the wide horizontal rail look, a fence you can see through and still know exactly where the property line runs. Plenty of properties end up with both: field fence doing the containment work, rail marking the frontage or the stretch closest to the house.
Split rail wood fence going in along a wooded pasture lot, survey flags still marking the line
A pasture run works the ground harder than a backyard fence ever does
A long run across pasture crosses more uneven terrain than a typical residential job, and that terrain doesn't sit still. Ground shifting and soil erosion are the two things that actually work against a fence line out here, not the fence itself.
Posts set without accounting for that movement start leaning within a couple of seasons, especially on a slope or near a drainage line. Setting them right the first time, deep enough and in the right spot on that specific stretch of ground, is what keeps a long pasture run straight for years instead of months.
Chapter 03
Mike looks at the actual property before anyone quotes a price
Customers say the same thing across their reviews: Mike comes out and walks the ground himself before Wilson Fence quotes the job. On a pasture or a ranch, that matters more than on a small yard, since the terrain can change from one end of the property to the other.
Any gate that goes into a ranch or field fence line gets oriented to the posts that are really there on the day it's built, not to a straight measurement taken from the road. It's the same certified crew from start to finish.
The rail gets stained and painted before the crew leaves
Wood rail fencing goes up, gets stained and painted, and the job is finished before anyone leaves the property. That finish is part of the install, not something billed separately afterward.
Out on open pasture, that wood takes more sun and weather than a fence tucked into a backyard, so plan on re-staining every two to three years to keep the color and the protection from wearing off early.
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