[TheForge] Fw: setting fence posts

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Terry:
I have difficulty distinguishing between "I can " and "I should"---do 
something...you may have similar difficulty...
Call the competition and see how much better they can do..then call the 
local guys back...etc....pf

terry l. ridder wrote:
> hello david;
> 
> 
> On Mon, 25 May 2009, David E. Smucker wrote:
> 
>> Hell Terry,   Have a fence company do it.  They will not put it down, 48
>> inch in a 9 dia. hole.  At least get a quote from some of these guys, in
>> these hunger time I will bet they know a way around this.  While I
>> understand the power of frost (I grew up around there) for a fence this is
>> crazy.
>>
> 
> northern illinois fence on route 38 dekalb, illinois which is roughly at
> most 4 miles from my place quoted me $7,855.00+ usd to do the job. that
> quote was given to me about 1.5 months ago. basically, the guy doing the
> quote was using $20.00 per ft. 400 ft * $20.00 usd per ft = $8,000.00
> usd per 400 ft. he deduct $145.00 usd because they could leave the dirt
> from the holes here. so even in these hungry times some places still try
> to gouge you.
> 
> i figure that i could do it for around $2,800.00 usd not counting the
> cement. that is all the fence material, pipe, chain link fabric, tension
> bars, gates, brackets, etc.
> 
>> Dave,
>>
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