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Ranch & Farm Fencing

Pipe, cross-buck and wire fencing for acreage, livestock and equipment. in McAllen and across the Rio Grande Valley.

Acreage fencing is a different job from a back yard, and the difference is not just length. A ranch fence has to survive livestock leaning on it, equipment clipping it, and long unbroken runs where there is nothing to break the wind.

It also has to be economical per foot, because there is a lot of foot. That means choosing the right build for what the fence is actually holding — pipe where it needs to stop an animal, wire where it only needs to mark a line, cross-buck where it needs to be seen from the road.

What's included

On a long run the corners do the work. A wire fence is only as tight as its brace assemblies, and a corner that was rushed will pull loose in the first year and take the tension out of the whole line. We build corners and braces properly even though they are the part nobody looks at.

Gates matter more on acreage than anywhere else, because the thing coming through is a tractor or a trailer rather than a person. We ask what the widest thing you own is before we set the opening, which sounds obvious and is skipped constantly.

How we work

Walk the line

We drive or walk the whole perimeter and note corners, gates, low ground and washouts.

Build to purpose

What the fence is holding decides the material, not the other way round.

Corners and braces

Set and braced first, because everything downstream hangs off them.

Gates last

Sized to the widest equipment you actually run, not to a standard opening.

Ranch & Farm Fencing by city

Every part of the Valley has its own soil, its own wind and its own kind of house.

Common questions

Do you do long perimeter runs?
Yes. Long runs are priced per foot with corners and gates itemised, so you can see exactly what the expensive parts are.
Pipe or wire?
Pipe where something is pushing on it or where it faces the road. Wire where it is marking a boundary. Most properties end up with both, and mixing them is usually the cheapest correct answer.
Can you fence around irrigation?
Yes, and in this part of the Valley it comes up constantly. Canals and drains dictate where a line can legally and practically run, so we look at that before quoting.

Other services

Picket fence with a matching gate
Cedar gate panel built on site
Cedar gate ready to be hung

Ready for your free estimate?

We come out, measure the line and put the price in writing. No obligation.

Call (832) 549-1111