FARM & RANCH FENCES
Farm and ranch fences for acreage and working ground
Rail, wire and chain link fencing for open land, with gates sized for the equipment that has to get through them.
Chapter 01
A fence on open ground has a different job
A backyard fence is mostly about privacy. A fence on acreage is about boundaries, containment and keeping the right things in or out. The ground is bigger, the runs are longer and nobody is going to walk the line every week to check on it, so it has to be built right the first time.
Farm and ranch fencing is one of the six fence types Fence Pros NWA installs and repairs. Sean McLaren and the crew work out of Tontitown and Springdale, and Northwest Arkansas has plenty of pasture, hay ground and rural lots where a boundary fence does real work.
The first conversation is always about what you are fencing for. A line that marks a property edge is a different build than an enclosure that has to hold something in.
Black chain link fence with a barbed-wire top around a bee yard in open pasture
Rail, wire and chain link, and where each one fits
Rail fences are the classic look along a road or a front pasture. They are easy on the eyes and clear to see from a distance. A white vinyl three-rail fence, like the one in the strip below, is a low-upkeep version of that same idea.
Wire and chain link are the working choices. Chain link is tough, it does not give much and it can be coated black so it recedes into the landscape. The photo above is a real Fence Pros job: black chain link with a barbed-wire top, built around a bee yard in the middle of open pasture. It is a good example of a fence made to enclose one specific spot.
Which one is right depends on what the fence has to do, how long the run is and what you can see from the house. Sean will talk through it on site rather than push one material on every property.
Chapter 03
Gates, corners and the parts that fail first
On open ground, the gate is the part everyone uses and the part that wears out first. A gate has to open wide enough for the equipment you actually run through it, and it has to keep latching after years of being dragged open and shut. That is the reason we build our gates on steel frames. Customers have called it out in their reviews: no twisting and no warping.
Corner and end posts take the pull from the whole line, so they matter more than the posts in between. A run that leans usually started at a corner, and a leaning run is a repair job before it is a replacement job.
Call (479) 871-3942 to talk it through. Fence Pros NWA is licensed and insured under Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board licence 0466650427, and estimates are free. Check with your county about any rules for fencing along a public road.
Fence Pros NWA is based in Tontitown and Springdale, Arkansas. Licensed and insured, Arkansas contractor licence #0466650427. Call (479) 871-3942.
One bee yard, four views, and a rail fence to compare
The first three frames are the same enclosure, a black chain link fence with a barbed-wire top around a bee yard in pasture. The fourth is a white vinyl three-rail fence along a field, a very different look for a very different job. Both are Fence Pros work, and both started with the same question: what does this fence have to do?
The whole enclosure under a wide sky
The barbed-wire top and post, up close
A walk gate to get in and out
A white three-rail run along a field
Planning something similar? Read about our chain link fences or the vinyl rail option, then reach Sean McLaren on the contact page.