Ranch fence estimating software built by a ranch fence contractor

Most fence estimating tools stop at chain link, privacy and ornamental. If you build ranch and farm fence, you end up back on a spreadsheet, or guessing at T-posts and braces on a 2,000-foot run. FenceDraft prices ranch fence the way you actually build it, because it was built by a contractor who builds it every week.

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Every part of a ranch fence, counted the way you build it

Woven wire and barbed strands.Pick the wire, then add one or more barbed strands over the top. FenceDraft totals all the footage before rounding to rolls, so two strands over 1,500 feet comes out to three rolls, not four.

Barbed-wire-only fence.Running strands instead of woven wire? Set the strand count and it prices that instead.

T-posts and heavier line posts.Set your line-post spacing, and FenceDraft swaps a heavier line post in for a T-post at that interval, one for one, along every run.

H-braces where you put them.End braces, gate braces, and mid-run braces at the interval you choose. Mid-run braces get two kickers, because they resist pull both ways; gate braces get one.

Posts sized for the height.Choose 2-3/8" or 2-7/8" terminal and brace posts on taller fence.

Driven or set in concrete.Mark a section as driven and line posts drop out of the concrete count, while drive-gate posts stay set.

Real stick math.Posts are cut from full sticks with the embedment counted, so the material list matches what comes off the rack.

Gates, built and listed part by part

Walk, drive and double gates on ranch fence get their gate H-brace automatically, and the line posts they displace come out of the count. For fabricated gates, the pull sheet lists the tubing, hinges, latch and drop rod, so the yard knows exactly what to cut and pack.

Building a custom drive gate? See the gate designer →

From the estimate to the truck

One estimate produces everything the job needs:

A customer proposal with your scope language, ready to sign online, with the deposit collected at signing.
A job cost sheet showing material, labor and margin.
A pull sheet the yard checks off on a phone.
A crew sheet in English and Spanish, with a dimensioned site plan and no dollar amounts.

Draw the fence over satellite imagery with property lines shown, or enter the footage by hand. Either way, the material count is the same.

Built by a fence contractor, for fence contractors

FenceDraft runs every estimate at Kustom Fence in New Braunfels, Texas, a 14-crew company that builds ranch, farm, King Ranch, cedar post, ornamental, chain link and wood fence across the Hill Country. Every formula was checked against real material loads on real jobs before it went into the product.

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Bring a job you’ve already bid. We’ll run it in FenceDraft and you can compare the material list against yours.

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