Free Fencing Anyone?

curapa

It has just come to my attention that the measuring wheel that I have been using to measure yards for the past two years has been shorting me per ft. which means most of my fences have been charged anywhere from 10'-30' or more too short, that adds up to alot considering I build around 40 fences a year.
I only realized this morning when I laid out a post at 48' with my 100' tape then double checked with the wheel and came up 4' short. I checked and checked again with the same results.

I realized what had been taking place for the past years right away so I broke that mother thing in half.

C.C.R.

Hey, ya wanna give me an estimate on a fence make sure you bring your magic wheel.
Just kiddin man that sucks.

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DecksEtc

No offence, but how did you not notice that you were consistantly short materials on 80 fence jobs?

deckman22

I'd like to think I'd caught that before 2 years went by, but who knows. I would have broke that friggin wheel too.

Time to buy a wheel the works the opposite way, use it for 2 years to make up for the difference.

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Susan Betz

Geeez, that sucks. Now I'm gonna have to check our wheels. And we did a 10 mile stretch last year...

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Stone Mountain

I've had about a dozen wheels over the years. I noticed with the first one that it was short. All of them have been about 3% off. So, for 100 feet I add 3 ft( oh, what the hell, I make it 5).
The last couple of years I started using a 150 foot vinyl tape.

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concretemasonry

If you base your pricing on your past costs, it should not make any difference - as long as you used the same wheel for the over-all length. - Assiming you just bid by linear feet.

If you hange wheels make sure you adjust your historiic L.F. costs.

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Susan Betz

Good point. Still, could affect competitive bids.

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curapa

I always over order material and I always have a stockpile of material for repairs and such so I never really noticed. Recalling back through the years I can remember only a couple of times where I have had to buy more material to finish up a job.