From horse places off China Spring Road to river-bottom pasture along the Bosque, we build fence that holds up to Central Texas weather and livestock. Free written estimates, and we answer the phone.
China Spring is one of the fastest-growing corners of McLennan County, and a lot of that growth is families buying 5 to 40 acres northwest of Waco to keep horses, run a few head of cattle, or just have room to breathe. New acreage almost always means new fence. Brazos Ridge Fence Co. builds barbed wire, net wire, pipe fence, and game fence for properties all over the China Spring area, from the Highway 6 side out to the Bosque River bottoms.
We're a local outfit, licensed and insured, and we give free written estimates with real per-foot numbers so you know the cost before a single post goes in the ground. If a storm drops a tree on your fence or cattle get out on the road, our 24/7 emergency line gets a crew moving. Call us at (509) 351-8404.
China Spring has more horse properties per square mile than just about anywhere else in the county. We build 2x4 non-climb net wire with a top rail or hot wire so horses can't get a hoof through or lean it over.
For arena perimeters, working pens, and road frontage that needs to look sharp, welded pipe fence is the strongest option we build. It shrugs off horses, cattle, and the occasional backed-up trailer.
Five and six strand barbed wire is still the workhorse for cattle pasture between China Spring and Valley Mills. We set steel t-posts on tight spacing with braced corners that keep the wire singing tight for decades.
A lot of new China Spring places want an entrance that says somebody's proud of the land. We build ranch entrance gates with pipe frames, custom tops, and solar or hardwired openers.
A big share of our China Spring work is small-acreage tracts, places in the 5 to 25 acre range where the old barbed wire came with the land and won't hold a horse. Barbed wire and horses are a bad mix. A spooked horse hits barbed wire and you're looking at a vet bill that costs more than the whole fence, so on horse places we recommend 2x4 non-climb net wire, often with a pipe top rail.
Small tracts also mean close neighbors, so we talk through property lines before we build. We'll help you figure out where the line actually runs, set the fence on your side of it, and build cross fencing to split grazing from the house yard, the barn lot, and the hay patch. Good cross fencing lets small acreage carry more animals without beating the grass to death.
If you're pricing options, our ranch fence cost guide breaks down per-foot numbers for every fence type we build. On a typical China Spring horse place, net wire runs roughly $3 to $5 per foot installed, and pipe fence runs $10 to $20 per foot depending on rail count and gates.
Properties along the Bosque River and the creeks that feed Lake Waco come with their own fencing problems. River bottom ground floods, and a standard fence strung tight across a draw becomes a trash dam the first time the water comes up. It catches brush, the wire loads up, and the flood rips out fifty feet of fence along with your corner braces.
The fix is a proper water gap, a breakaway section built across the low spot that lets floodwater and debris pass through, then swings or clips back into place when the water drops. We build water gaps on most river-bottom jobs in the China Spring area, and we set the permanent corner posts up on high ground where the flood can't reach them.
Soil matters out here too. Ground near the river digs easy, but plenty of China Spring sits on shallow limestone where a post hole means rock drilling. We bring the right augers and rock bits so a rocky stretch doesn't turn into a change order surprise. Your written estimate covers it up front.
Straight answers on price: 5-strand barbed wire generally runs $2 to $4 per foot installed, net wire runs $3 to $5, high game fence runs $4 to $8, and pipe fence runs $10 to $20 depending on the build. A quarter mile of barbed wire cross fence usually lands somewhere between $3,000 and $5,000. Rock, brush clearing, terrain, and gate count move those numbers, which is why we walk every line before we quote it.
Every estimate is free, written, and itemized by the foot, so you can compare it line by line against anybody else's bid. No deposit games and no vague allowances. If we hit something unexpected in the ground, we talk to you before we spend your money.
We also build for neighbors down the road in Crawford, Valley Mills, and McGregor, so our crews are in the northwest part of the county most weeks. That usually means shorter waits to get on the schedule.
For most China Spring horse places we recommend 2x4 non-climb net wire, 4.5 to 5 feet tall, with a pipe top rail or a hot wire along the top. The tight mesh keeps hooves out of the fence and the top rail keeps horses from leaning it over. It costs more than barbed wire, but it's a lot cheaper than one vet bill from a wire cut.
Yes, we build river-bottom fence all the time. Where your fence crosses a draw or the floodplain, we install water gaps, breakaway sections that let floodwater and debris pass through without tearing out the whole line. Corner posts and braces go on high ground so the permanent structure survives a flood.
Barbed wire runs about $2 to $4 per foot installed, net wire $3 to $5, game fence $4 to $8, and pipe fence $10 to $20. Rocky ground, brush clearing, and gates move the number, so we walk the line and give you a free written estimate with per-foot pricing. See our ranch fence cost guide for the full breakdown.
We're based in Waco, so China Spring is about a 20-minute drive for us and our crews work the northwest county most weeks. Estimates usually happen within a few days of your call. For storm damage or cattle out on the road, our 24/7 emergency line at (509) 351-8404 gets someone moving the same day.
Free written estimates. Emergency calls answered around the clock.
