East Coast Cowboy Innovates Fencing Industry at Wilson Fence

“When you look behind and see your production, hundreds of fence posts in a line in the valley, it’s very satisfying,” says Jake Wilson, owner of Wilson Fence in Lexington, Virginia. 

With an innovative approach to fencepost-setting attributable to his fleet of Bobcat® equipment, Wilson Fence has revolutionized a typically painstaking and laborious process. 

Bringing the Western way to the East Coast 

Some might find it interesting that an East Coast kid (born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland) would end up pursuing the cowboy life. But after moving to Montana briefly and working on a ranch, Jake headed back east to attend college where he now has his business in Lexington. There, he connected with some “horse people and farm guys,” thus restoking his fire for a Western way of life.  

But his dream would be put on hold while he served a bigger purpose. During a 16-month deployment to Iraq in the early 2000s, Jake knew where his path would take him upon his return home.