Four Decades on Job Sites, Now Behind the Counter
T & M Fence Co didn't start as a tool store. We started in 1973 as a small fence installation company in Shreveport, Louisiana — building and repairing chain link, wood privacy, split rail, and ornamental steel fencing for homeowners and businesses across the Shreveport and Bossier area. Over more than 40 years, our crews put thousands of hours into hands-on work: driving posts, stretching wire, setting gates, and doing it all over again the next day.
Why We Started Selling Tools
Somewhere along the way, we noticed a pattern. The tools that held up on our job sites were rarely the ones getting hyped online. The hand tools that survived a full season of fence repair work — pliers that didn't loosen at the joint, trimmers that stayed sharp past the first few uses, weeders that didn't bend under real root systems — were consistently a specific, narrower list. We started buying smarter for our own crews, and eventually realized other fence repair professionals and serious DIYers were dealing with the exact same frustration: too many tool options, not enough that actually held up.
That's what became this store. We took the standards we used to outfit our own installation teams and built a shop around them — hand tools, pruning tools, weed pullers, and pliers selected the same way we'd choose gear for our own crew, because reliability on a job site isn't optional.
What Still Matters to Us
Everything we sell gets evaluated against one basic question: would we put this in a T & M crew member's hands on a real job? Grip durability, joint strength, blade retention after repeated use — these are the details that separate a tool that survives a season from one that ends up in a junk drawer after two uses. If it doesn't meet that bar, we don't carry it.
Still Local, Still Answering the Phone
We're still headquartered in Shreveport. When you call or email, you're reaching people who understand fence and yard work firsthand — not a call center reading from a script. That's not changing just because we've added an online storefront.