re: Not even tradesmen want to work. Keep getting ghosted for a fence repair.

Here's another suggestion.....if you know a local fence company, try to get in touch with the guy running the crew or the general laborers. Lots of times you can get the employees of the company to do a job like that on the weekend for cash money. It's generally cheaper than going through the fence contractor and they know what they are doing.

All depends on location though. If you are in a high demand area, maybe this suggestion is pie in the sky.