Fence Project

[whistlepig]

4x4? please.. that does not qualify as a corner or brace post on a wire fence.. it's a line post at best.

Corner posts for stretching wire fence need to be at least 6-8 x 8.

Tposts are the metal line posts.. some are green /white.. some are red/grey.

soundguy

As Soundguy says. At least 6-8x8. Fence posts, regardless of type should be 10' apart. Best fence is a wood 4x4 post every 10'. Next best is a wood 4x4 post every 20' with a T-post in between them. Third best is a 4x4 wood post every 30' with two T-post's between them. I concrete all my wood poles. One 60 pound bag per 4x4 line post and two 60 pound bags per 6-8x8 corners. My fence is 4' high with a strand of electric tape a foot above that. I have watched deer hop over this fence like I was stepping over a log. I doubt a 6' foot fence would turn them if they really wanted to get across it.

 

[whistlepig]

4x4? please.. that does not qualify as a corner or brace post on a wire fence.. it's a line post at best.

Corner posts for stretching wire fence need to be at least 6-8 x 8.

Tposts are the metal line posts.. some are green /white.. some are red/grey.

soundguy

As Soundguy says. At least 6-8x8. Fence posts, regardless of type should be 10' apart. Best fence is a wood 4x4 post every 10'. Next best is a wood 4x4 post every 20' with a T-post in between them. Third best is a 4x4 wood post every 30' with two T-post's between them. I concrete all my wood poles. One 60 pound bag per 4x4 line post and two 60 pound bags per 6-8x8 corners. My fence is 4' high with a strand of electric tape a foot above that. I have watched deer hop over this fence like I was stepping over a log. I doubt a 6' foot fence would turn them if they really wanted to get across it.

 

[whistlepig]

4x4? please.. that does not qualify as a corner or brace post on a wire fence.. it's a line post at best.

Corner posts for stretching wire fence need to be at least 6-8 x 8.

Tposts are the metal line posts.. some are green /white.. some are red/grey.

soundguy

As Soundguy says. At least 6-8x8. Fence posts, regardless of type should be 10' apart. Best fence is a wood 4x4 post every 10'. Next best is a wood 4x4 post every 20' with a T-post in between them. Third best is a 4x4 wood post every 30' with two T-post's between them. I concrete all my wood poles. One 60 pound bag per 4x4 line post and two 60 pound bags per 6-8x8 corners. My fence is 4' high with a strand of electric tape a foot above that. I have watched deer hop over this fence like I was stepping over a log. I doubt a 6' foot fence would turn them if they really wanted to get across it.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Fences are like noses I guess. All of the recommendations I've heard so far have been okay but nothing I'd go to the movies to see.

I've watched a whitetail buck walk up to a five foot field and barbwire fence and without breaking stride hop over it. Here in north Texas the game ranches I've see all have seven and eight foot fences.

But what I've always wondered about is if a deer would jump where he couldn't see where he was landing. It doesn't seem to me they would. So I believe a three or foot fence would be all that is needed to keep a deer from jumping it. I think a semi opaque screen a a couple of feet off the ground reaching to about five or so feet would be all that is needed. The deer wouldn't be able to see what's on the other side of the screen and I believe wouldn't jump over there because it wouldn't see a landing place.

 

[capi75rs]

How many trees are you planting? I planted some 3' carpathian walnut trees out in my pasture a few years back. I used a 16' cattle panel and cut it into 3 five foot long sections and placed 3 tee posts in a triangle five feet apart around the tree. I had no problem with deer or livestock. Only problem is this is a short term fix. When the trees get bigger I'll have to expand the area I'm sure. The cost to fence the trees were about $30 per tree. Each tree took 1 cattle pannel and 3 T posts and a little loose wire.

Best of luck to you.

 

[Apples]

We put up a 8' woven wire deer fence last year. The deer will go under the fence, before they will go over it. The in line posts were 6"-8"x 10', along with 10' t- posts. The corners were 8"-10"x 12' We spaced the posts about 20 feet apart. This fence has worked very well for us.

 

[JonR]

If the area you want to fence has a good slope to it, should the corner posts be actually vertical OR perpendicular to the ground? If they're vertical, as fencing is being stretched up the slope there will be slack on the bottom as the 90 degree turn is made if the fence doesn't have any give....I guess you just take up the slack and nail it back to the post? Does this make any sense?

 

[rox]

I'm getting ready to plant some olive trees out on my land. The wildlife around there will eat them up if I don't put up a good fence. My main worry is keeping the deer out. Tractor Supply has some 6 foot high fence. Is this going to be high enough to keep the deer from hopping over and having a feast? Thanks.

Also, what is a good spacing figure to use for fence posts? 6ft, 8ft or more in between fence posts.

Shemp,
I can't help you with fencing but I can help you with olive farming if you would need it. probably best to start a seperate thread though so as not to hijack this one. I'll respond if I see a thread on olive farming.

 

[whistlepig]

If the area you want to fence has a good slope to it, should the corner posts be actually vertical OR perpendicular to the ground? If they're vertical, as fencing is being stretched up the slope there will be slack on the bottom as the 90 degree turn is made if the fence doesn't have any give....I guess you just take up the slack and nail it back to the post? Does this make any sense?

The posts should be vertical. Fence is more forgiving on hills than one might think. If it is a sharp, short "dip" or small ravine corner poles with a brace should be used at the bottom. Stretching fence tightly will eventually pull a smaller line pole at the bottom of the "dip" out of the ground.

 

[patrick_g]

Stretching fence tightly will eventually pull a smaller line pole at the bottom of the "dip" out of the ground.

This problem is exacerbated by stretching the fence tight when the weather is hot. Then in cold weather the wire contracts and produces a lot of extra tension and things get even worse.

One strategy is to hang weights on the fence in these low points. Some folks say bury the weights and others say not. If you do bury the weight for aesthetic reasons, OK. IF it is for strength reasons, realize that if the soil gets wet and soft any undersized weights may be pulled out of the ground along with the posts.

Pat