Barbed wire fence help

[Case485Guy]

Good morning ,I agree that you would need to break that 1400 foot run.You probably wouldnt get any strain on wire over that distance without purposely doing a suspension fence>Not great for animal containment in small areas.I only normally do about 100 metres in each run ,it helps keep tight.(just finished replacing about 2 kilometres of fence that washed away)

With a wire grab and a 1 ton Come along secured to an anchor such the opposite side of a H brace or truck or tractor, there is no problem pulling a roll or 1400' of wire tight, very tight. We have had no problems having to retighten over the years. Deer and hogs breaking strand here and there, yes. On our place this is the way it has been done for close to a 100 yrs. My grandfather was the fence builder and demanded the 4-5' min. deep holes for H bracing and corners and that has been passed down from my father, to me and so on. I have 1 more mile long fence to build. The we start some cross fencing, have read alot of ideas on this thread I am going to try out on the cross fencing. Pretty cool with all the different methods everyone uses to build a fence.

 

[Gregg B]

I think thats what makes this site so good is you can get many different opinions,maybe combine sveral to find the best way for yourself.

 

[thegrouse]

My fence project is going to be exactly that. A combination of the methods I have read about on here. Gonna buy my 2 7/8 pipe tomorrow. Between pipe, tposts and cement it is enough to make me cringe. I found a welder to weld the braces. Hopefully I will start setting corners next Monday and Tuesday.

 

[thegrouse]

Updated today. The dozer finally got out there and hopefully he will be done tomorrow. When he cleared the fenceline I found some gullies that I did not know were there. Is there anything I need to do to when I set the posts? The gullies are in the middle of my 1400' run so I can put an H brace between them. There are two gullies fairly close.

 

[thegrouse]

Spent all day last week trying to drill holes with this.

I had to call in a guy with a skidsteer and he made short work of all of the holes. I got all of the braces and wood posts through the gully area cemented in.

I am going to start pounding t posts and pulling wire this week. After trying to drill holes in this stuff I am planning on renting a compressor and post driver.

 

[crbr]

Thanks for the pictures

 

[bcp]

"Hard ground?" What is that?

I did a little fence work between rain showers today. I put in 5 t-posts to finish a section. The ground was so soft I put in 2 full depth by putting my weight on them-no pounding. One hole I dug for a wooden post hit water at about 8 inches, then it overflowed. I'm on a hillside, not lowlands. There has been about 20 inches of rain this month. Lots of trees falling over.

Bruce

 

[two_bit_score]

"Hard ground?" What is that?

I did a little fence work between rain showers today. I put in 5 t-posts to finish a section. The ground was so soft I put in 2 full depth by putting my weight on them-no pounding. One hole I dug for a wooden post hit water at about 8 inches, then it overflowed. I'm on a hillside, not lowlands. There has been about 20 inches of rain this month. Lots of trees falling over.

Bruce

So how long do you think those posts will stay straight?

 

[bcp]

So how long do you think those posts will stay straight?

Long enough for me to buy some longer posts next trip to the farm supply store.

A 6ft post went all the way in, so I changed to a 7ft one, and it went all the way down, by hand. I'll try an 8ft when I can find one.

And, I moved the mid-fence brace posts to a solid location.

Bruce

 

[DutchHenryBrown]

Ever use one of these?

This 99E-M post driver runs off any small air compressor that delivers at least 3.5 cubic feet of air at 90-100 PSI. Heavy duty construction. 60-70 strokes per minute.


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I purchased one of these for my fence work and I have real rocky soil. I used it to set 6' t-posts on my 10ac and it sure made the job a lot easier. Put my Honda generator and compressor in the back of my UTV and just drove around setting t-posts. Make sure to wear HEARING protection!!!:thumbsup: