Barbed wire fence

[Bird]

TK, if the stays are shiny and new, you can just about push them down from the top, allowing them to turn like a screw and they go down fast and easy. Like Grumpa says, a little WD-40 can make it even easier and faster. But if you have any rusty or dirty ones, they tend to hang up; don't slide well. And if you're trying to screw them down, you're wasting a lot of time and energy. When you start one on the top wire, you should be able to just push it down with the palm of your hand. If the fence is tight at the time, that may be all you need to do. Otherwise, you might need to use the other hand to hold each fence wire at the correct spacing as the stay starts onto it.

 

[Jimbrown]

The post come pre drilled for the braces to bolt on. The angle braces are also about 2 to 3 feet in the ground a in concrete. You will not pull one of these down with any kind of wire. These are the same braces that most highway dept use along the highway. The wire is just wraped arond the post it stays in place. The takes a little practice to get the wraps tight. The trick is to use your fence tool to hammer the wire into nice corner turns on the post. Here is a close up.

 

[Jimbrown]

Here is a real 90 degree corner post

 

[Jimbrown]

Here is 1/4 mile of my fence if you are interested.

 

[ThistleKop]

JimBrown, Thanks for the info and photos. I like this concept but have not seen them available locally. Was thinking about making my own with purchased iron. A couple of questions: 1. Are the braces mitre cut on an angle where they meet the post? 2. Are the braces bent on an angle to go vertically in the ground/concrete or do they just go in the ground on an angle? Thanks!

TK

 

[Currmudgeon]

You can also do mediocre corneres with T posts and diagonal braces. TSC has aluminum brackets for joining T Posts as headers and diagonals. For anything serious, I think I'd use two verticals, a header and two diagonals in each direction. These won't be as solid as the three inch angle iron, but if you concrete them in, they probably ain't goin' anywhere.

 

[Soundguy]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( For anything serious, I think I'd use two verticals, a header and two diagonals in each direction...concrete them in )</font>

For the trouble/time/money.. you could simply sink real corner and brace posts and be done with it.. and it would probably hold up better as well. IMHO

Soundguy

 

[slowrev]

Yep those work good for T posts. We ususally make our own around here. I am not sure I have found a sledge hammer that will fit my hands /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Ben

 

[slowrev]

Was driving thru Kansas several years ago and saw cut stone fence posts ! Guess they had no trees....

Ben

 

[Jimbrown]

They are not mitered there really is no reason and they are not bent on the end. I just dig a regular post hole and scoop out the angle side if I need to