Fence Questions

[warhammer]

I am fencing 15 acres to use for cow pasture.
Question 1.
I am using 12 ga. high tensile smooth wire that I will electrify. I have 9 inch treated corner/brace posts and T-posts with plastic standoffs. Everything I have read on high tensile elctric fence has wildly varying line post spacing with 25 to 150 feet being specced. I presently have the t-posts 25 feet apart. WHat do you think?

Question 2.
I had originally built 2 corners that were greater than 90 degrees. The posts started leaning inward several weeks after tensioning. I pulled the posts up and made two straight pulls out of each corner by adding a post and moving them. How can I fence the 3 foot or so gap to be strong but not have each run pull on each other?

 

[blackbart]

By reducing the tension between the two posts there will be hardly any strain on posts and if you wanted you could easily make a walk through gate . Keep in mind that what you attach to will determine how strong it will hold back a side pressure and if electrified shoudn't be an issue! Your other dead ended sections would be best if you spaced posts about 8 feet apart and then placed apost or say 2x6 on edge horizontilly between the tops and then install an x made by running diagonnals with wire from top to bottoms between posts if made with double wire you can use a piece of pipe or stick to tighten on each diagonal when you have at desired tightness tie stick or pipe parallel to diagonal to prevent unwrapping.wood diagonal bracing would also work but wire provides change in adjustment as needed.

 

[LRTX1]

I would gate or board the gap. Looks like your already set on your post spacing. A lot of that depends on how "wild" your cows are. I've had cows that wouldnt want to go through a row of posts with no wire and had some that tried every fence in the county too.

 

[firefighter9208]

Depends on how hungry they get. That corn on the other side of the fence looks really tasty. :licking:

Chris

 

[Stampeder]

Here in East Texas for cattle we put T posts every 7 to 8 feet. For horses every 10 to 12 feet. That's without electrification.
As to the spacing between the two posts, I too would put in a gate.

Good luck.
Glenn.