Hey Eddie, look what I got!

[goeduck]

Funny you should mention the corners, we had a little trouble with one of the corner posts. Despite 1,000 pounds of concrete, which did set and held the posts, when I started stretching fence, it came right out of the ground. I decided to brace it instead of reset it, it's SOLID now. I included turnbuckles so I can tighten it later if needed.

Your did not do your corners right. First, the horizontal member should be much longer. I do not make any shorter than 10 feet. Effectively a short horizontal member makes the corner tippy. Second, there should be a brace tension wire running from the base of the corner post up to the top wire level of the in-line post. That way the hog wire tension pulls on the GROUND side of the corner post and not on the top of the post which yours did.

 

[STx]

Your did not do your corners right. First, the horizontal member should be much longer. I do not make any shorter than 10 feet. Effectively a short horizontal member makes the corner tippy. Second, there should be a brace tension wire running from the base of the corner post up to the top wire level of the in-line post. That way the hog wire tension pulls on the GROUND side of the corner post and not on the top of the post which yours did.

Yeah, I obviously did something wrong. I copied what I saw on other fences, I imagine a diagonal brace would help a lot. Galvanized pipe is expensive though, $40/joint, and I was trying to get by without it. 10' sounds like a really long span, I've never seen anything that long on a corner around here. I have seen some double verticals spaced about 4' each with diagonal braces on each of them though, I guess that's about the same thing.

I've got some other fencing I'm working on with a corner brace, I'll add the diagonal to it. I usually learn how to do things the hard way but, the lessons stick...