Leveling Fence Posts????

[grsthegreat]

Any fence can be "Maintenance free" if you have the right animal to feed availability ratio right

yes...and no

Ive had, and seen, real wooden fences without any animals, they still needed repainting to look nice.

The boards wern't eaten, but needed upkeep

 

[moored4]

yes...and no

Ive had, and seen, real wooden fences without any animals, they still needed repainting to look nice.

The boards wern't eaten, but needed upkeep

The "Maintiance Free" was a toung in cheek thing, for if you ever had a fence before "then YOU know 'Maintiance free' ":laughing:

 

[Western]

Maintenance free fence comes with a million year warranty too

 

[beppington]

If you haven't already put your posts in, I've found that box-blading the fence line before starting any work, to level it until you're happy, works well. You don't necessarily have to go crazy with it, just dragging along the line 2 or 3 times will smooth it out some (if it wasn't already smooth). Of course the grass will be removed, but hey, it'll grow back

I didn't do that when installing my first 450' ... & I think it looks herky-jerky ... transitions from high to low & back are too extreme / severe.

I did do it on the remaining 865', & the fence's up / down curves are much smoother there. Of course I'm also allowing the fence wire to come off the ground more, up to about 4" max ... whereas in the beginning I was nailing the fence wire at precisely 1" above the ground, come h3ll or high water :laughing: