Perimeter fencing pasture

[drumminj]

Thanks for all the responses here from folks. Lots to think about. Looks like I'll do my best to keep straight lines, and will use double 45deg "corners" to ease out the sharp edges.

Just learned from the fencing contractor they use 5" line and corner posts but 6" gate posts. It's easy to spend other people's money, but would y'all be concerned about 5" corner posts, and would you recommend upgrading to 6"?. RedBrand and StayTuff seem to recommend 6"+ corner posts.

 

[EddieWalker]

Here in Tyler Texas, Round Treated 6inch by 8-foot posts are $22 each. 6-in x 8-ft Round Wood Post | Atwoods

How much are you saving by using 5 inch posts?

 

[drumminj]

Here in Tyler Texas, Round Treated 6inch by 8-foot posts are $22 each. 6-in x 8-ft Round Wood Post | Atwoods

How much are you saving by using 5 inch posts?

Funny, I hadn't thought to look at local retailers and hadn't asked the fencing guy. Looking at TractorSupply it's $28 for a 6" and $23 for a 5". So looks to be $5/post give or take.

So probably $100 difference on a $20k fencing project

 

[EddieWalker]

Tractor Supply always seems to be the most expensive place to buy stuff. Lowes and Home Depot also sell posts here. And there are other Hardware stores just out of town that are usually cheaper if I want to drive half an hour. I've found the best prices by going to Facebook Marketplace and putting in a keyword like "post" "fence Post" "treated post" or "round post" and see what shows up. Then click and find out who is selling it. Usually when I find the best price, its listed by somebody working at a smaller Hardware type store that I never knew existed.

Earlier this year I learned about a new store out by the airport that sells 7/16 OSB for $9 while Lowes has it for $16. Their treated 2x6x16's are $4 less then Lowes and their 8 footers are $2 less!!!

 

[drumminj]

Tractor Supply always seems to be the most expensive place to buy stuff. Lowes and Home Depot also sell posts here. And there are other Hardware stores just out of town that are usually cheaper if I want to drive half an hour. I've found the best prices by going to Facebook Marketplace and putting in a keyword like "post" "fence Post" "treated post" or "round post" and see what shows up. Then click and find out who is selling it. Usually when I find the best price, its listed by somebody working at a smaller Hardware type store that I never knew existed.

Earlier this year I learned about a new store out by the airport that sells 7/16 OSB for $9 while Lowes has it for $16. Their treated 2x6x16's are $4 less then Lowes and their 8 footers are $2 less!!!

TS is expensive here as well. Luckily we have an ag co-op a little further up the street that's cheaper for shavings, grass seed, livestock panels, etc. They probably have fence posts too.

We have a metal roof & siding company close by too that sells PT lumber at good prices. Basically a pole barn materials yard. Far better than going to a box retailer.

 

[grsthegreat]

When i did my 10 acre pasture 2 years ago, i checked for non climb at every store near me and in Spokane. Tractor supply had the best prices on the wire. I was surprised. All red brand like the others, but way less money.

 

[JimRB]

Georgia, east of Atlanta. I have about 4,000 feet of Red Top no climb 4' fence. 7 turnout spaces on 9 acres. Currently 6 horses.

I pounded posts on 8 foot centers. Not that many field rocks but I found a few and had to move posts. As one person said, with moisture in the clay, it is a few minutes of scary pounding. No rain for a month and the posts will bounce. 20 years later I added a 200' section using a 6 inch auger and tamping back. I was hitting ground water a foot down. Soil is much dryer after a month of no rain. Land is gentle roll. I think soil analysis say 4% slope.

Lots, well a few dozen posts have rotted off. Fence originally put in 1997 back in CCA days. Two different vendors for 4x4 square posts. I could not say that Yella Wood was any better than the other posts.

Hand nailed fence staples. I do like the power staplers I see at farm shows.

Not impressed with the crummy galvanizing on the Red Top fence. Maybe 2 strands of horizontal have not rusted. I suspect new wire might be due in the next 10 years.

Gallagher solar charger with hot wire on the top. Deer snag the hot wire a dozen times a year. I need to get a fresh battery for that charger.

I got the wire from 84 Lumber, Home Depot and Tractor Supply. Depends on who wants to order wire for me and what lumber yard is still open. I know Home Depot and Tractor Supply are not lumber yards. 100 foot rolls a bit easier to wrestle than the longer rolls.

 

[gsganzer]

I don't know if everyone is referring to the same thing when they say "no climb". True no-climb has the 2 x 4 rectangles on a diagonal. I've used it once and hated it. It has very few crimps, providing very little spring and it was the most difficult fence to pull tight and extremely hard to follow the land contours.

The other horse fence I've used is also 2 x 4 rectangles but is in the traditional pattern. It has a lot more crimps and spring and can follow the contours.

I'd avoid the first one I mentioned.

 

[grsthegreat]

I don't know if everyone is referring to the same thing when they say "no climb". True no-climb has the 2 x 4 rectangles on a diagonal. I've used it once and hated it. It has very few crimps, providing very little spring and it was the most difficult fence to pull tight and extremely hard to follow the land contours.

The other horse fence I've used is also 2 x 4 rectangles but is in the traditional pattern. It has a lot more crimps and spring and can follow the contours.

I'd avoid the first one I mentioned.

Mines true non climb. Stretched just fine, but level land

 

[drumminj]

I don't know if everyone is referring to the same thing when they say "no climb". True no-climb has the 2 x 4 rectangles on a diagonal. I've used it once and hated it. It has very few crimps, providing very little spring and it was the most difficult fence to pull tight and extremely hard to follow the land contours.

I believe that is called the 'v-mesh', vs standard "no climb". See: Keepsafe® V-Mesh Horse Fence 50-in. - 165-ft.