Perimeter fencing pasture

[EddieWalker]

I usually call mine 2x4 horse fence but accept that it's also called no climb because a horse can't get its hoof through the fence and hurt itself. The opening is also too small for goats to get into trouble.

When I first started, Lowes had the very best price when I added my Military 10% discount. But then Covid hit and it became very hard to find fencing, so I paid whatever it cost just to get it. Some days I could only find one roll after going to three or four stores. Other times a pallet of four might show up and I'd buy all four rolls at 50% more then I used to pay for it.

Red Brand never came back down on pricing to where it was before, but Attwood's did with their OK Brand, and when they had a sale, it's better than Lowes ever was. Now they sell Stay Tuff, which I think is the same thing as OK Brand, but I can't prove it. Price for 200 feet is $319, which is up $20 from the last time I bought it.

48 in. x 200 ft. Class 1, 12.5 Ga Horse Fence | Atwoods

www.atwoods.com

The 200 foot rolls are a bit cheaper per foot, but also a lot heavier to handle. I use my hay forks to pick them up and carry them to where I'm working. I can carry two rolls that way. What I like the most about the longer rolls is less crimping the rolls together. I've gotten better at doing it and it's not as painful as it originally was, but it's still a pain.

 

[grsthegreat]

I only use 100’ rolls…due to the weight of the roll. I always have a nice 6x6 spaced to end and start the next roll. Dont use crimps. But i can see there use if i have to ever repair a broken fence

 

[gsganzer]

With exception of the one Diamond weave section, all mine has been the OK Brand 2 x 4 horse fence. I used the 100' rolls, because at every 100', I install an H to pull to. Because we have horses, I also pulled (2) smooth twisted wires at the top that have tensioners and a spring. It irks me when I see a fence top bent over from horses leaning on it. You could probably do without the tensioner and just use the spring. There's also a smooth wire at the bottom (that's what I use as my straight line for putting in tee-poles and posts.) As an example I ran a 600' wire along the ground, from corner post to corner post and pulled it tight. I then used that wire as my straight line to set my posts and H assemblies. The fence is hog ringed to the smooth wire at the top and bottom.

 

[gsganzer]

I find connecting the wire to the t-posts to be a pain, even with the t-post clips they sell and the little tool. Next time I build a fence, I might try these? Anyone have experience with them?

Bekaert T-post clips

 

[EddieWalker]

To me, it seems like more work just hauling the drill from T post to T post. I use the Clip Bender. I think it's fast and easy.

Clip Bender - Made in the USA - Steel tool used for securing T-Post fence clips - Comfortable yellow rubber grip - Black oxide coating to prevent rust. From LockNLube. - Rebar Cutters And Benders - Amazon.com

Clip Bender - Made in the USA - Steel tool used for securing T-Post fence clips - Comfortable yellow rubber grip - Black oxide coating to prevent rust. From LockNLube. - Rebar Cutters And Benders - Amazon.com

www.amazon.com

 

[grsthegreat]

With exception of the one Diamond weave section, all mine has been the OK Brand 2 x 4 horse fence. I used the 100' rolls, because at every 100', I install an H to pull to. Because we have horses, I also pulled (2) smooth twisted wires at the top that have tensioners and a spring. It irks me when I see a fence top bent over from horses leaning on it. You could probably do without the tensioner and just use the spring. There's also a smooth wire at the bottom (that's what I use as my straight line for putting in tee-poles and posts.) As an example I ran a 600' wire along the ground, from corner post to corner post and pulled it tight. I then used that wire as my straight line to set my posts and H assemblies. The fence is hog ringed to the smooth wire at the top and bottom.
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I run a hot wire on the top. How come you Texan’s dont mount a set of bull horns on there

 

[gsganzer]

I had a fence with a hot wire on top, once. I still smirk when I think back to the day my wife absentmindedly laid her bare hand on the fence as we were checking our peach trees. You should have seen her knees buckle and heard the groan she made just as I heard the telltale "snap". We don't build our fences that way, anymore.

 

[grsthegreat]

I had a fence with a hot wire on top, once. I still smirk when I think back to the day my wife absentmindedly laid her bare hand on the fence as we were checking our peach trees. You should have seen her knees buckle and heard the groan she made just as I heard the telltale "snap". We don't build our fences that way, anymore.

 

[grsthegreat]

Your missing half the fun. I remember a friend peeing on a hot wire fence. If you do t learn from that, you deserve to get hit with it again.

 

[bigtiller]

I had a fence with a hot wire on top, once. I still smirk when I think back to the day my wife absentmindedly laid her bare hand on the fence as we were checking our peach trees. You should have seen her knees buckle and heard the groan she made just as I heard the telltale "snap". We don't build our fences that way, anymore.

I was visiting an acquaintance and admiring his cattle feed lot. He had a hot wire on top and warned me not to tough it because "it will knock you down to the ground."

I took 3 steps back. That's not the place to get absent minded.