Fencing Knoledge Applied (Pics)

Kevin S SC · Dec 23, 2012

Thanks to all that helped.

Its to keep to Labs in.

BushogPapa · Dec 23, 2012

Nice work...

Ron.

old popper · Dec 23, 2012

How deep did you bury the wire? Some labs dig as well as a power excavator. Your fence looks like a class "A" job. That is the chore I always hated worst at home on the farm. I"d consider running away from home if there was fencing to be done.

Wheat Farmer · Dec 23, 2012

Good Job. Looks like you got it all right. Some people do the brace wires wrong.

Lumpie · Dec 23, 2012

I assume you're taking the pictures from outside the pen? If so, it will probably hold Labs in, but if you were trying to keep cows or hogs in the wire is on the wrong side of the posts. Or are you trying to keep critters out?

danofarming · Dec 23, 2012

Looks Like a good job. Corner posts might not be a deep as I like, but the kids always said I was too particular! My pet peeve on wood posts, 'why buy an 8 foot post put 2 feet in ground 4 foot fence and cut 1 foot off the top and throw it away".

Kevin S SC · Dec 23, 2012

Its my brother in laws. I coached him on corner post last weekend, he done good except I said 3 foot deep and when I came back they were on the last one with concrete at 2 foot. Yep just to keep dogs in and maybe an armodillo or so out. We didnt bury wire hes gonna use HOT wire if they dig.

Phil Scarborough · Dec 23, 2012

what about a picture of the Labs?

donjr · Dec 23, 2012

He do do perty brace wires. But after doing my initial fencing jobs, I have started using just a strainer and doing a figure '8' around the posts. No trouble now with that arrangement, and the fence is 20 uears old now...

Dick2 · Dec 23, 2012

My Dad always told us that he learned to build fence by watching the railroad crews build fence along the right-of-way when he was just a kid in Iowa.

Your fence looks fairly close to the way that us kids built fence for 60 years until my brother sold the livestock and just did grain farming.

If we moved a barbed wire fence, we took the wire loose from the post and laid it on the ground. We'd tie one end to the tractor and pull if "around the corner" 90 degrees by running the wire in the center groove of a steel wheel off of the old corn planter. We just drove a round stake through the center of the wheel and held it in place while pulling the wire.

If we needed to change directions again, we'd just stake another wheel down the line to get the wire pulled parallel to where it was originally. Worked for us.

Richard G. · Dec 23, 2012

Looks very good Kevin. Braces make the fence.
Not trying to be critical, but if I drive a nail in a pine tree on my place, it will be dead in a year.
Did not use to be that way, but insects have gotten much worse on pines in the last few years.
Richard in Oconee

Goose · Dec 23, 2012

I picked up on that, too. I always put the wire on the side with what you're trying to keep in.

A car dealer migrated out here from Omaha, bought some land, and put up a fancy steel panel fence next to the road around about 20 acres to keep horses. Only he has the panels on the outside of the posts. If a horse pushed against a panel, all that's holding the panel is a couple of clips nailed to the post.

Don't know if anyone ever broke the news to him, but all the experienced farmers have gotten a laugh out of it.

Traditional Farmer · Dec 23, 2012

Looks good and it'll be fine with the welded wire but if you're putting up field fence its stronger
for the brace to go from the top of the corner post to the bottom of the brace post then put the wires on either side of the brace and twist on both sids of the brace

Cliff Nelson · Dec 23, 2012

Looks good. Our first lab would go over the top of that by the looks of it. We had to use five foot wire and that held her. Couple weeks ago had to bury 2x6 between the posts and staple the wire to them. We're fostering a beagle that would just push under the wire. Two larger dogs never bothered though. We've got him stopped ..... for now.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 23, 2012

just take notice next time you're out driving. very common to see new fence being built this way. some with great big posts on the runs with even bigger posts on the corners, then hi tensile strung on the outside.
however, the OP has made a nice, sturdy dog pen that should last awhile.

gtractorfan · Dec 23, 2012

Speaking of a lab "going over the fence" reminded me when I was a kid we had an English Shepherd and that dog could climb over fences to follow us! It also climbed the steps on our slide (the easiest place where it learned to climb) and most amazing of all it climbed the built in ladder rungs to one of our barn haymows when the mow was empty. To get down it slid down about a 45 degree covered over grain elevator. That dog would have climbed the fence in the picture easily. Sure wish I had pictures or video of it climbing the haymow ladder!

Lumpie · Dec 23, 2012

Yes, I have noticed. That's the problem, people are idiots, just doing what someone else does even if it's wrong. If somebody doesn't call them on it, then the problem just perpetuates itself forever. It is a nice looking fence, I guess that's all that matters to most people anyway.

GordoSD · Dec 23, 2012

I like to run the brace wire above and around the horizontal brace. Keeps it from traveling sideways.

jackinok · Dec 26, 2012

will stay a lot better if you go in below your cross brace and angle another one from just below the crosbrace on corner post down to just above ground on the brace post.its a leverage type deal.with just a crossbrace all that has to happen is for both posts to lean and your fence is loose.done with a angling brace, post has to actually pull out of the ground.looks good though!

Erik Ks farmer · Dec 26, 2012

You did a good job. I have learned as others have stated that it is far better to let the animal you are trying to keep in push against the post rather than the clips or staples.

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