Fencing tips and tricks

[Moonface]

Anyone got any good tip or tricks for fencing, also where do people put there struts/stays on straining posts ? High or low ? For me it depends on the fence and the materials avaiable, would be interested to hear what other people think !

 

[Sussex Martin]

Anyone got any good tip or tricks for fencing.

Get someone else to do it!

 

[spanners]

Take plenty of baler string

 

[Blue.]

Anyone got any good tip or tricks for fencing, also where do people put there struts/stays on straining posts ? High or low ? For me it depends on the fence and the materials avaiable, would be interested to hear what other people think !

Have you looked at the picture section,some good stuff there.

 

[sleepy]

Take plenty of baler string

Are you one of the farmers who 'fences' by tying sheep net to twigs in the fence with baler twine and waiting for the hedge to grow to hold it all together?

 

[spanners]

Are you one of the farmers who 'fences' by tying sheep net to twigs in the fence with baler twine and waiting for the hedge to grow to hold it all together?

When I worked for my dad I used to get told in mornings to fix a fence, Only tools available was a chainsaw and string, Used to cut some branches for posts,Atatch netting with string
Things are different now, I have staples

 

[Maxxum-man]

Never hammer the staple into the wire, leave abit of room, you end up breaking the galvanise on the wire and it goes rusty and breaks, regards the strut I do it to roughly to the top of the netting

 

[The_Swede]

IMHO struts should go knee high, higher tends to lift the post out of the ground in wet ground conditions. Also worth spending the extra on proper struts (so as to get a nice low, shallow angle) rather than using normal intermediate posts as I have seen many do.

 

[neilo]

In these days of quick rotting timber, is it not better to use a 'H' brace so there is less of the stressed timber in contact with the ground?

 

[The_Swede]

Box strainer generally takes longer to build but a fair point, only really build these in spots we cant get the tractor and driver to though!

We're back to using creosote treated materials now, more expensive and gloves a neccesity but lasts very well. When you see 5 year old posts rotted off you realise how good CCA was don't you!

 

[SilliamWhale]

Use telephone poles as struts - but cut them down first

 

[llamedos]

How do you fence down a slope pictures please

 

[Rob Holmes]

How do you fence down a slope pictures please

Start at the bottom and work up?

 

[all round fencing]

Always work downhill,when its not raining

 

[Dave Applesquasher]

Two man team, start in the middle and one go each way

 

[Monty]

Cut railway sleepers in half if you want permanent stockproof wire fencing and wear thick gloves when dealing with barb wire or hedges.

 

[JohnGalway]

How do you fence down a slope pictures please

I find cursing a lot helps (me not the end result).

I have a bad habit of not using proper strainers, and many more bad habits which may not all fall into the remit of this thread.

 

[The_Swede]

Those look pretty exciting conditions for fencing John, all hard manual work there as well I assume!

 

[The_Swede]

If straining mild steel barbed wire pull it up to the required tension, then pull it a few feet away from fence-line in middle of run with some fencing pliers, let go and watch it sag - re strain and secure.

Just takes out that bit of mild-steel stretch.... this all assumes that your strainers are up to it of course!

 

[poorsheepfarmer]

If straining mild steel barbed wire pull it up to the required tension, then pull it a few feet away from fence-line in middle of run with some fencing pliers, let go and watch it sag - re strain and secure.

Just takes out that bit of mild-steel stretch.... this all assumes that your strainers are up to it of course!

Dont bother, just use high tensile and do a proper job