Stock fencing meeting field gates

[Robin2020]

Hi all, first post so go easy
I'm building a 200m stock fence with wooden posts/strainers/struts etc. I have a 3.3m wooden field gate (with posts) which needs fitting in the middle of the fence line. As the gate is grant aided its posts can't be used as strainers. What is the best/standard way to link my fence to the gate? Put a strainer alongside each gatepost?? I doubt this is ideal as movement of one would effect the other. Space the strainer 1m from the gate post and link them with wooden rails? Space 1m and link with stock fence which wouldn't be highly stressed...??

 

[upnortheast]

Rails between strainer & gate post would be the most popular solution

 

[Y Fan Wen]

Either rails, or net with one rail. I like 2m rather than 1, or as JRM would say, 6 feet.

 

[Robin2020]

Thanks very much guys. I struggled to find any images and results in searches.

 

[milkloss]

Have seen a few jobs lately where the strainers have pulled on the gateposts which need resetting. They were done in the wet but the guys that put them in now leave the wire from strainer to gate post stapled slack and tighten it later.

 

[Bury the Trash]

The Fencing Picture Thread

Are they stubble turnips @neilo?

thefarmingforum.co.uk

One of the best threads . .... #812 shows a tidy gateway.

 

[organicguy]

Rails between strainer & gate post would be the most popular solution

Never strain to gate posts unless you like string. Interesting that grant aid has got it right.
The best way we have found is to use rails, distance between the posts is your choice but at least a metre.
Nail the rails to the gate post, leave the rails at least 6in long on the strainer, and secure wire loops secured with staples.
That way if your strainer moves the rails can slide and not pull the gate post over.

 

[Robin2020]

Cheers for the detail organicguy. And the picture thread is excellent. I am 20 pages deep and lots learned!!! Just wishing I had ordered some rails now ..

 

[Fendt516profi]

Never strain to gate posts unless you like string. Interesting that grant aid has got it right.
The best way we have found is to use rails, distance between the posts is your choice but at least a metre.
Nail the rails to the gate post, leave the rails at least 6in long on the strainer, and secure wire loops secured with staples.
That way if your strainer moves the rails can slide and not pull the gate post over.

I'd put a strainer 6foot away from gate post and a fence post about 1foot away from gate post then fasten rails to strainer and fence post and overlap rail onto face on gate post but not secured to it

 

[Lapwing]

The other handy thing with having rails alongside is that if anyone hits the gatepost, you arent messing around fixing fences too. A decent rail gap also gives scope for widening the gate if you ever need to.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

how I do it

 

[organicguy]

how I do it

The trouble with your fencing, which looks very smart, is that if the wire pulls the strainer, it is attached directly to the gate post, and will pull the gate post, spoiling your smart work!

 

[agrotron]

That’s how I do mine. ?

 

[ARW]

after you have pulled the wire and set the gate then rail between the two, we go for 4ft rails lengths for the gap then you get 3x out of a rail, put 5 rails on for lambs, we run the bottom one level with the bottom wire if the net and top rail in between the two barbed wires
If it’s soft ground or wet we knock in a stake next to the strainer then rail from the gate post to the stake and let the rails over lap the strainer
We railed loads of fencing to gate posts 2 years back then when it got very dry in spring everything moved!

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Was always taught never to fix straining post to a gate post, always rail off the gap with a couple of posts and some rails, over hanging the strainer so if and when it moves it doesn’t leave a gap to the rails

 

[ARW]

Was always taught never to fix straining post to a gate post, always rail off the gap with a couple of posts and some rails, over hanging the strainer so if and when it moves it doesn’t leave a gap to the rails

This is good practice, however if your strainer and strut arrangement is good and strong it shouldn’t move far, and if it’s so soft that it does move then it’s likely that the gate post hanging the gate could also move!

 

[Fendt516profi]

If you strain wire to the gate post and the wire pulls the gate post over your gateway isn't wide enough

 

[Robin2020]

Cheers all, lots of options. Nearly got all of my gates in so time to make a decision. .....Not much fun working in this ground!!!!