The Fencing Picture Thread

[Bury the Trash]

how come you are putting a plain wire at the top of the pig netting? I have never seen that here?

1. Because barb is rum ugly stuff

2. Well set smooth ht is just as good and nicer to use to add that extra height.

3. Smooth Ht can be retightensioned in the future if required.


Nb. someone told me once that they dont use much barbed wire north of the border but that might be bs.

 

[Willie adie]

1. Because barb is rum ugly stuff

2. Well set smooth ht is just as good and nicer to use to add that extra height.

3. Smooth Ht can be retightensioned in the future if required.


Nb. someone told me once that they dont use much barbed wire north of the border but that might be bs.

Ive several customers will only use barbed 7 lines usually.
So i beg to differ

 

[Goggles]

How far apart should I space posts and strainers? Got just under 100m straight with a slight rise not quite in the middle next to a neighbour who always has hungry cattle

If it’s a straight run and you are using high tensile wire, with good and deep strainers, well strutted, then you can use a strainer at each end. Intermediate post spacing can be as close as 3 metres if you have concerns about livestock pressure. I average 4 metres usually, but that’s using well knocked, 4-5” posts.
Good luck, a well constructed fence can be very rewarding.

 

[Bury the Trash]

How far apart should I space posts and strainers? Got just under 100m straight with a slight rise not quite in the middle next to a neighbour who always has hungry cattle

Like others have said ...stakes 3 to 4 yards apart is a reasonable standard.
sometimes its better to use fairly easily obtainable 6ft instead of 5'6". Stakes should be well treated and full round 3" to 4" ones will be ok just set the strainers well .
Cattle will respect a barb wire or 2 on top of the net use high tensile barbed wire though not soft stuff to keep it tight , thats most important.

or even an electric ht wire on top like in pic s above is a good call out in the open....

I see more timber rot spoiling fences than i do jobs done diy.

 

[Macsky]

Best of both worlds here, nothing tightens a strut wire easier than a gripple, nothing holds like a crimp.

 

[tepapa]

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Best of both worlds here, nothing tightens a strut wire easier than a gripple, nothing holds like a crimp.

Where are the rest of the wires? it looks like there is only one loop.

 

[Macsky]

Where are the rest of the wires? it looks like there is only one loop.

Aye only the one 3.15mm, no point in any more when you’re only using 3” stobs for the stay! [emoji23]

 

[neilo]

Aye only the one 3.15mm, no point in any more when you’re only using 3” stobs for the stay! [emoji23]

I only use a 3” stake as a stay, and another as a horizontal, with one diagonal looped wire, gripped to tension. Been doing that for many years and nothing’s ever moved, all with HT netting tensioned well.

 

[neilo]

Bit of proper fencing, as I thought some of you beginners might learn a thing or two.....

 

[Bury the Trash]

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Best of both worlds here, nothing tightens a strut wire easier than a gripple, nothing holds like a crimp.

Doing a double Tourniquet will tighten it tighter, and hold the strut even snugger in place...

When its tight enough Dont be tempted to do that extra turn tho...


Saves about 80p as well

 

[Macsky]

Doing a double Tourniquet will tighten it tighter, and hold the strut even snugger in place...

When its tight enough Dont be tempted to do that extra turn tho...


Saves about 80p as well

A double what now? Not up to speed on the technical terminology, I’m going to need pictures.

 

[Jameshenry]

Bit of proper fencing, as I thought some of you beginners might learn a thing or two.....

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When are you free @neilo ? i got a thousand mtrs to do here soon, and i'm looking for a quality job done ...i think you're the man

 

[Y Fan Wen]

When are you free @neilo ? i got a thousand mtrs to do here soon, and i'm looking for a quality job done ...i think you're the man

The old ways are the best.

 

[neilo]

The old ways are the best.

That’s about the last bit of the previous tenant’s fencing to replace. It’s wire netting, tied in front of another rotten netting fence, tied in front of the remnants of an even more rotten netting fence. I’ve been here 7 years and to be fair, it’s still been keeping sheep in, with the neighbour’s Winter Barley crop the other side of the ‘hedge’. I tied a few more bit’s of string on this Spring, just to hold it up for one last year....

I tried to persuade Glastir to pay me to coppice that hedgeline & double fence it, but they wouldn’t. As an overgrown hedge, they considered it too valuable an ecological feature, so they are paying to fence it to protect it instead.
200m done in the Spring, another 350 to do on that strip. It takes longer removing the old rubbish than to put the new fence up.

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Bit of proper fencing, as I thought some of you beginners might learn a thing or two.....

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Didn't realise dad came up your way fencing !

 

[cheggars]

I only use a 3” stake as a stay, and another as a horizontal, with one diagonal looped wire, gripped to tension. Been doing that for many years and nothing’s ever moved, all with HT netting tensioned well.

But you do need a Jackhammer to get anything into your ground most of the time

 

[cheggars]

Where are the rest of the wires? it looks like there is only one loop.

Pictures please, impossible too find anything on here when your looking for it. Thanks

 

[neilo]

But you do need a Jackhammer to get anything into your ground most of the time

Sometimes, but plenty wet enough at others. My use of that method predates moving up here though, back to low lying river meadows/bog back home. Some of the land I fenced for my sheep was the ‘marsh’ from which ‘Moreton-in-Marsh’ got it’s name.

 

[cheggars]

Sometimes, but plenty wet enough at others. My use of that method predates moving up here though, back to low lying river meadows/bog back home. Some of the land I fenced for my sheep was the ‘marsh’ from which ‘Moreton-in-Marsh’ got it’s name.

Simular system here, usually when we have 3 foot of sh!t and rock underneath, have to get creative then to hold it.

 

[Willie adie]

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Best of both worlds here, nothing tightens a strut wire easier than a gripple, nothing holds like a crimp.

Im not a fan of tieing the stay against the first post.