Which Sheep wire for a not straight fence?

[Kazak]

Have to fence a few acres of wood, not in a straight line, permanently for sheep.
Normally when i have a straight run, i use high tensile wire, but with all the twist, turns, trees and hollows i wonder if high tensile might b too hard to work with.
Any other suggestions??
Thanks

 

[M-J-G]

8 plain HT wires?

 

[milkloss]

Sounds like it’s going to involve a lot of turning/strainer posts anyway so I don’t think ht wire vs mild will make much difference. The other option is to use mild and a lot of intermediates and don’t tension it much at all, hold the wire hard with the staples as you go. We’ve got wire put in like this easily 40 years ago and it’s still doing its job despite looking very tired.

 

[cotswoldcs]

8 plain HT wires?

I like that idea. What about trying to get away with fewer by making them electric using insulators/ insultube. I've got a bit to do against a river that's got a lot of bends and is very wet all the time. Concerned that posts will rot quicker and don't want to use netting. Could I get away with 3 strands of HT wire electrified? Easier to replace posts if one goes and less of a problem if a tree limb falls on the fence.

 

[Al R]

Just don’t tension it to much, leave it slackish on a level run and then post down the tension and put in the odd post on a \ to increase tension. We fence on top of stone/earth hedges which are never straight or level. Centre of the hedge saves fencing both sides and increases shelter.

 

[Kazak]

Just don’t tension it to much, leave it slackish on a level run and then post down the tension and put in the odd post on a \ to increase tension. We fence on top of stone/earth hedges which are never straight or level. Centre of the hedge saves fencing both sides and increases shelter.

Thanks. Which type of wire you use?

 

[Al R]

Normal pig wire I think it’s called? 8-15? Been given a lot of perfectly good secondhand wire off a contractor friend who’s taken down good wire for grant jobs and the farmer has no use, does another 10-15 years with me. I’ve seen contractors tighten wire to the hilt where the galv breaks, when I’ve asked about it they said they’d be back in 10 years to do the wire again so it’s repeat custom, by not overtightening galv wire will do 20-25 years from new here until it’s fallen apart.

 

[Landrover]

Just use plain HT wires, I've put up thousands of meters of this for sheep on some very undulating ground over the years,turner on every bend or dip post every 4 meters with a dropper(Batton) in between works great !