Car-Proof Field Fence Posts

[the old grind]

He probably figured this out already... the original post was from 8 years ago... I do wonder what the final outcome was...

Most readymix yards have 'bunker blocks' available.... They just pour waste concrete from returning trucks into the forms so they're really cheap - like $50 or less. Would make a heck of a cornerpost ... just saw post before mine & didn't notice this was an ancient thread....oops

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[3Ts]

There are places where there is nothing but bedrock so it is not practical to dig a hole for a fence post so they set up a woven wire cage and fill it with rocks as the fence post (look up gabion). It just sits on the ground, it's weight is what holds it in place. No reason you can't do something similar in a field.

 

[Doofy]

Punji sticks made out of 5/8" rebar, sharpened on one end and cemented in. Have them sticking up about 4 inches. They can be staggered so they can do their job. They will stop anything short of a Tank or Bulldozer.

 

[the old grind]

Punji sticks made out of 5/8" rebar, sharpened on one end and cemented in. Have them sticking up about 4 inches. They can be staggered so they can do their job. They will stop anything short of a Tank or Bulldozer.

:laughing: A 'mean retribution' I confess to having done in a 'smaller caliber'. It worked, but I still felt bad doing damage at all to that young guy's quad.

There are places where there is nothing but bedrock so it is not practical to dig a hole for a fence post so they set up a woven wire cage and fill it with rocks as the fence post (look up gabion). It just sits on the ground, it's weight is what holds it in place. No reason you can't do something similar in a field.

Maybe just a cairn vs say a plinth, something that can 'absorb energy' when struck but deflect lawsuits for ensconcing a 'lawyerly-lethal' "immovable object".

 

[Doofy]

:laughing: A 'mean retribution' I confess to having done in a 'smaller caliber'. It worked, but I still felt bad doing damage at all to that young guy's quad.



Maybe just a cairn vs say a plinth, something that can 'absorb energy' when struck but deflect lawsuits for ensconcing a 'lawyerly-lethal' "immovable object".

No doubt you are correct about the legal aspects but darn it, you should have the right to defend your property.

 

[old and tired]

A house in town here had a car run into it... the yard now has LOTS of BIG rocks for "landscape decorations" around that bend of the road.

 

[oosik]

The very last part of my driveway curves around a meadow where my septic drain field is located. On the ODD chance that somebody might want to drive across this meadow & my expensive drain field. I've moved large - size of an office desk - boulders and lined that side of the driveway with them. They are BIG - OBVIOUS - WOULD STOP EVERYTHING, SHORT OF A MILITARY TANK.

However - I have a real liking to Doofy's idea of punjii sticks. With my luck - the grass grow up - hides the sticks - I forget where they are - drive over them myself.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I think if you built a bunker to stop a tank, and some kid died when he hit it, you might have a lot of regrets. Maybe a sloping ramp where they could be gently catapulted into the air in the manner of Evel Knevel!

 

[oosik]

I think in todays world litigation is possible for just about any reason - reasonable or otherwise. I have a five acre lake on my property. It has no/zero shore line. You can stand on the basaltic lava cliffs - jump outward - fall 40+ feet - hit the water. Where you land, the water will be, at least, 40 feet deep. Many years ago - a family visited me with three children. I had advised them - before they came - a life vest for each child. They came and had no life vests. I told them they had three options - leave, keep the kids in their car, keep the kids in my house.

They were very upset and said that I should have a chain link fence around the lake. I immediately asked them to leave.

This is the view of my lake. Taken off the front porch. Notice - still no chain link fence around my lake!!!

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[Industrial Toys]

My Dad always had that problem living on a corner in a subdivision. Sooner or later some idiot would come around the corner and take out his little maple tree. Other peoples grew, but he just kept getting new small ones from the city. He pounded in an iron bar, but the city removed it.

I think if it was a known corner for people to crash, putting something there that would cause undue damage or possibly injury, could open you to litigation. I am certain, a jury would have no sympathy for you at all.