Fence post spacing for non animal enclosure

[bcp]

Use regular steel fence wire and run 1 or 2 HT wires with it.

Bruce

 

[dmccarty]

I can get weld wire here for $59 per 100 feet.HT is double that from what I can find.

I am not sure we are talking the same fence. HT wire is a single strand of wire. ZA High-Tensile $51 would buy over 2,000 feet of wire which would allow 4 strands of wire for 500 feet.

I bought my HT wire at the local farm store, I just use the kencove site as a reference to show prices and the wire. The kencove site does have good information on fencing as well.

I bought a small spool of HT wire years go to top of the garden fence and to fence off an entry point on our land used by some $%^&*() ATVers.

Later,
Dan

 

[Western]

I think you could do ok at 20', you still have the option to later add some to "split the difference", those could be as simple as treated 2"x2" on the cheap. If your going for looks and added strength, then closer is obvious.

 

[AGRIMAN]

We are still a little off on the wire. I have used the single strand HT wire for cattle, but I wasn't happy with it.

We are using 49" HT woven panel wire made by staytuff. Here the link StayTuff.com

I am not sure we are talking the same fence. HT wire is a single strand of wire. ZA High-Tensile $51 would buy over 2,000 feet of wire which would allow 4 strands of wire for 500 feet.

I bought my HT wire at the local farm store, I just use the kencove site as a reference to show prices and the wire. The kencove site does have good information on fencing as well.

I bought a small spool of HT wire years go to top of the garden fence and to fence off an entry point on our land used by some $%^&*() ATVers.

Later,
Dan

 

[AGRIMAN]

Sorry, I thought it would link. Anyway, you can look it up at Stay Tuff provides a range of high tensile fixed knot wire fences to suit numerous applications

We are still a little off on the wire. I have used the single strand HT wire for cattle, but I wasn't happy with it.

We are using 49" HT woven panel wire made by staytuff. Here the link StayTuff.com

 

[ben2go]

Single strand HT.I see what you guys are referring to.That's what I use to make my X on my corner H braces.I normally use 10 inch long pieces of 1x3 to twist my X and wedge it in to hold it.I am considering going with the ratcheting tensioners.Any thoughts?

On the fencing,another reason for going with weld wire or woven wire,is to keep stay dogs out.I plan to go all the way to the ground.I may run a single strand electrical wire around the bottom, and keep the fencing about 6 inches above ground level.

I stop by my building supply house,to get a price on bundles of posts, and they are hurting bad.Seems they are on a 9a-4p mon-thur,9a-2p fri,and closed sat and sun to cut some overhead and payroll costs.

 

[ben2go]

Use regular steel fence wire and run 1 or 2 HT wires with it.

Bruce

How did you run it?One run over the fence and the other run under the fence?I saw this set up today at a farm that has alpaca.

 

[bcp]

I have regular field fence, about $140 for 4ft by 330ft roll, with one HT strand on top, mainly to keep deer, bear, and fallen limbs from bending down the top.

No livestock, mainly a dog and person fence.

Bruce

 

[forgeblast]

When you add ht lines to the top or bottom do you weave it through the field fence or do you use hog rings to attach it? Is it attached at all to the field fence?

 

[Dr_Zinj]

HOLY CARP!What are those?I had thoughts of making steel jacks out of 8d nails but there are kids that cut through, along with the traffic.

Those are steel beam anti-tank barricades. A bit easier to transport than the concrete variety. Of course they do tend to rust and look ugly after a while. The nice thing is you can place them close enough to prevent vehicles from traversing the area, but still allow pedestrian traffic.