h-brace's

bigjoe936 · Jul 22, 2010

I know how to run the field fence from end to end but how do you attach and restart to the middle h-brace ?? pictures would help also if anyone has one thanks

beppington · Jul 22, 2010

I don't understand the question, but check out this fence maker's instructional videos: http://www.redbrand.com/installation/index.asp

It's either the one called Field Fence Installation or Horse Fence Installation, can't recall which, or heck maybe both :confused2:

bigjoe936 · Jul 23, 2010

thanks for the reply, I have watched many field fence installation video's but none show what i need to know, my fence will have three h-braces , one at the start of the fence. 2nd at 320' and last at 230' for a total of 550' so when i run the first roll from 0-320' and attach to the h-brace how do I attach the 2nd roll to the same h-brace to finish the last run out to the last h-brace ?

Chuck52 · Jul 23, 2010

Don't know that I've seen a description of that. I have seen H-braces in the middle of runs, where the fence material was one piece through the brace, and unlike the end braces, they are recommended to have two wires in an x pattern. I think if I were doing what you are, I'd use a three post brace, with the center post braced like the end posts in both directions, and I'd attach both ends of the fence material to that center post. That way you'd only overlap the material a little. With a single H-brace, you'd have to overlap the fence material the whole length of the H-brace to balance the forces.

Chuck

beppington · Jul 23, 2010

bigjoe936 said:
thanks for the reply, I have watched many field fence installation video's but none show what i need to know, my fence will have three h-braces , one at the start of the fence. 2nd at 320' and last at 230' for a total of 550' so when i run the first roll from 0-320' and attach to the h-brace how do I attach the 2nd roll to the same h-brace to finish the last run out to the last h-brace ?

I gotcha. I would actually splice the two fence sections at 320' & stretch it 3 separate times. Clamp two 2x4's vertically (bolted back-to-back) super-tight against the wire at about 325' (just past the first H-brace) & stretch it from there using two come-alongs, then just nail the fencing to that 320' H-brace ... then do it again at the 230' H-brace. Then finish it off at the end by separating the individual horizontal wires & wrapping them tightly around the end post.

This is how I'm doing my own 1,315' long fence right now.