Building A Barbed Wire Fence With T Posts

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Building a barbed wire fence with t posts.

Once you have the corners set and braced run a guide line between them to ensure you set your t posts in a straight line. You can skip this step if you build a barbed wire fence. It is a special weighted pipe that slides up and down on the top section of a t post forcing the post into the ground. Then define the level where the top rails should be placed.

You should space your posts 8 12 feet apart as a general rule although 10 12 feet apart is sufficient for 5 6 wire barbed fence. Check the level. Pull the fence taut. Now you can strain the wire.

Low spots require additional braces to make sure the tight wire doesn t pull up the posts. Unroll the fence to the opposite corner or end post and attach it to the post with 1 1 2 inch galvanized fence staples. Position each post with the anchor plate at the bottom and perpendicular to the fence line. The fence should be on the outside of all the posts.

The key to a good barbed wire fence is good braces. Fix the top rails in the same way as bottom ones. In easy terrain on straight stretches without corners nelson puts a brace every quarter mile at the end of every roll of wire. Simply lift the tool and let go gravity and the weight of the tool will work to drive the t post in.

Anyone who s ever tackled the job of building a barbed wire fence will have to agree.