Building High Tensile Wire Fence

Rebecca book july 20th 2009.

Building high tensile wire fence.

It is important to use treated wood posts and set them properly in the ground with adequate braces to withstand the. A tension indicator spring is used to indicate wire tension. Here is my recommendation when deciding what items to buy to build your fence. Low cost 2 cents per foot of wire is common.

I just returned from a few days of building fence in iowa. The 60 inch high anti deer fences 48 to 54 inch high cattle or horse fences and 42 inch high sheep fences are all examples good six wire electric fence variations. Wide post spacings give great savings. Longer life much better coating on the wire.

This is easy to handle and knot by hand. It can be electrified to make it more secure but it will generally keep stock from escaping even if the electric is off for an extended period of time. The six wire fence is a popular high tensile fence. If you are using 12 5 gauge high tensile wire then use the same for your brace wire so an additional size wire isn t needed.

High tensile wire fences should be used with electricity to improve animal holding capability and predator control. How to build a hi tensile fence a pictoral guide building a multi strand hi tensile fence for the beginning farmer photo credits to. The bottom wire is usually the ground wire regardless of how many wires you have. Bend the top of the ground wire bundle into a loop and staple home to a post.

Greater strength and resiliency kencove wire is about twice the strength of two strand barbed wire of the same gauge. Wow they have some nice dirt up there compared to here in the ozarks of missouri. 12 1 2 gauge high tensile wire is 200 pounds. Brace and anchor kit with cable and gripple gripple 18.

Without the support of solid bracing modern high tensile wire is a waste of mo. 180psi high tensile wire 12 5 gauge. Here is a list to summarize why high tensile fence is best. Electric fence your high tensile fence can be easily electrified using new high voltage low impedance type energizers.

If you want the most out of your fence wire it starts with a suitable brace. The brace wire will be strung around the bottom of the corner post through staples and top of the brace post between the horizontal brace pin and a staple two times. The beauty of high tensile fence is as i ve stated that it can be electrified. Strainers powerflex 3 00 each.

High tensile wire 120 for 4 000 feet. Attach 5 strands of galvanized wire to the rod and lace through each fence wire.