True Grit Farms
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A real fence builder just drives the post, and if need be they have a jackhammer, I've seen the videos.fence_it":17imh9t3 said:
A real fence builder just drives the post, and if need be they have a jackhammer, I've seen the videos.fence_it":17imh9t3 said:
True Grit Farms":6ufg26xp said:A real fence builder just drives the post, and if need be they have a jackhammer, I've seen the videos.fence_it":6ufg26xp said:
Dave":x5bmfutj said:True Grit Farms":x5bmfutj said:A real fence builder just drives the post, and if need be they have a jackhammer, I've seen the videos.fence_it":x5bmfutj said:Called Rock Jack's. Very common in eastern/central Oregon. Non climb wire and t posts are being used to build them today.
I have built lots of rock jacks and I have run a couple jack hammers. I am not sure which is harder work. I have seen rock jacks built in all kinds of ways. Lumber, wire, seen one place where they welded up a bunch of old trailer frame into a box. I built one last winter out of 5 old truck tires wired to a couple of tee posts and filled with rock.
fence_it":2dx7v46t said:For a 7 strand "New Zealand" fence, what would be optimal wire spacing/configuration? Mixed animals, I believe cattle, goats, sheep. I'm thinking 4 wires hot, 3 cold. Wire spacing:
6" cold
12" hot
18" cold
26" hot
36" hot
46" cold
56" hot
Anybody have any input?
Farm Fence Solutions":9hwuqwnz said:fence_it":9hwuqwnz said:For a 7 strand "New Zealand" fence, what would be optimal wire spacing/configuration? Mixed animals, I believe cattle, goats, sheep. I'm thinking 4 wires hot, 3 cold. Wire spacing:
6" cold
12" hot
18" cold
26" hot
36" hot
46" cold
56" hot
Anybody have any input?
842-12, or even 842-24 if you are packing in materials on your back, with a hot wire on top. Problem solved with less labor. Fence works with weeds in it. The Kiwis had it right with HT wire 40 some years ago, but then they gave up on fence wire innovation.
fence_it":304v8079 said:Farm Fence Solutions":304v8079 said:fence_it":304v8079 said:For a 7 strand "New Zealand" fence, what would be optimal wire spacing/configuration? Mixed animals, I believe cattle, goats, sheep. I'm thinking 4 wires hot, 3 cold. Wire spacing:
6" cold
12" hot
18" cold
26" hot
36" hot
46" cold
56" hot
Anybody have any input?
842-12, or even 842-24 if you are packing in materials on your back, with a hot wire on top. Problem solved with less labor. Fence works with weeds in it. The Kiwis had it right with HT wire 40 some years ago, but then they gave up on fence wire innovation.
I agree 100%. But people want what they want unfortunately.
fence_it":28rbqmt5 said:
Farm Fence Solutions":l377hjd0 said:fence_it":l377hjd0 said:
As long as they don't walk around the end. lol Looks good.
ddd75":3luf562t said:did you use my spacing?
fence_it":1dryvw2w said:What is everyone's preferred wood post insulator? Currently using fin tubes.
fence_it":3fkn1ctu said: