Thread: Fencing - the boundary type

Hi there

There is all different types of fencing and it all depends on what you want to keep in or out.

We have horses - so theres no barb wire, wooden creasote (<spelling?) posts 10m apart with iron dropper in the center and two plastic spacers.

We run 2.5mm tye-easy wire - with 7 strands.........

But with cattle - I would use barb wire.

Well that my two bobs worth...

Wayne

Inc have you worked how far Kilometre wise you have to fence? not that it helps this thread I'm just interested

Originally Posted by dullbird

Inc have you worked how far Kilometre wise you have to fence? not that it helps this thread I'm just interested

It may frighten some volunteer help off too.

hey I would come and help you fence in a heart beat if I lived up that way. every little helps.

Say it in miles then the numbers will be less and perhaps not frighten off prospective helpers

Originally Posted by dullbird

hey I would come and help you fence in a heart beat if I lived up that way. every little helps.

Say it in miles then the numbers will be less and perhaps not frighten off prospective helpers

C'mon, you've got a nice new car, it'd be a pleasant weekend jaunt for you.
Have you ever done any fencing? Used to be hard work with crowbar and shovel!

:P

is just to mark the boundry to start with but want to put a couple of sheep or something on it down the track to help keep the place tidy so want to start it off in the right way.

surprisingly little info about it on the net, i thought there would be bucket loads...

See if you organize some light gauge railway rail from a scrap merchant for the posts, it's a bitch to transport and even worse to setup but lasts a lot longer than star pickets, and dishonest folk tend not to nick them to quickly. A few properties I have seen use galved pipe for posts (if bought in bulk cheaper than galved star pickets)

Originally Posted by V8Ian

C'mon, you've got a nice new car, it'd be a pleasant weekend jaunt for you.

Have you ever done any fencing?

Used to be hard work with crowbar and shovel!

No I haven't done heaps but I have laid posts with a post rammer (manual) and strung wire across them and tightened them using tensioner wheels and the bike handle bars as we used to call them.

then my boss brought back one of these fencing gadgets from Oz to the uk from his shed (he had fun getting that through customs) don't ask me what it was called but it had hooks and chains on it and it was awesome for tensioning wire. however at the same time dangerous, you could get it a little too tight and off she went.

oh and if it helps we had 4 strands to keep in horses....(so to prove I can add something constructive to this thread )