Questions on building a barbwire fence

[JeffJ]

Im home trying to price out the fence. My plan is to do the h braces, and string the wire myself. Im paying someone else to put 150+ t post in. Im planning to run three, maybe four strands. One run will be 1000 straight feet. How far between t post, h braces and steel support poles?

Thanks.

[bwssr]

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[Hart8]

I think it kinda depends on what kind of ground your fence is in.(How far apart your H braces are) "Dead men", are a must on corners.T posts are usually 10' apart.Try not to let your concrete come all the way to the surface(for some reason it makes the post rise up out of the ground,in extremely dry summers)..This is per my best friend that builds fence in South Texas.

[brushtrooper]

H Braces- we use RR bridge ties or large cedar post, in 4 foot deep minimum and tamped in. We use 8' pipe for the cross brace on H, can go shorter...just what we did.
We space post about every 5-6 steps and we do 5 strand for outside perimeter fence, 4 strand for interior fence.

[JeffJ]

Here were my thoughts.

H brace on each end, 3-4 feet in the ground. H braces with 12' gate in the middle of the run. T post every 15' with a twist on fence minder in between each t post. Steel pole every 100'.

Fencing off half our front field for a food plot. Only thing we want to keep out are the cows. Wont ever be a bunch of pressure on it

[jds247]

What are you trying to contain? All tee post really do is keep the wire from being separated . If the fence is tight a tee post every 30 ft will keep it from sagging. I usually run 5 strands for perimeter . Corners and h's are telephone poles . And my line post every 150 yards are half telephone pole . T post every 12 ft .

[sqiggy]

Fencing off half our front field for a food plot. Only thing we want to keep out are the cows. Wont ever be a bunch of pressure on it

Will be some pressure on it when the cows lean up against it trying to get a mouth full!!!

[Tejas Wildlife]

Build it "overly stout" ONCE & forget about it. Your cows will look at the foodplot 24 hrs a day. If you skimp on the construction, they WILL find a way in.

Sqiggy speaks the truth!

[JeffJ]

Will be some pressure on it when the cows lean up against it trying to get a mouth full!!!

Sure. We usually leave 20-30ft between the fence and plots.

[Mister Bubba's bulletman]

Make sure you leave at least 16in from the ground up to the first strand and a foot between the top two. Deer will have an easier time getting in and out.

[coop]

Make sure you leave at least 16in from the ground up to the first strand and a foot between the top two. Deer will have an easier time getting in and out.

This for sure especially the top strands. It will help prevent broken legs and dead deer.

I've built several miles of barbwire fence and I recommend T post every 10' and H post every 250'. The number of strands can depend on what you're trying to keep in or out.

[cosmiccowboy]

cows will walk right through a three wire fence.

[Dusty Britches]

I'm no expert, but I put my H braces 400-500 feet apart. In my area, and since we are using carbon steel wire (Red Brand) and not high tinsel, we also put all posts for the corners in concrete. With high tinsel, you don't have to do that.

and, I have a 3 strand barb wire fence that will hold my gentle, non-stressed cows, but if they get pressured too much and cornered, they will go through it. It is also an interior cross fence. My perimeter fences are 5 strands. The rest of my cross fences are 4 strand.

[CTB]

H brace on the ends, H brace in the middle, line post every 150', T post every 10-12'. Forget about putting in the twist on stays. Make it a 5 strand fence and be done with it forever.

[Chance Love]

And go with a 16' gate.