Fence builders of TBH

[captainsling]

I have to buy the treated posts.

Try McCoys or Do it Best if you have one in your area. they usually have railroad ties They last forever!

[bowhunterchris]

Okay, I will look into the railroad ties. Is it a pain to cut them? I dont want to mess up my chainsaw I paid good money for that thing Plenty of cedar to buy around here too.

just looked at McCos website, they are 8'

[Bigboss]

4 1/2" pipe set 42" deep. Space them 10 ft apart. Use 2 7/8" pipe for cross bars.

[Tex1986]

Cedar post, treated, and railroad ties all work great for H braces. Like someone else mentioned i would use pipe for the cross brace. Reason is if your using treated or creosote and you cut the post down any, you are cutting off whats been treated or covered in creosote. This will cause the ends to rot out. I wouldn't use a cedar cross brace either unless your using a good size cross brace. Small cedar post will bend in the middle when you start tightening the slick wire between posts. They just dont seem to last long. I just built a cedar fence with galvanized pipe cross bracing. I drilled 2 holes at the end of the cross brace and nailed them to the post. Also, concrete is cheap. I dropped a bag in each post. Also, don't put your cross brace in the middle of the post. It needs to be no farther than 1' down from the top of the post.

[bowhunterchris]

I saw online some 2/3 rule on where to put cross bracing.

[bowhunterchris]

4 1/2" pipe set 42" deep. Space them 10 ft apart. Use 2 7/8" pipe for cross bars.

Wish I could do it like that. Or be able to drive the metal post in instead of augering

[Palmetto]

Chris, Look at Stay Tuff's website. Staytuff.com
They have videos and a very informative pdf on how to correctly build a corner brace.

As far as posts go, It's treated only for me. Cedar doesnt last around here, and cross ties are just ugly.

[MASTERS]

I built a few miles of fence around cabeza after boene(sp?) passed away a couple of years ago. Better put them corners deep we put ours 5' and it hasn't moved. Lots of deep sand around there and anything less will relax under load over time.

[bowhunterchris]

Chris, Look at Stay Tuff's website. Staytuff.com
They have videos and a very informative pdf on how to correctly build a corner brace.

As far as posts go, It's treated only for me. Cedar doesnt last around here, and cross ties are just ugly.

I will look at the website. I am probably going treated because I already have a few treated posts. Just need a galv. pipe for the cross brace. thanks

[bowhunterchris]

I built a few miles of fence around cabeza after boene(sp?) passed away a couple of years ago. Better put them corners deep we put ours 5' and it hasn't moved. Lots of deep sand around there and anything less will relax under load over time.

We don't have sand here. Just black dirt then caliche/clay. Sandy area is N. of town around Cabeza.

[Dudley]

Drive some of the local backroads and stop and take pictures of H-braces and corner braces. You will see similarities in them. Can be built out of any material. Obviously pipe will outlast wood. If making from wood you will need to use twisted wire from the top of one post to the bottom of the other post so that it forms an X. by twisting and tightening these wires, it holds the horizontal brace in place.

[Dudley]

Oops, I just saw that you are looking at corner braces, not line braces. For corners, you don't make an X with twisted slick wire. Instead, go from bottom of corner post to top of next post...then from the bottom of that post to the top of the next post. this will keep things tight while securing the brace.

[bowhunterchris]

Thanks everyone I will take pics as I build.

[sqiggy]

Thanks everyone I will take pics as I build.

I meant to tell ya earlier to take pics so we all can approve or reject your work!!!

[bowhunterchris]

Hey! Maybe I will have a gift and start a business