Motorway fencing

[HenryG]

Quick question, why is it that stock net applied to the post and rail fencing after the rails have been nails to the posts? Ie, wire on the face of the rails? Why not put the wire behind the bottom rails or behind the posts??

[huwevans]

We have done some for narrow gaged railway  specked like this but after discusing with the railway 

we sugesed that wire first and rails after would be a better job and look a loot neater they agreed.

As to why wire on top most probably someone in office that has never fenced before and got no

practical knowlage of fencing.

[Robbell]

specked by an engineer lol

[West Fork Fence]

I'll play devils advocate....... Wouldn't the wire lose a bit of it's functionality being nailed hard between the post and board? For the record, I do it all the time. It just always made more sense to me that the wire be on the opposite side of the post from the boards.....I think. Maybe.

[tentman]

If a client asked me I'd say the netting should be on the side that gets the stock pressure regardless of where the rails are, so the stock are pushing it onto the posts not pulling the staples out . . . when they get lousy and rub etc (but I don't say that to clients !!)