Gordon McMillan Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 What post length do you guys use on a stock fence that has no hedge for protection and takes alot of abuse from large cows - Simmentals etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premnayloon Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 All my work uses 5'6" unless wet bits go to 6 footers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premnayloon Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 My brother in laws cattle are famed for their wildness usually snot and s##t everywhere with them and it keeps them in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D A MacDougall Fencing Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Think the ground conditions will have a lot to do with ur choice then hight off the fence.but what am trying to advice some off my client is its well worth putting a Elric stand off fence in areas where there is a lot of cattle our horse pressure I think it saves a fence in high prsure area and it not that much extra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 I use 5'6" and 6' and often put some and some on the machine as however well you look at a job there will often be places where some longer ones are handy, expecially around boundaries. If its bad with rabbits or made up ground I will commonly use 7-8' as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbell Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 mostly 5'6", might use a 7@ to hold it down a bit of a hollow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tepapa Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Am on 5'6" for all inters but am considering going to 6 foot on wider spacing regardless of stock type. Electric is the way forward for unruly cows. I once worked in Ireland and we would just use one strand of electric ( with low, gappy hedge behind) to keep cattle in along roads. And when you brought them in you just strung thin blue string up and you could guide them anywhere. It was amazing to see a herd of 50 18-22 month old stirks stopping dead in their tracks as there was a piece of string across the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon McMillan Posted March 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 I use 5'6" also but find that the fence line doesnt stay straight for long with cattle scratching or leaning over it. Thinking about using 6' from now on. A hot wire on the top is best but no farmer seems to want to go down that road. My dads farm has a hot wire right round every field as his Bull just went where it wanted. It is connected to the mains! That soon stopped him on his tracks. Just need to have a walk round fence line once a year with chainsaw to make sure its not getting earthed anywhere. Keeps the ditches free of cattle also which obviously helps the drainege out. Works well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premnayloon Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 I like to recommend hot top line but I insist it would be mains battery ones just seem to be forgotten about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post Driver Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 We are generally 6ft in the softer going and 5ft 6 when on the chalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontrowfencing Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Usually we are either 5'6 or 6 foot again depending on ground and finished height of the fence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Stock fencing I use nothing but 6ft intermediates and 8ft strainers, preferably creosote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 It may also be worth considering an 8-90-15 or 8-90-30 net to give extra height for those cattle of foreign extraction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossco Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 I used 7ft stakes with a strand of barb on the bottom at about six inches then stock netting then a further to strands of barb it stood over 5ft with 8ft strainers on the turns and ends going down a lane to keep wild limos in farmer well chuffed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon McMillan Posted April 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Barb wire along the bottom! Done that once. Will be charging extra if i do it again. Was a nightmare straining it as it gets a hold of every blade of grass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goaty Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 It may also be worth considering an 8-90-15 or 8-90-30 net to give extra height for those cattle of foreign extraction Ooh a little hint of racism keep em out attitude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffencing Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Always try to stick to the ratio of 2:1 Thats's 2 out the ground and 1 in the ground e.g. 1.2m high fence posts will have 0.6m in the ground 1.8m high fence post will have 0.9m in the ground etc. With the exception of strainers, where as much as possible is driven into the ground, usually 1.2m strainer has 1,2m in the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goaty Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Always try to stick to the ratio of 2:1 Thats's 2 out the ground and 1 in the ground e.g. 1.2m high fence posts will have 0.6m in the ground 1.8m high fence post will have 0.9m in the ground etc. With the exception of strainers, where as much as possible is driven into the ground, usually 1.2m strainer has 1,2m in the ground. Nice rule of thumb formula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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