Building a Professional Barbed-Wire Fence

The most common fence is barbed wire. For rural fencing needs, a barbed wire fence is cheap and effective than netting or rail fences. If they are professionally installed, they can last a lifetime under proper management. Proper maintenance of barbed wire requires good braces. Therefore, consider installing a brace on your wire after every roll of wire. Note that low spots require additional reinforcements. On either side of a gully, you need to install a bracelet. Ensure that the tension does not pull the posts. If needed, hang some kind of anchor suspended in the gully to prevent the wires from exerting excessive tension on the posts. For more stability, consider installing eight-foot posts firmly on the low spots. Pass main wires through the posts and reinforce with additional wires.

Wires and Spacing

Now, online websites for rural fencing supplies will normally have manuals to guide your fence installation process. One area that requires your keen attention is the number of wires required and their spacing. Your particular situation needs to inform the spacing and number of wires. The same kind of variance applies to posts spacing. For instance, with severe wildlife pressure, you may require more post and wire spacing than the standard four-wire and 12-13 feet of posts spacing. High-pressure ranches will require up to five wires.

Posts and Posting

It is important to firmly secure the posts on the ground. You don’t have to install stays between posts. The reason why some people use stays is that they have run into hard ground. In such a situation, your posts will not go deep enough to create stability. If you come from an area where the terrain is fairly standard, just ensure that you run the posts firmly into the ground with a pounder. It is not only fast but also convenient. If you come from rocky areas, consider digging a post hole. Occasionally, use steel posts in ground areas when pounding a wood post becomes difficult

Attaching the fence wires to your wood posts requires keen attention and workmanship. In your local rural fencing supplies stores, ask for 1-3/4 inch barbed-wire staples. These staples fit better into the posts, secure the barbed-wire firmer, and do not pop out easily. Make use of a good flat hammer or a staple gun if it allows you to fit in the barbed-wire staples.

Get the Right Tools

Another critical area that requires keen attention is your range of tools. You will find professional fencing to be a lot easier when you have the right kind of tools at your disposal.   For instance, a chainsaw will assist you to cut notches to firmly secure your assembly into your brace posts. Have a big toolbox to keep your tools central and a post pounder to hit the posts for better organisation and management. A standard tool kit should contain digging bars, sledgehammers, fencing pliers, a small generator, and pull straps among others.  You could also visit your local irrigation supplies store for a watering can or hose to soften the ground where necessary. A combination of these tools and processes will help you erect a durable and professionally done fence.