Essential Farm Fence Wire Choice Tips
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- In this video, we'll discuss the different types of wire that are used for farm fencing and give tips on how to choose the right wire for your needs.
This video is important because it covers the different types of wire that are used for farm fencing and gives tips on how to choose the right wire for your needs. By the end of this video, you'll have a better understanding of what types of wire are available and the different factors that need to be considered when choosing farm fencing wire.
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Great video Tim, you've done the research! All good tips for your viewers. (endorsed by a fencing contractor here!)
Really helpful and to the point. Thanks Tim.
Good morning, Tim, cracking advice, so early in the morning. I have done a lot of fencing on my hobby block and when I purchased wire. I was asked what I wanted. Rather than ask me how I wanted to fence and what I wanted to keep in or out. I wish the rural stores paid more attention to providing information rather than filling the ute. Pet beef of mine. Cheers
Not against you here, keep in mind the 1000's of products they sell no way they can be an expert on many and also keep in mind staff at $15/hr in a dead end mundane job cannot be expected to be an expert at anything. Be fair to these guys they are just trying to make a living like everyone else. Bound to be you are the expert because you know about your own specific application.
Gday Tim, I was having a yarn recently with a bunch of other station fellas, and we agreed on a few things- the ‘blue’ brand of wire lasts the longest. If you have a high impact fence then use 2.8 or even 3.15 HT as top wire where’s there’s emus and/or bottom for pigs. Barb wire is mostly useful for cattle (doesn’t stop wild animals) & go for 2mm or at least 1.8mm (they might as well stop making 1.57mm). Soft wire is only really useful for tying ‘Cobb & Cos/Bullock’ twitches, and the Iowa soft barb is useless for suspension fences, ie those that rely on the tension on the fence & the strainers rather than a shitload of posts to hang the wire from, ie a static fence😉
G'day Tim and thanks for sharing great insight. You made a recommendation on spacing post further apart when using high tensile wire. What is that typical distance? I'm installing a new boundary fence (deer proof) and planning to use 150mm treated around posts (2.1m) 1600 above ground
Typically 5m over east, up to 7 over west. Depends on terrain. The more ups and downs the closer the posts. For more information like this, check out my new short course tim-s-site-552c.thinkific.com/courses/basic-fencing (hey I had to plug it right?)
Got a roll of HT 2.5 for fencing off a 15x15m orchard/garden - wondering if I would be better off with some medium tensile for the shorter spans.
Yeah medium tensile teamed with ratchet strainers is perfect for that sort of job.
Trying to use 9ga high tensile wire here. Measures 3.8mm. Problem is the wire is so stiff I cannot get the wraps tight like in your videoes. Am I just too weak, am I using too thick wire, is my technique wrong ? Thank you.
Hey mate. Most HT fencing wire over here is in the range of 2.5-2.8mm. Most common is 2.5mm. Much bigger than that no point. Too hard, waste of money etc. Soft wire is commonly 3.5-4mm. Check out my new course for lots of tips tim-s-site-552c.thinkific.com/courses/basic-fencing
Tried to reuse a length of high tensile wire the other day. Wouldn't take a knot without breaking. Very frustrating. I assume the problem was that the wire was old (ish).
Some of the older imported stuff did that. Some companies don’t have the same quality control as others but it’s cheap so people buy it. Those companies charge their brand every 4-5 years……
What about for short runs of fence? Are you better off with soft or medium than high tensile?
Hey. Depends on what you call short! 5m or 50m. Where it is, what it’s holding in or out, what it’s on etc
Always useful Thanks. I watched the history of fences and star pickets yesterday with the fella who wrote the book very interesting but didn't say much on sizes and holes, like 900 fence what size posts and where to put the fence 2 holes from the top 3 holes? My fence im trying to fix is all over the place hard to work out the reason for the placement of wire. Im guessing length is soil type placement is to leave holes for barbed or electric but is there a standard or something something? A video on that would be nice if you haven't already done one I just haven't found it. Stay well Tim keep up the good work a lot of us new comers to the land learn a lot from you cheers mate
Hi Tony, yeah, this is something that I cover in my new short course, tim-s-site-552c.thinkific.com/courses/basic-fencing Basically though there is no standard. Wire spacing is something that no one agrees on.
@@FarmLearningTim thanks Tim yes it can't be one size fits all would depend on many things. I'll have a look at your course, thank you