Fence post centers.

feartuath

What distance you usually leave between fence posts.
I am fencing a few acres, boundary fence away from the main farm.

I was thinking of 2 /3 rows of barbed wire using 6ft 4/5 inch FRS posts.

Maybe keeping room for a strand of mains wire at three top.

This land is summer grazing but the neighbour has no interest in keeping his side fenced as his weanings were in and out all year

patsy_mccabe

Have a read of this. All the info in there.

Count Mondego

I put two strands of barbed wire fence around half of a ten arce field last year, near 400 yards. They were slightly bigger posts with a good few strainers along the way, and I left 15 yards between the posts. Thightened with a proper strainer and it was perfect. I see a lot of lads putting only 7 yards between them which is a waste in my opinion.

Good loser

feartuath wrote: »

What distance you usually leave between fence posts.
I am fencing a few acres, boundary fence away from the main farm.

I was thinking of 2 /3 rows of barbed wire using 6ft 4/5 inch FRS posts.

Maybe keeping room for a strand of mains wire at three top.

This land is summer grazing but the neighbour has no interest in keeping his side fenced as his weanings were in and out all year

Leave mine at 10 ft.

C0N0R

In New Zealand we used to put posts 20m apart for single or two row wire, good strainer at the end with hi tensile wire and job done.

Muckit

C0N0R wrote: »

In New Zealand we used to put posts 20m apart for single or two row wire, good strainer at the end with hi tensile wire and job done.

I space my electric fence posts at 20m. I wouldn't have done it without seeing videos on youtube of what they do in US and NZ. God those boys would be robbed if they spaced stakes the way we usually do here.

It's a change in mentality. Electric fence is not a physical barrier. More stakes doesn't necessarily make it a better job. Like esb poles you only need to hold up the weight of the wire.

I'm surprised with all the adoption of NZ techniques in dairy, that fencing was the one thing was wasn't taken on here and explored by teagasc and demo farms.

Plastic posts would be spaced the same now when using reel with polywire. A big saving on the amount of posts needed to be carried to fence a section. I find the tape, even narrow stuff catches wind and needs to be spaced around 15m apart

Genghis Cant

A lot of truth in that Muckit alright.
Good tension is vital for a good fence. It's grand in straight lines but with bends it's not as easy to guarantee.
The post spacing I suppose depends in general on what you want from a fence. If theres sheep wire involved the spacing needs to accommodate this.
If you simply want a good one strand electric fence in a straight line, 2 good end posts, well strained wire and pigtails or the like in between will do a good job.

blue5000

C0N0R wrote: »

In New Zealand we used to put posts 20m apart for single or two row wire, good strainer at the end with hi tensile wire and job done.

Have gone to 27 paces on flat straight runs with 2 strands in my own paddocks, but a boundary fence against the neighbours cattle getting in is a whole different ballgame.

Red Sheds

I'm after dividing 12 acres into 5 paddocks and have the posts driven at 5 meter intervals between the strainers. It will be holding 3 rows of barbed wire, reading this thread, it looks like I have wasted alot of 6 ft posts.

C0N0R

Red Sheds wrote: »

I'm after dividing 12 acres into 5 paddocks and have the posts driven at 5 meter intervals between the strainers. It will be holding 3 rows of barbed wire, reading this thread, it looks like I have wasted alot of 6 ft posts.

I wouldn't hang barbed wire with posts 20m apart though. No power in it so cattle can scratch away at it etc