Boundary fencing discussion

red_diesel

I'm hoping to all boundary fences here over the next few years. I have cattle, all stores and finishing cattle. I have lots of questions so might use this thread to ask questions. My plan is to do single strand high tensile fence on all boundary fences. First question, is single strand high tensile good enough for bounds?

Wildsurfer

Single strand is the correct type to go with as it will be too difficult to keep vegetation off a bottom row of wire as cattle can't graze underneath it. The best advice I can give you is to keep it out far enough for hedge cutter to easily work inside it. It will look like you are losing alot of ground but it's the only way you'll keep it right. I see too many fences buried in furze where it was erected too close to hedge.

893bet

before you errext the fence send the track machine around to push the hedge back properly. Then fence.

feartuath

Similar here, removed several rows of barbed wire and broken posts from middle of hedge.

21/2" galvanised pipe as strainers from steel suppliers.

Clippex in between with single mains fence with enough room for hedgecutter in the future.

visatorro

Dunno, i like 4 strands of barbed wire along boundary. Do it once and its a lifetime job. No worries about fencers going dead or power cuts. Also if you buy stock that aren't used to electric wire it mightn’t be pretty. Very expensive though.

red_diesel

How do you deal with bends and corners? Do you tension and terminate when you get to a 90 degree corner or can you continue on without terminating?

I've watched some fencing vids on Youtube but mostly content from NZ with straight lines and no 90 degree bends.