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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1496593" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>The overall fence may but my concern and experience here is opposite. Every place is different. I don't care about the fence, (I can fix that easy enough) I care about whether a cow finds the opening before I do. The deep rooted loblolly pines stay put in even the most severe weather, but the shallow rooted white oaks come right up out of the ground in wet windy weather and it's the canopy of the tree, not the limbless part of the trunk that most often falls on the fence. With 12-15' spacing, the rest of the fence stays up, (even tho it may be somewhat less tight) and the canopy blocks cows' access to the break..they just don't find the opening. If I increase that post spacing x2 to 25-30' between the posts, the cows will more likely be able to get around the canopy and over the pushed down fence or thru the broken wires between the line posts. </p><p>(And, you've seen pictures of my fences after the frequent floods...the closer the posts, the less likely the whole fence will be laid over once debris builds up from the flowing water) Even with a big wooden post every 150', they still lean considerably. A unique situation I suppose.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>(I did have one big oak trunk of my sister's impact directly on top of a Tee post one time, and drove it down about 2' and turned the rest of it into a flattened Z shape)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1496593, member: 18945"] The overall fence may but my concern and experience here is opposite. Every place is different. I don't care about the fence, (I can fix that easy enough) I care about whether a cow finds the opening before I do. The deep rooted loblolly pines stay put in even the most severe weather, but the shallow rooted white oaks come right up out of the ground in wet windy weather and it's the canopy of the tree, not the limbless part of the trunk that most often falls on the fence. With 12-15' spacing, the rest of the fence stays up, (even tho it may be somewhat less tight) and the canopy blocks cows' access to the break..they just don't find the opening. If I increase that post spacing x2 to 25-30' between the posts, the cows will more likely be able to get around the canopy and over the pushed down fence or thru the broken wires between the line posts. (And, you've seen pictures of my fences after the frequent floods...the closer the posts, the less likely the whole fence will be laid over once debris builds up from the flowing water) Even with a big wooden post every 150', they still lean considerably. A unique situation I suppose. (I did have one big oak trunk of my sister's impact directly on top of a Tee post one time, and drove it down about 2' and turned the rest of it into a flattened Z shape) [/QUOTE]
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