Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Non-Cattle Specific Topics
Tips 'n Tricks
Adding a Floating brace to H brace
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1600750" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>Both the diagonal and the horizontal member should be at or almost at the same height. You want the force exerted by the floating brace to be transferred as directly and as straight as possible right into the horizontal brace and on to the vertical end post the fence wires are tied to. It works in the opposite direction too if something falls onto the fence wire. </p><p>33" will work fine for both. Much higher than that with the diagonal brace and you are tending to push the vertical post up. </p><p>Hope you have good hard ground or a big flat rock to set the other end of the floating brace on. I tried them here in a few places and my ground gets too soggy for too long and the 20" X 20" concrete pad I set the floating brace on sunk down into the soil and everything with the floating brace got loose. I quickly gave up trying to use them.</p><p>After you've tensioned the fence wire and everything has settled in good, <u>loosely</u> staple or tie the bottom 2 strands of fence wire to the diagonal brace to help keep the cows from pushing it off the pad or rock.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1600750, member: 18945"] Both the diagonal and the horizontal member should be at or almost at the same height. You want the force exerted by the floating brace to be transferred as directly and as straight as possible right into the horizontal brace and on to the vertical end post the fence wires are tied to. It works in the opposite direction too if something falls onto the fence wire. 33" will work fine for both. Much higher than that with the diagonal brace and you are tending to push the vertical post up. Hope you have good hard ground or a big flat rock to set the other end of the floating brace on. I tried them here in a few places and my ground gets too soggy for too long and the 20" X 20" concrete pad I set the floating brace on sunk down into the soil and everything with the floating brace got loose. I quickly gave up trying to use them. After you've tensioned the fence wire and everything has settled in good, [u]loosely[/u] staple or tie the bottom 2 strands of fence wire to the diagonal brace to help keep the cows from pushing it off the pad or rock. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Non-Cattle Specific Topics
Tips 'n Tricks
Adding a Floating brace to H brace
Top