Electric Fence Advice

[chaded]

I will be happy just to know how they hold up to a post driver.

Just a typical t post driver? They hold up like t post in my experience. I have never had one break if that is your concern. I have hit solid rock and big roots with them and have not broke one. They won't go through something big but you know you aren't going anywhere when the post driver just bounces.

These things only go 18" deep and unless your soil is like concrete it only take a few hits and they are in.

 

[Ridgefarmer63]

I will be happy just to know how they hold up to a post driver.

Me too. That was once of my concerns, but I have been assured, they go in fairly easily. They put a 45 on two of the bottoms. The legfin the tee is still 90 degrees, but I think it'd be easy enough to 45 that too if you had to.

 

[sstterry]

Me too. That was once of my concerns, but I have been assured, they go in fairly easily. They put a 45 on two of the bottoms. The legfin the tee is still 90 degrees, but I think it'd be easy enough to 45 that too if you had to.

Unless you it rock like I have.

 

[cowman82]

How can I throw away 3-5 t-posts?

I have wire setup on t-posts and I can also mow under it. I've also had t-posts in the ground over 20 years and never had to paint then.

Also the fiberglass ones on the farm I bought had a tendency to break when bent over under 6+ feet of snow for a good majority of the year.

must of been some crappy fiberglass posts you inherited. The one I use are from the oil fields. I ran over one in the ground 3' the other day with the tractor and it just flipped out. I've never had a deer bust any of my posts or clips and they run through it everyday. Those pin lock insulators are terrible, I tried them out on a farm and would never use them again.

Glad the t-posts are working out great for you, I'm just really glad I don't have to deal with snow like you do. It was over 70 here yesterday and I'll take that

 

[sstterry]

Just a typical t post driver? They hold up like t post in my experience. I have never had one break if that is your concern. I have hit solid rock and big roots with them and have not broke one. They won't go through something big but you know you aren't going anywhere when the post driver just bounces.

These things only go 18" deep and unless your soil is like concrete it only take a few hits and they are in.

That is what I was wanting to know. Thank you.

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

must of been some crappy fiberglass posts you inherited. The one I use are from the oil fields.

The ones I inherited are oil field sucker rod with holes drilled in them. In our soil if something is in the ground 3' it isn't going to "flip out" it's going to break off or kink and bend over. Heck if you put a t-post in the ground 3' it can be a struggle to remove it with a loader.

Deer aren't typically a problem. Get yourself some moose and let me know. The size of a quarter horse, can't see worth a squat, and just bulldoze their was thru stuff.

 

[crossbreed]

Deer don't seem to bother the pin lock insulators for me. Moose on the other hand walk thru the fence like a bulldozer and break insulators and break off steel posts.

I'm using a 50' post spacing on high tensile. So there's a lot of spring for when deer run into it.

Do you use this setup for both perimeter and interior fence?

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

Yes perimeter and interior fence are both the same.

 

[Atimm693]

For our fiberglass posts, we made up some wire ties that look roughly like a cotter pin to fasten the electric wire to them. I would not want to fish the wire through every single post. Don't fasten them up super tight, you want the wire to be able to stretch and slip somewhat.

Those timeless posts look to be made out of the same stuff as that white plastic horse fence I've worked with a little. It does get brittle over time. They are a good bit more expensive than I thought they would be, too.

 

[chaded]

I have only had them 10 years and they are not brittle. I would guess they will last at least the 20 years they are good for. This is of course the end that is driven into the ground.