Building A Barbed Wire Fence With T Posts

Low spots require additional braces to make sure the tight wire doesn t pull up the posts.

Building a barbed wire fence with t posts.

You can skip this step if you build a barbed wire fence. Unroll the fence to the opposite corner or end post and attach it to the post with 1 1 2 inch galvanized fence staples. Check the level. Once you have the corners set and braced run a guide line between them to ensure you set your t posts in a straight line.

Pull the fence taut. Position each post with the anchor plate at the bottom and perpendicular to the fence line. Fix the top rails in the same way as bottom ones. The fence should be on the outside of all the posts.

Then define the level where the top rails should be placed. That is the top of your fence. Anyone who s ever tackled the job of building a barbed wire fence will have to agree. Simply lift the tool and let go gravity and the weight of the tool will work to drive the t post in.

In easy terrain on straight stretches without corners nelson puts a brace every quarter mile at the end of every roll of wire. You should space your posts 8 12 feet apart as a general rule although 10 12 feet apart is sufficient for 5 6 wire barbed fence. Start from the corner post and move to the next pillar unrolling the wire and stapling it carefully. Each post should be driven into the ground until the flared fins are beneath the surface.

It is a special weighted pipe that slides up and down on the top section of a t post forcing the post into the ground.