Fence post bracing

[Bruce]

Ah, sorry.

If you use @greybeard's suggestion that you never turn a tensioned fence around a corner post but tie it off (*) at the post every time it changes direction, it wouldn't matter if the corner is 90 degrees or something else. Doing it that way means the tension on the fence is pulling in only 1 direction and you have already braced the post for that direction. If you carry the fence around the corner, the tension on the 2 sides of the pole will want to pull the post inward.

* tying off meaning you wrap each horizontal wire (under tension) around the post and tie it back to itself.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Oh, okay thanks Bruce.

 

[Alaskan]

Just for info... if anyone is reading through this about making fence on rocky land...

This is a great (long, but has pictures, oodles of info) pamphlet.

https://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf88242803/pdf88242803dpi300.pdf

When you just can't dig a Rock Jack is the way to go (and that is explained in the link).

 

[Kusanar]

Ah, sorry.

If you use @greybeard's suggestion that you never turn a tensioned fence around a corner post but tie it off (*) at the post every time it changes direction, it wouldn't matter if the corner is 90 degrees or something else. Doing it that way means the tension on the fence is pulling in only 1 direction and you have already braced the post for that direction. If you carry the fence around the corner, the tension on the 2 sides of the pole will want to pull the post inward.

* tying off meaning you wrap each horizontal wire (under tension) around the post and tie it back to itself.

I know this is a little old, but when we did my fence, we ran the woven wire around the inside of the posts EXCEPT for corners that would make the wire pull on the staples, then we lifted the wire up over the posts and dropped it back down on the outside of the corner and braces. Every corner post has a support post on each side with the H brace and x'd wires so having the wire pulling on the outside of the post isn't a problem as it is supported in both directions anyway and couldn't lean if it tried.

Granted we were running the woven wire using the tractor and had the fence on a contraption in the bucket so lifting it over 5-6' posts wasn't a big deal, just had to have someone on the other side to guide it as the bucket came back down. We used the tractor to tension it too, locked the roll so it couldn't spin and then pulled the tractor up until it was tight, then stapled everything in place, backed up, unlocked the roll and went on down the field another post or 2 before we repeated the process.