Ideas on fence corners anyone?

[greybeard]

I run mine around the corner when using the wedgelock. I just made sure that the corner T-post was good and strong. I have only used it on one corner, the other ones are attached to oak trees...gotta love the mighty oak.

I use trees sometimes, but I hate it. Wire grows into the tree, and the oak (or pine) sap rusts the wire rather quickly, and should the tree blow down, it takes 100 yards of fence and posts with it. Sometimes, ya just don't have much choice, especially if the tree is on the property line, like 2200' feet of my fence is bordering the National Forest.
(I don't use any teepost wedgelock corners)

 

[Baymule]

I learned my lesson about trees as fence posts. Nothing like chasing happy-to-be-free horses down the road because the tree fell down and so did your fence. Do they just HAVE to throw their tail in the air, toss their head and be so proud of themselves as they outwit you and run for the busy highway???

On our new place, so far there has been one tree up against the fence that we didn't cut. I nailed a 2x4 to it to act as a buffer between the tree and the wire. I didn't staple the wire to the 2x4.

 

[babsbag]

If you have ever lived in CA with scrub oaks you would know that they seldom fall down. The big black oaks will fall but these little ones we have can die and still stay solid as a rock for 15 years or more. And they grow slowly too. I usually run the fence around the tree and then run wire around the tree and through the fence and attach the fence that way. I will take pieces of drip tubing and slide it over the wire so it doesn't rub on the tree. That wire will rust quickly but the fence wire doesn't seem to rust from touching the tree.

Our ground is hard, rocky, not level, and remote. Digging holes for corners was nigh impossible. Then to carry the post and cement to the hole and carry water, just wasn't going to happen and no way to get equipment in so all by hand. I use trees for intermediate posts whenever I can for the same reason.

We have a lot of trees on our property and going around them was just not an option and cutting them would have been another nightmare in itself, and why cut a good oak?

 

[Mike CHS]

I'm liking the Wedge-loc system but none of the stores around here carry any of the wedges. I have most of the other hardware but no wedges.

 

[babsbag]

We bought ours as a kit but online Kencove has just the wedges