Restoring Fencing...?

[secuono]

We have real field fencing as most of the fence. I say real because it is not welded, it's thick, knotted together heavy duty fencing. I forget what it is called. In parts of it, it has really sunk down from years of animals leaning on it and whatnot. Some places are just a little low. Whenever I walk the fence line, I will yank up on the fence to slowly over time raise it back up. Most of it has just been folded over at the ties, some of it the individual wires have been bent.

I have a new T-Post remover. We never got a chance to use it back when we rented a house. The landlord bought the fence from us, so we left it be.

My idea is to use the remover like a giant car jack! Will this be possible? I'm wanting to slowly jack them up and then staple them back into place.

Has anyone else every tried this? The fencing is incredibly expensive, so I would love to save every foot I can of it!

 

[secuono]

Really? No one? Holidays are over until xmas.

 

[bonbean01]

I think that would work very well. With out fence puller, the post comes out in increments and you would just stop when it got to the right height. And yes, that kind of fencing is very expensive. We are fencing in more pasture for our sheep for next spring and buy the fencing and posts spaced out over several months. Good luck!

 

[bonbean01]

oops...typo...should have read...with OUR post puller

 

[piper]

That's the same thing i did on my place . Once I have enough posts I will put a before and after picture . The fence that I restored to proper high was running thru a timber so there were parts that were held down by tree roots . I had to pull and reset many of the t-posts and then pull the fence up with my hands . Once i got the fence pulled up as much as I could I ran two wires across the top to get the high I needed . The jack I used worked good on pulling the posts but not too good on pulling up the fence . Lot of labor but worth it to avoid some of the cost of fencing .

 

[Alice Acres]

It would be work, but your fence will look like new

 

[PendergrassRanch]

We just stood on the bottom wire and pulled up LOL Then tacked it back in place.

 

[secuono]

We just stood on the bottom wire and pulled up LOL Then tacked it back in place.

I do that, too. But I don't get an even fence, it's all zig zagged and never up to where it should be.