Boundry Fence

[cleddy]

Want to start repairing some boundry fence that has fell down. Does the barb wire go on my side of the posts or neighbors. Just using steel T posts to get started pulling wire back up out of the grass. Neigbor is a jerk and just rather not have a fence so he can hunt on my side easier and claim a little land ever so often??

 

[showcrop]

Barbed wire is not used so much as it used to be. If at all it is often only the top strand. It goes on the side that the livestock will be on, or the "inside"

 

[Texasmark]

Its alive and well down here and yes wire on the side the cows occupy and against the flat side of the post. Farm stores have the clips that make attachment a breeze.

 

[cleddy]

Barbed wire is not used so much as it used to be. If at all it is often only the top strand. It goes on the side that the livestock will be on, or the "inside"

I think that may be the reason my Barb wire is on the ground. Neighbor thinks Deer may get hurt on it?? I never seen a fence yet that the deer couldn't jump over with no problem. I am not crazy about Barb wire and we don't have cattle but from the old days it was everywhere. When and if I build a new fence I think high Tensile wire would be a good choice.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

If you were trying to keep cattle in, you would put the wire on your side of the posts.

If you were trying to keep animals OUT, you would put the wire on the neighbor's side of the posts.

In the grand scheme it does not make much difference, but the fence is slightly stronger because the animal is pushing the wire against the posts rather than pulling it away from the posts, and depending entirely on the fastener to hold the wire.

In your case I would put the wire on your side, if only to make it slightly more difficult for the neighbor to remove it from the posts.

 

[Fritz Maurer]

If you're having neighbor trouble, I'd find the corner pins before I did anything else. Then post no hunting signs on the basic line between 2 pins.

 

[wh]

If you're having neighbor trouble, I'd find the corner pins before I did anything else. Then post no hunting signs on the basic line between 2 pins.

Went thru same with neighbor several years ago. Had it surveyed and not only put in corner markers, but had surveyor to mark line on sight line. Drove metal post in ground about 2 ft. Can stand anywhere on line and see from one post to next. No question on where line is.

 

[JMOR]

Sure happy to have better neighbor experiences than some appear to have.

 

[dhermesc]

If you're having neighbor trouble, I'd find the corner pins before I did anything else. Then post no hunting signs on the basic line between 2 pins.

Agreed - get the neighbor involved but sometimes that doesn't help. I built the fence between me and my neighbor, and I even had him come out and help me set the corner posts. Found out later he's been talking s*** about me ever since claiming I built the fence "way" over onto his property.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

I think that may be the reason my Barb wire is on the ground. Neighbor thinks Deer may get hurt on it?? I never seen a fence yet that the deer couldn't jump over with no problem. I am not crazy about Barb wire and we don't have cattle but from the old days it was everywhere. When and if I build a new fence I think high Tensile wire would be a good choice.

I've never seen deer harmed by strand wire but I have seen a number of them hung up or dead in woven wire, especially small ones. gm

 

[RESLLS]

Went thru same with neighbor several years ago. Had it surveyed and not only put in corner markers, but had surveyor to mark line on sight line. Drove metal post in ground about 2 ft. Can stand anywhere on line and see from one post to next. No question on where line is.

 

[RESLLS]

Same thing here, surveyed and he lost 30 feet. He wasn't happy. 4 years later and still whining. It's his hunting cabin on 3 acres, leases hunting land. His wife just tells him he's being an jerk. That's not the word she uses, 4 letters and starts with a d.

 

[shaun wallace]

If line fence get surveyed and half the fence is his to keep in repair or rebuild.

 

[wh]

Sure happy to have better neighbor experiences than some appear to have.

This one moved in and knew more than everyone who had lived in community for years as to where the lines were. Or so he thought. After the survey i got back almost 4 acres he had claimed and had put a fence around it. He got the joy of moving it.

 

[Mule Meat]

The thing I was taught about building a fence to keep livestock in.
Put the wire to the inside. Animals pushing on it or trying to go through it will be pushing the wire into the post instead of away from it, which could cause nails or clips to get pulled loose.

 

[Steve in VA]

Went thru same with neighbor several years ago. Had it surveyed and not only put in corner markers, but had surveyor to mark line on sight line. Drove metal post in ground about 2 ft. Can stand anywhere on line and see from one post to next. No question on where line is.

I did the same and then put 4' length of 2" white PVC pipe to increase visibility.

 

[sms]

I don't know how things are there but you may want to check local ordinance. I know you said repair existing. I went through this about 25 years ago and code enforcement told me no barb wire only smooth. Sometimes they have other rules.
Hope it works out well for you.

 

[cjunrau]

I think that may be the reason my Barb wire is on the ground. Neighbor thinks Deer may get hurt on it?? I never seen a fence yet that the deer couldn't jump over with no problem. I am not crazy about Barb wire and we don't have cattle but from the old days it was everywhere. When and if I build a new fence I think high Tensile wire would be a good choice.

I would go barb wire and make it tight. as a hunter it is not as easy to get through a good barb wire than it is a smooth. unless you hook up the electric fencer to it. you want to keep him out it will need to be hot or barbed wire.

 

[Kelly in tx]

Six strands of good barb wire are pretty difficult to crawl thru. Five good ones are even a good deterrent. My opinion is that I HATE high tensile barb wire. It is NASTY stuff to work with and when it breaks it could decapitate a person. Robert Frost said good fences make good neighbors but they both hafta be basically good human beings in the first place. Good luck. kelly

 

[cuby]

Want to start repairing some boundry fence that has fell down. Does the barb wire go on my side of the posts or neighbors. Just using steel T posts to get started pulling wire back up out of the grass. Neigbor is a jerk and just rather not have a fence so he can hunt on my side easier and claim a little land ever so often??

BTDT. Barb on your side.