Small Quantities of Stock Fencing

Anybody know if it's possible to buy small quantities of stock fencing? It only seems to come in rolls of several hundred feet, but I only need a hundred foot or so max.

Our rapidly-growing dogue de bordeaux is showing rather regularly that standard wire mesh garden fencing is going to be no use whatsoever once she's full grown, and I figure that stock fencing suitable for pigs or sheep will be required to stop her from scaring the living daylights out of the neighbours on a regular basis.

And a question that I could probably answer with Google in five minutes, but I'm a bit pressed at the mo': The upright posts I figure you just drive straight into the ground with one of those hand-held fence post drivey inny things, but what about the angled braces at the ends and the corners? Do they need concreting in, or do you just drive them in at an angle before you drive in the associated upright?

Rob R

Re: Small Quantities of Stock Fencing

25 metres is the smallest roll of stock fence you can buy I think.

The strainer struts (those angled braces) go in after you've driven or concteted the corner post in, taking a notch out of the corner post & either driving a post into the ground to brace it against or digging a hole & butting a large stone up against it. A good pair of wire strainers are essential & well worth investing in (should last a lifetime if looked after). Some people tension fences by pulling on it with a tractor, but some people have saggy fences...

See here

Shane

Thanks - great link to get me started! And it has lots of links to suppliers that sell fencing in 50m rolls, which will be enough for my purposes plus a bit more just in case.

crofter

Re: Small Quantities of Stock Fencing

Shane wrote:

: The upright posts I figure you just drive straight into the ground

Use a pinch bar to make a hole first, unless it is very soft ground.

gil

Another tip to keep your fence looking good is to put the strainers in initially tilting slightly away from the direction of the posts. Thus, after you tighten the wire / net, the strainer will gradually attain the correct, vertical position.

Rob R : by wire strainers, do you mean wire pullers ?

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