Deer fencing for beginners

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

29 minutes ago, woody paul said:

Best of luck getting hold of materials at a sensible price. 

Materials are scarce, prices are fierce!

[woody paul]

18 hours ago, doobin said:

Never known anyone use square posts for net fencing.

Take corners off square post and you have a Octopost 

[Matthew Storrs]

28 minutes ago, woody paul said:

Take corners off square post and you have a Octopost 

I think square would look shit unless your in boys ground.  They’ll twist all over the shop- at least octopost has more tolerance to twisting and more faces to staple against if they did twist.

[Spruce Pirate]

200m of fencing???  Not a lot easier and cheaper to tube and stake?

 

[Richard 1234]

20 hours ago, doobin said:

Never known anyone use square posts for net fencing. Loads of extra work for no benefit whatsoever. And would look stupid. 

We’ve used loads over the years,. Normally round but sometimes a fence is needed!

[drinksloe]

On 03/09/2021 at 03:04, doobin said:

Never known anyone use square posts for net fencing. Loads of extra work for no benefit whatsoever. And would look stupid. 

 

Quite a few local contractors use square locally through choice, with a chapper it doesnt make that much difference as u can turn them urself but a pita to try and mel and hold the turning bar, usually becomes a 2 person job melling.

 

A  lot of local farmers/estates seem to ask for them too.

 

Must admit i now prefer them for hand ball jobs as virtually imposible to get a 31/2" cundy post nowadays all far bigger almost impossible to mel in.

 

 

[Stere]

Still see some old oak rectangle posts along fence lines must be pretty old....

 

Think they were standard use at some time not sure when they stopped using them for general agri fencing

[woody paul]

So it's a temporary fence in woodland, using cheap wire got timber to mill so go for it. How is going to see it, if it looks well put up should not matter. 

[MattyF]

200m of fencing???  Not a lot easier and cheaper to tube and stake?
 

£500 for every 200 tubes and stakes , probs cheaper to fence ?

[Matthew Storrs]

4 hours ago, drinksloe said:

 

Quite a few local contractors use square locally through choice, with a chapper it doesnt make that much difference as u can turn them urself but a pita to try and mel and hold the turning bar, usually becomes a 2 person job melling.

 

A  lot of local farmers/estates seem to ask for them too.

 

Must admit i now prefer them for hand ball jobs as virtually imposible to get a 31/2" cundy post nowadays all far bigger almost impossible to mel in.

 

 

I guess there might be an argument that square posts last longer- being cut out of the heartwood- rather than cundys which are basically the shit sappy top of the tree. I’ve seen a lowland  contractor try and twist square 5x3s for post and rail up here on  Dartmoor- didn’t end well for the posts. They’d snap rather than twist and it ended up looking like a dogs dinner.