Stock fence

[Lyn Ed]

i strut my strainers, what do you guys mean by a box strainer?

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Been pulling with a tractor to the desired tension. Nail a post through a roll or two at the end and pull on that.

[Matthew Storrs]

i strut my strainers, what do you guys mean by a box strainer?

 

two strainers knocked in 2 meters apart with a brace between them strutted near the top of each post, like the letter H, Then you have a tensioned wire which goes from the bottom of the first post up to the top of the 2nd post, so the brace is actually pushing against the force of the bottom of the 1st post, Triangulation I believe is the word used! Box Strainers are generally stronger but more expensive and time consuming, I suggest anyone who uses a tractor to tension the netting uses a box strainer, Or a whacking great straining post if you strut it. Up here on Dartmoor we have to double box strain it (two HH braced) so they don't move in the soft peat boggy ground

[Hodge]

Thanks for all your input guys.

[muldonach]

two strainers knocked in 2 meters apart with a brace between them strutted near the top of each post, like the letter H, Then you have a tensioned wire which goes from the bottom of the first post up to the top of the 2nd post, so the brace is actually pushing against the force of the bottom of the 1st post, Triangulation I believe is the word used! Box Strainers are generally stronger but more expensive and time consuming, I suggest anyone who uses a tractor to tension the netting uses a box strainer, Or a whacking great straining post if you strut it. Up here on Dartmoor we have to double box strain it (two HH braced) so they don't move in the soft peat boggy ground

 

:lol:My youngest boy was doing works experience on an estate in Northumbria with a pal. They went past a fence end where an old telegraph pole had been used as a strainer. was about 6 feet of it still sticking out of the ground.

 

His mate says to the head keeper "That strainer ain't in far enough!" the reply came - "it is son - that's a whole pole!"

 

 

Cheers

mac

[Matthew Storrs]

:lol:My youngest boy was doing works experience on an estate in Northumbria with a pal. They went past a fence end where an old telegraph pole had been used as a strainer. was about 6 feet of it still sticking out of the ground.

 

His mate says to the head keeper "That strainer ain't in far enough!" the reply came - "it is son - that's a whole pole!"

 

 

Cheers

mac

 

Streuth, how the hell did they knock that one in? or even dig a whole that deep for that matter?

[Aaron]

Streuth, how the hell did they knock that one in? or even dig a whole that deep for that matter?

 

going slightly of topic so sorry hodge, but that just reminded me, i won a job for a farmer for a 'simple rotten gate post to replace' - no big deal i thought. long story short it was half a bloody oak stem dug in about 8ft with the exposed length cut to post size, needless to say, the farmer was a boy when his dad put it in........hence why he got some one in to do it.

[Crazy Cutter]

Thanks for all your input guys.

 

On strains shorter than a 100m i cut the net and add gripples. Then tension each one evenly bit at a time. Saves time on setting up strainers clamps etc. As you strain the vertical wires just bunch up together which still looks ok.