fencing through a wooded area

oregon woodsmok · #21 01/14/12, 06:38 PM

I've always taken my chainsaw and removed a line of trees along the property line. Then the fence gets built with fence posts and then I can easily get to the fence to keep it inspected and in good repair.

ronbre · #22 01/14/12, 07:58 PM

a bright colored wire insulator would be seen by anyone wielding a chainsaw if that is a concern.

barnyardgal · #23 01/15/12, 07:57 AM

Around here,they use a treated 2x4 attached to a tree then wire on the 2x4---guess there are lots of ways-just figure out what will work for you--

"SPIKE" · #24 01/15/12, 09:47 AM

I have talked bad about a lot of people I do not even know, that attached fence to trees some where in the past. Somehow my chainsaw can find it. LOL

If it is on a property line, talk to the neighbor about removing the tree. If it is not on the property line, then fence around it. JMHO

SPIKE

shdybrady · #25 01/15/12, 09:49 AM

My worry is not the trees.. There is a nice 3 foot walking trail cut around the property. Its the roots I'm worry about digging through

texican · #26 01/15/12, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SmokeEater2

Yeah, My Grandpa and then my Dad did the same thing. I've messed up a lot of saw chains finding parts of old fences the hard way.

Most folks early in their chainsaw careers get 'learned' about old fences. Some learn their lesson, and figure out where the old fences or possible fences were, and avoid cutting those trees "down low"... and some folks don't learn, and keep doing it...

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Originally Posted by Jolly

Always nailed to the tree and motored on...if cutting timber on an old fence line, make your intial cut as low as possible and then jump the butt six feet...should avoid most fence staples.

At least six foot, and even then you can end up with nails/whatnot up higher, where someone mighta posted a 'no trespassing' sign...

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Originally Posted by shdybrady

My worry is not the trees.. There is a nice 3 foot walking trail cut around the property. Its the roots I'm worry about digging through

T-posts will go thru roots, unless their monster hard... if it is a problem, just do what you'd do with a regular post... move over a foot or so, to get out of the way. If I hit a big root, while post hole digging, unless it's a corner post, or a foundation set, I move over a bit, and try it again.

You can nail into oaks... pine trees? not so much... as they are wimpy when it comes to nails, and this allows pine beetles and other critters a chance to enter the tree. One side of my place is fenced with barb wire and netwire, nailed into trees and post oak split posts... solid as ever. You can stand on the wire between the trees...

bja105 · #27 01/16/12, 07:17 PM

I used poly rope to tie my electric fence to trees. I used a ceramic insulator, but I'm not sure it was needed. The poly doesn't conduct or hold much water.