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I’m a Fence Pro at Bekaert, ask me anything about wire fence installation.

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Hi! I am a fence pro at Bekaert Fencing. I'll be here on Monday, May 15th to answer any questions you have on wire fence installation.

As is the case with all Bekaert experts, I am a fencing fanatic. At Bekaert, we are passionate about fencing, and our first priority is making sure your fencing project is a successful experience.

We know each fencing project brings its own unique set of challenges - and we are here to help!

So please join me next Monday, May 15th for a Q&A session. I'll be on throughout the day and will try and answer all of your questions.

Looking forward to joining the conversation!
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Alice In TX/MO said:
I have used Premier One or Kencove electric net fencing for years.

Here in one of the oilfield regions of Texas, we use large pipeline tubing (cemented in place) for corner posts on long runs.

Cedar posts and T posts are the normal posts. Cedar will outlast any treated pine by decades.
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I'm not familiar with Kencove. Are they still in business?
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JRHill02
Fencing. Erggg. It can absolutely destroy your budget. I'm not talking of hiring it done - just materials. A recent post wanted to know how to do a straight fence line b/c the posts were crooked and how to get them straight in the beginning. Yes, there is something to this. If your neighbors see you building a crooked fence line you are suspect - of something.

Its one thing to build a field fence on flat land. It's another thing to do it on contour.

Just last night we had a pig stolen by a cat. The cat took the pig and up and over a 5' non-climb with two rows of the nasty barbered above. That's nothing to the cat - it could climb a tree in a heartbeat.

What are your risks? Are you keeping critters in or outside things out?
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Danaus29
The fencing around one of my gardens is crooked. It's not my fault, there were tree roots and big cement chunks where I wanted to put my posts.
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Danaus29 said:
The fencing around one of my gardens is crooked. It's not my fault, there were tree roots and big cement chunks where I wanted to put my posts.
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Just adds to the charm. ;)
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Does Bekaert offer coupons or discounts? I would like to fence in 5 acres sheep and goat fence. But 😲 at the price! $480 per roll? Throw in wood posts, t-posts and gates I may as well start a GoFundMe, just to raise a few sheep and goats.



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JRHill02
Steel prices went way up some years back. They'll not go back down. That really hurts.
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JRHill02
There are folks that make a living doing fence and they make pretty good money. Fixing a fence line and pounding staples and maybe replacing a few posts is one thing. Building a NEW livestock fence is another. A big part is the tools and equipment. And knowledge. If you've ever seen a fence built to perfection and as you tension the wire, the last of 3, 4 or 5 wire and it yanks the opposite end out of the ground and the whole mess rolls into a ball? Not to mention decapitating you?

Do you have the tools?

-A wire splicer with the right crimps that doesn't damage/weaken the wire? This is like a bolt cutter but secures the wire. You crimp each wire of a two wire fence.
-A way to tension the fence. At least two fence tensioners. More is better. These are wire tensioners in the middle if you have splices.
-Can your box ends hold the pull? My gosh, do you know how much force is on your fence? Have an animal hit it.

It depends where you are located - this is a big land. Are you keeping things in or keeping things out?

As a note, a fence builder shared his secret: he tied a strand of the wire to his rig and took off. It stretched the stand and it was designed to be broke at at the hitch - he had the fence secured so it didn't recoil. The strand steel was stretched. As it the stretched it was released and the cold warm cycles caused the wire to retract. If could pull gates and corners down. Your corners have to be tied down. Two deep? Do you know what that means?
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Are you angry about something?
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Alice In TX/MO said:
Are you angry about something?
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I'm OK, as the joke goes. Fencing is hard work.
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Alice In TX/MO
We know.
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Darren
Why were the posts about using fish net to block deer moved?
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Alice In TX/MO
That was explained.
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Darren said:
Why were the posts about using fish net to block deer moved?
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I'm still seeing them. First page, post #16 IIRC.
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Danaus29 said:
It's really hard to fence deer out. They can easily jump 4 foot tall fences from a standstill. Some people have luck with making a double fence but I'm not sure of the distance between the fence lines.

As for the goats, before you get any goats you need to have your fences and shelter in place. You might think you can do it but for some reason you'll never find the time to set up a proper perimeter fence or shelter after you have them. That goes for most livestock too.
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I have a bunch of wild onion seeds. I understand dear do not like them. If I plant a couple of feet on each side of the fence will it help?
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Alice In TX/MO
No.
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JRHill02
But one can never have too many onions. Or garlic. At least in our household. Get those seeds out!
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I_don't_know said:
I have a bunch of wild onion seeds. I understand dear do not like them. If I plant a couple of feet on each side of the fence will it help?
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Deer don't like to eat onion. It doesn't bother them to walk through onion, or garlic, patches.
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