Electrobraid Post Spacing

[kris0227]

Hello everyone, we are looking to get our back field (about 3 acres) fenced with electrobraid. I would like to know how far your posts are spaced and whether you like that spacing or would change it for whatever reason. If it helps, this is a lush pasture, the current field fence that’s sagging and pathetic has never been touched by the two horses that are turned out there in the four years we have lived there. We do get a lot of wind as we’re surrounded by farm fields. There are no trees that would fall on it from any direction and our ground is quick draining.

Thanks in advance!

[Leather]

I live where we get snow, so I went with about 30 feet apart so it doesn’t sag under snow load. If you don’t get snow or freezing rain I think you can go up to 50 feet apart.

I’ve got wood end/corner posts and a few wood line posts for big elevation changes, and did capped t-posts for the rest.​​​​​​​

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[DiamondJubilee]

In our large 4 acre paddock, we did 2 sides out of electrobraid fencing with 4 strands. We did go with cedar posts as we eventually plan on replacing the electrobraid with oak (the other 2 sides are 3 board oak fencing). So we planned our spacing at 24ft so we just have to put 2 extra posts inbetween the one we have already to make our 8ft spacing. If we went 32ft the spacing would be too large IMHO.
We also have a heavy snow load, but we don’t use this paddock in the winter for turn out. Our ponies are very respectful of electric fencing and there is lots of grass for them to eat, so we havent had any issues for the past few years with it. The fencing has held up great and works well for us.

[Personal_Champ]

I have about 4 acres fenced in, mine are about 50’ apart. I am in northeast PA. If we get a lot of snow it can sag a bit, but I just knock the snow off (one good shake of the line on each side will clear it).

[BasqueMom]

Why don’t you check with Electrobraid for their recommendations?The products we sell recommend a max of 12 feet but that is a coated wire product. From what I’ve been told,the further apart the posts, the more flexibility and chance the horse can get tangled up in it. Yes, it’s an electric fence but horses do get tangled up, either being silly or the electric isn’t working/turned on.

[Sweetums_Mom]

Here is what I wrote on another thread:

Well, we started with the 50 feet apart as we have 4 pastures of varying acreage but found that we had to tighten it so much to stop the sag that some corner posts were slowly coming out of the ground over the years. So, we eventually added posts every 30 ft or so, depending on the terrain and have/are replacing the corner posts (did not use concrete).

We put up the four pastures over a period of 15 years and here’s what we learned as we went along: 1st pasture, did everything they said on the installation video, from measuring in between the strands, the wood corner posts set up, etc. By the fourth pasture, we used T-posts for everything except for where the gates are hung, only did sight measuring, put the bottom line up higher (around 2 ft) and put in t-posts every 15-30 ft.

Here’s that other thread: https://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/forum/discussion-forums/around-the-farm/9704220-how-far-did-you-really-space-your-electrobriad-fence-line-posts

[kris0227]

@Sweetums Mom

Here is what I wrote on another thread:

Well, we started with the 50 feet apart as we have 4 pastures of varying acreage but found that we had to tighten it so much to stop the sag that some corner posts were slowly coming out of the ground over the years. So, we eventually added posts every 30 ft or so, depending on the terrain and have/are replacing the corner posts (did not use concrete).

We put up the four pastures over a period of 15 years and here’s what we learned as we went along: 1st pasture, did everything they said on the installation video, from measuring in between the strands, the wood corner posts set up, etc. By the fourth pasture, we used T-posts for everything except for where the gates are hung, only did sight measuring, put the bottom line up higher (around 2 ft) and put in t-posts every 15-30 ft.

Here’s that other thread: https://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/forum/discussion-forums/around-the-farm/9704220-how-far-did-you-really-space-your-electrobriad-fence-line-posts

Thanks! This is helpful. We are definitely doing wood posts, I don’t like T-Posts (except for how easy they are to remove). The manufacturer says anything up to 50 foot spacing, but I don’t plan to go anywhere near that. We are having it professionally installed because we work full time and simply don’t have the time to put all the fencing in (we are replacing a current pasture fence, so want it done quickly). I’ve got a couple of different estimates, one is for posts at 15 feet and one for posts at 25 feet (the 15ft spacing quote included a lifetime warranty on the corner posts). For those that asked, we are in Ohio and do get snow.

[mmeqcenter]

We did 12’ with T-posts for electro-wire and 1/4" electro-braid. Probably overkill, but we definitely don’t have an issue with sagging!
Florida, lots of wind.

[mjeanb99]

In Northern Maine where we get a ton of heavy, wet snow, we went with 12-15 feet apart with t posts.