To save money, I’m considering having someone drive the wooden posts into the ground, and then stringing the coated electric wire myself. Has anyone done this? One issue I see is the weight of a spool of wire. I’m not sure how to manage it. Also, when you run out of one spool, and start on another, how do you “link” them? Tips and tricks are welcomed and encouraged!
Just my “experienced” opinion…This stuff sucks!! It is heavy, hard to move, manage, install. It sags due to the weigh (we put it on pipe fence with a top linear pipe to pipe posts) and if it does get bent of crimped it is IMPOSSIBLE to tighten again. I’d never use it again…but that is just my own opinion!!
DH replaced our fencing two years ago with Kencote, Kencove’s nonelectric polycoated wire. I wanted the electric Hotcote version, but that is another story. He installed the fence posts; it’s important to brace the corners very well. He put the spools of wire on a spinning Jenny on our ATV trailer and spooled it off from there. Strip the insulation off the two ends and apply a crimp sleeve. Overall, we have been very happy with the fence.
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We used Centaur White Lightning wire to fence around our place. We purchased a spool- I think it is called a Spinning Jenny- which made fence installation easy for my husband and myself. This is the company we used and they helped us determine exactly what we needed for the areas we were fencing. http://www.centaurfencing.com/
Yes, you HAVE to get a spinning jenny or it will be terrible and you will have kinks. But installing the fence is really easy. I have Kencove fencing.
I don’t have any issues with sagging (it’s been 5 years I think). I H-braced the corners in cement and then it is t-post and wood post for the line. The line doesn’t actually do much, it’s the corners. Make sure you strip plastic off the whole amount you are putting into a tensioner or you may run out of room (like I did).
I blogged about it once: http://weownblackacre.blogspot.com/2…rt-two-of.html
I wish I could have afforded someone else doing the posts at the time!! That’s the worst part.
A few tips - put the coil of wire ON the spinning jenny before you remove the shipping wrapping from the coil. DH did not on the first one he tried; much colorful language ensued!
I think you are wise to have someone else install your posts. I tried to talk DH into doing that, after reading so many posts here about the amount of work involved. But no, he wanted to do it; at least he lost a lot of weight!
Decided how you will run your wire. DH ran it on the inside of the line posts and the outside of the corner posts (which are larger diameter), but installed the posts so the outside of the posts all lined up. He wishes now that he had moved the corner posts in…Do you want a straight line of wire or posts?
Check for YouTube videos, also.
We used Ramm, a coated high-tensile cable and love it so far. We rented a tracked auger from Home Depot for the holes that was fantastic.
Any kind of hi-tensile wire, as mentioned before, you need spinning jenny or someway to control the unspooling. If you don’t, when you cut the securing bands on a full spool, you will know the full meaning of bird’s nest.
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You can buy connectors for wire at someplace like Tractor Supply, Ramm or fencing stores. Good luck!
