Can I Use Landscape Timbers for Fence Posts?

[Raven1]

At 6ft all we have to do is stretch the net and put one or two support posts but with the 4 or 5 ft fence you cant get to the edges with out netting on your head or you have to use a lot more support posts to hold it up just a real pain ad putting a 50x100 ft piece of netting u it is just worth using 6ft heights everywhere I am only 5'2" so it works.

 

[Raven1]

I will also be using this area for chickens, turkeys, and peacocks, hopefully guineas so I dont want short fences I like to be able to walk the entire area.

 

[cmjust0]

Aha! Makes sense now.. I also thought you were talking about electrified netting somewhere, but now I see you're talking about overhead netting...duh on me, right?

What can I say..I'm new to chickens, so I'm used to dealing exclusively with land-based predators.

So...if you're talking about a 50x100 piece of netting, is it safe to assume that's the size of the run? If so, will it be fenced 100% on all four sides, or will it adjoin a building, or...and what about gates?

I'm asking because I'm trying to get an idea of how many linear feet of fence we're looking at...though it occurs to me I should probably just ask:

How many linear feet are we looking at?

 

[cmjust0]

Also..

What's the minimum size you want for the mesh?

2"x4" or less...something like that?

 

[Raven1]

yes the perimeter will be 50x100 one gate all fence no adjoining buildings and I want to use the smallest but most cost effective size openings field fence for instance would keep the dogs out but none of the smaller predators, my dogs will help with keeping them back but why make it easy, I will be wrapping the bottom to keep the baby chicks in and reaching hands out . On the inside we will be making 10x30 pens (5) plus two 25x30 for the turkeys or peas or guineas that will leave 20x100 that can be "free ranged on alternate days. With the perimeter pred proofed interior fence can be of a lesser grade (and price) I hope any of that made sense.

 

[poltroon]

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Well... since we're in all out no holds barred brain-storming here... how about securing it to the T posts by boring a couple of holes on each side of the T posts and strapping it to them - perhaps with some real hefty zip ties, or even the "old fashion way "wire"

There are clips you can buy that connect PVC rails to T posts; it's a fencing system to use with horses. You might be able to use it for wood as well.

 

[Raven1]

Thanks fo the info

 

[cmjust0]

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Ok..

That's four 5"-6" corner posts, plus two more for the gate, plus six 4" knee-brace posts (for absolute minimal bracing), and two more 4" line posts for the 50' mark on the 100' spans.. Plus, eight t-posts on each long run, set 10' on center, and eight more to cover both ends..

So, a total of six 5"-6" wood posts, eight 4" wood posts, and sixteen t-posts. At $6 a pop, that's about $180 worth of posts.

Plus, you'll need every inch of 200' of fence fabric.. Tractor supply sells 100' rolls of 72" no-climb horse fence for $235. Two of those would be $470.

You're up to $650. Throw in another $50 for staples, a few bags of concrete, and other miscellany and you're looking at $700 pretty easy.

If that's within budget, that's what I'd do.

If not, maybe we can start here and work backward?

 

[Raven1]

Thats why I was looking at the 2x4 welded wire fence 100ft is 100.00

 

[Raven1]

My first guesstimate was approx. 1000.00 that is not in the budget so I may lay it out (if I can figure out the posts ) drive the posts in phase-one do the perimeter wire phase-two etc......
I just have a hard time once I start I want it finished