Opossum in the Run

[jthornton]

Opossums climb fences very easily.

That one went through the fence. The next one probably won't care for the shocking experience when they get to the hot wire...

JT

 

[jthornton]

I'd have made a bigger porch(out farther), and hinged the long straight ramp off the porch for ease of reaching dust bath.

I have full access to the dust bath now, before I had to reach around the ramp.

JT

 

[aart]

I'd have made a bigger porch(out farther), and hinged the long straight ramp off the porch for ease of reaching dust bath.

I have full access to the dust bath now, before I had to reach around the ramp.

JT

Right, thus the hinged ramp.
My ramp is hinged to the porch, have had to prop it up a few times.

 

[jthornton]

Well I got the standoffs in today the standoffs that connect to the fence itself seem to be ok. However the standoffs I bought for the corner posts only fit the line posts. I have 10 corner posts lol and only 3 line posts... well counting the gates I have 9 smaller posts they will work on. Now to find something for the corner posts. I'm still wondering what to do at the ends to tension the wires.

JT

 

[Ruralhideaway]

Well I got the standoffs in today the standoffs that connect to the fence itself seem to be ok. However the standoffs I bought for the corner posts only fit the line posts. I have 10 corner posts lol and only 3 line posts... well counting the gates I have 9 smaller posts they will work on. Now to find something for the corner posts. I'm still wondering what to do at the ends to tension the wires.

JT

Do you have the plastic insulators that wrap around T-posts? When I've been in a jam and needed those to go on a wood post I've cut off the wrap around bit and nailed them right on.

 

[jthornton]

No, I don't have any of those and the corner posts are 2 3/8" round metal posts like you normally see on a chain link fence. The standoffs work up to 2"

JT

 

[Ruralhideaway]

It might be Premiere 1 that has every possible option for attaching electric. If not it's some similar company that does horse fence.
Edit to add, sometimes I've used water hose pieces to make insulation happen. Could mount that to anything.

 

[jthornton]

I looked at the one Premiere 1 had that would fit and it looked flimsy and weak. I took a fence clamp and a screw in insulator and made a part to go over the clamp and with a threaded hole to hold the screw in insulator. Came out very sturdy and does not move when I pushed on it pretty hard. Now to setup and make 30 of them.



The other two insulators I'll use.



JT

 

[Ruralhideaway]

Figured you'd make something yourself.

 

[jthornton]

Changed my mind on the corner brackets to hold the insulators to be a double. The lower one is very limited in space so I made all 9 a double corner bracket.

For those of you interested in how I made them.

I cut some angle and drilled and tapped the holes. Then I burned out the bracket part on my CNC plasma cutter.


Here are the brackets after I bent them in my press brake.


Here I've blasted the mill scale off the area where I will weld the angle part to.


Here are the parts fresh out of the powder coat oven, didn't have any safety yellow powder so I used John Deere yellow.


And here is one installed on the fence, just need to get some hot dip galvanized carriage bolts and I'm all set. You can see the prototype at the bottom which is in use now. The band is a fence tension band the same one used for the wire at the bottom and the top rail. Look out small predators!


JT