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12 Responses to “When building an electric fence for my horses. How Far should I put my fence posts apart?”
What type of fence – do you mean the temporary plastic posts or the real wooden ones ?
Our permanent fence posts are about 9ft apart and we have 1 strand of high tensile about half way down and white tape at the top. It was originally set up by a professional stock fencing contractor and cost a fortune.
The temporary ones are usually closer together because they’re so much shorter and lean over easily, about 6 ft when we use them.
my pasture posts for barb are set at 20′.corral posts are set at 10′ and are strung with smooth twist.but when i used electric fence my posts were set 8′ apart.
Roughly ten feet. You need to support the fencing so that it doesn’t sag very much.
ours are 8 to 10 feet apart
What type of fence – do you mean the temporary plastic posts or the real wooden ones ?
Our permanent fence posts are about 9ft apart and we have 1 strand of high tensile about half way down and white tape at the top. It was originally set up by a professional stock fencing contractor and cost a fortune.
The temporary ones are usually closer together because they’re so much shorter and lean over easily, about 6 ft when we use them.
About 8 to 10 feet according to the manufacturer of the electric fence my aunt got.
When I use tape to keep it nice and straight I go about 10-12 feet apart.
For the wire about 18-20 feet.
It is really a personal preference and how much money you have available to work with the fencing.
My Hotwire is always 3 – 4 strands and no less that 4 1/2 to 5 feet high.
1,oooo meter’s and 10 feet long is good my horse is spoiled get it a gold leather saddle there so hot there about!!!!900.oo someting around there!!
we put the posts every six feet…at our farm…for horses
ours are 15 feet apart.
I have my fence posts 10 feet apart.
10 to 15
my pasture posts for barb are set at 20′.corral posts are set at 10′ and are strung with smooth twist.but when i used electric fence my posts were set 8′ apart.
8 ft.