Process Essay On How To Build A Barbed Wire Fence

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Are you or someone you know having trouble keeping your cattle on your property? There’s an easy solution to all of the cattle’s needs, at least the need to keep them where they need to be and out of where they are not allowed to be. The solution is a barbed wire fence. You can either have someone put a fence in for you, but if you're more of a do it yourself kind of person this guide will explain the what tools you will need and the steps to take to complete the construction of your new barbed wire fence. First, you will need to gather the supplies needed for the construction of your new barbed wire fence. You are going to first need to figure out how much fence you’re going to need. To figure this out you simply need to measure out the perimeter of the property you are going to enclose by using a walking tape measure. After you have determined that you must decide how many strands of wire you wish to run, the normal amount is 3 but you can do as many as you like, lets say you walked 100 feet, that means you will need a little over 300 feet of wire to make 3 strands. Next, you will need your posts, you can use a combination of wooden posts and metal posts, wooden posts are usually used for your brace posts, which are placed in the corners and every 80 feet to 120 feet. Line posts are …show more content…

There are many ways for you to fasten your wire. You can wrap the wire around the post, then crimp it once you’ve made a couple wraps, or you can secure your wire with nails, if you are using nails make sure you have at least 3 barbs on the open end of the wire. Hammer around five nails into your open-ended wire to make sure the wire will stay secure. Once that is done roll your wire to the other brace post trying to keep the line as close to the line posts as possible just to avoid getting hung up on small