Boundary Fencing Completed

Now that the fire damaged trees have been removed, it was time to complete the rest of the western boundary fence which had also been burnt and recently demolished.
Neighbour Bob is my ‘go to’ fencing expert and he generously offered to help with the construction.

 

 

As this part of the fence would not come under any stock pressure, it was decided to use star pickets instead of the more substantial star picket/wooden post combo we have used other places. These were 3m apart using 1.5m lengths, with every fourth 1.8m, strung with four strands of long life (blue) high tensile 1.8mm barbed wire.

There were a couple of options for end assemblies.
I usually use diagonal stay.

Bob decided to show me how to build a box version using a huge corner post already there (and only minimally burnt) in combination with a 1.8m treated pine post and 2.75m rail.

It is a work of fencing art! (see video below)
The pickets were rammed in by hand with my trusty yellow ‘machine’ and it was pretty soft going apart from one that took some extra muscle. Tree root probably.

The four strands of wire were run out and strained using a conventional wire strainer and wired to the star pickets.
I normally use two types of strainers, a twitcher (L) or ratchet style (R) which are good for short runs and are easy to use when retightening damaged fences but with this long run the the conventional one is much better.

So that means we are completely boundary fenced and secure now.

There are some internal fences that need attention and they will be the next project.