LIFE TIME FENCE
In 2005 we placed one half mile of new fence in
the Cams pasture. Osage Orange will last for many years and is
a very hard wood post. We purchased these post south of Salina, Kansas
from a dealer that sells this post in
several states. The corner post are eight foot long and are eight to ten
inches in diameter at the large end. These
post weight 200 to 250 pounds and have the small end placed in the ground.
All of my corner post are 55 inches
above the ground with a five foot pipe used for a brace unit. I used two
inch pipe for this brace and they were
placed nineteen inches from the top of the post. The line post are seven
and one half foot long and I placed the
small end in the ground. These line post are fifty inches in height from
the ground. Normally each line post is
placed a rod apart but I placed my post fourteen foot apart. Five strands
of barb wire was then attached to the
fence and were stapled nine inches apart from the ground. In place of
stapes I used a wire brad that was one and
half inches long. Each wire has three wire brads to hold the wire in
place. About one quarter of an inch is left to
to the outside of the post so that the brad could be pulled out if need arose.
The post cost me four dollars each for
the line post and twelve dollars for the corner post. Each corner
post brace cost six dollars each and the bolts
that held the pipe in place were ten inches long. Chet Herron and myself
completed this fence in 110 days.
Much of this area was hills.
