Broken Fence Posts

It's about fifteen years since this fence was put up, and some of the post have started to rot and break off which means the fence is sagging, and cannot be relied upon to contain livestock. Replacing intermediate post is not a big problem it's just a case of removing staples taking out the old post and banging in a new one either by hand or by machine.

King posts on the other hand, which have to take the strain of the entire fence, are a different story altogether

And it's a king post I'm replacing today, which has rotted off at the base!

It's been in the ground about 15 years which is good going for a tanalised post which is guaranteed for 10.

I used to go to all the trouble of removing every staple and untying all the wire, which is very time consuming and not worth it, so now I just cut the broken post out.

I'm replacing it with a new pressure creosoted king post which should last at least twenty years. If it's good enough for a telegraph pole it's good enough for me!

Mind you they are expensive but they do last, so for any new fence creosoted posts all round are best, but if you want to save money use creostoted kings and tanalised intermediates.

For high tensile fencing the king posts need to be driven in by machine.

To see more photos of this machine action click HERE for a link to an earlier post.

A new section of wire is then joined in using these ingenious joiners from Gripple, and the fence pulled tight.

As good as new and stock proof once again!

I've done 3 articles on fencing and never mentioned.... 'The American'.

An essential tool for fencing, the american fencing pliers is used to remove staples, cut wire, pull wire and if badly stuck can even be used as a hammer.

Basically if you don't have one you can't go fencing! Just what a farmer needs for Christmas, or in our case a wedding present!