Horserail Fence Construction Guidelines
Planning Your Fence - Design of the fence - Constructing Your Fence
Design of Paddocks/Yards/Arenas/Turnout Lots
Undulations and Uneven Terrain
Due to its construction Horserail is not well suited to uneven land due to the bonded wire at the edge of the rail giving minimal vertical movement. Experienced installers believe that the limit of line change is 3 degrees per post without the need of a change of angle. To minimize this problem, you should consider:
- Trying to follow the lay of the land with rail fence. It will happily bend around corners following the contour.
- Use a fence constructed of Horsecote (coated wires) over the most uneven areas.
- Bulldoze the fence line prior to construction to flatten and minimize the number of dips and rises and place an end assembly or strainer (tie off post) at the point of top or bottom of a hill or hollow in the land.
- Adjust post height: Placing them deeper in the ground on a rise and shallower in hollows. This can be extended to skipping over a small gully and later building a fill-in under section.
- Cut the rail and Use two flat "Attachment" Buckles to change angle at the post.
- Closer post spacing assists in handling undulating terrain.