Oak board fencing will warp and crack somewhat sometimes within days or over many years but that is the nature of all wood.
Four rail wood horse fence.
Wire horse fence is available in coated and non coated galvanized material.
Our black vinyl diamond rail is available in 2 rail 3 rail 4 rail or 5 rail options.
Board fence is usually a 3 or 4 board layout with 4 x 4 or 4 x 6 post assembled from either smooth or rough sawn pressure teated wood.
Black diamond rail vinyl horse fence and farm fence uses are black 3 x 3 rail set on a diamond pattern into the post.
Wood and vinyl ranch fence comes in several heights usually called two rail three rail and four rail fence and ranging in height from about 3 to 5 depending on the height of the posts used and how far they re sunk into the ground.
Fasten the cross rails to the posts with galvanized 10d 3 inch nails or screw them in place with two 3 inch deck screws.
The kinds of fences commonly used for animal and livestock containment include rail various forms of galvanized and vinyl coated wire electric and combinations of these.
To help protect the fence from chewing horses we recommend installing an electric horse fence with your board horse fence system.
Three and four rail fencing systems are available.
Whatever height is chosen the appropriate post length must be used.
If your fence has four rails stagger the second and fourth rails the same way.
For the strongest fence place your rails on the inside of the posts.
The posts and rails can be left natural or can be painted with ramm fence paint.
In the case of an arena turnout lot coral where pressure on the animal is greater and tendency to jump is higher we suggest that post height be increased to 5 to 6 1 5 to 2m.
Tack cross rails to the posts and mark them for cutting with a framing square.
This way when your mare decides to scratch her back she s resisted by concrete set posts rather than rails fastened only by hardware.
Over the last 30 years of installing wood fencing oak is our recommended wood of choice as it is more difficult for horses to chew and will hold up better than most other wood.
Engineered for all applications from horses to cattle and livestock to perimeter fence.
4install the cross rails.
Horizontal fence rails are typically full 1 inch thick by 6 inch wide lumber but can be conventional 2 x 6 lumber as purchased from a big box store.
Black diamond rail vinyl horse fence.
The industry standard for horse fencing height is 54 1 5m.
Derby s beautiful 4 rail hdpe rail fencing system is perfect for horses cattle and other livestock with tighter spacing between the rails.
Remove the cross rails and make the cuts with a circular saw.
Includes four 8 foot rails.
