Jim, Here in Texas, Freeze/Thaw jacking post out of the ground IS Not a Problem at all! But the Core principal of keeping a fence tight does not change simply by being South of the Mason/Dixon Line! There IS No Substitute for Corner Post "Depth in Ground" I had a hard teacher...My Dad! Who was a Rural Electric Lineman in his younger days. So his Techniques were passed to me, he borrowed from setting Electric high-line poles!! Our Corners were set a "minimum" of 4 feet deep in out hard Rocky, Calachie, layer rock areas. With the bottom of the hole belled out...like a side view of a Bell! I have been as deep as 6 to 7ft deep! Handed Tamped in, in 3 to 5in layer increments till the entire hole was hand tamped to the top of the ground,....No rocks added AT ALL! We used Double H brace corners on most of our runs since we were covering a lot of distance most of the time, On runs longer than 1000 feet, shorter ones were single H corners! As a kid Dad bought a Ton of Used R.R. Ties mostly circa of 1935/36. So our Corner Post of Choice were R.R. Ties for many yrs. Not till the last 15 yrs or so have I converted to Steel pipe, Welded Corners. Wire, is always American wire, NO Gaucho crap. 12gauge barbed wire or Net wire!! WE have been pulling wire with a tractor since 1973. There is NO substitute for tension! I have personally pulled 7, 330ft rolls of Net wire in 1 Pull with a tractor. Close to 2200ft. Pulled out over 40 feet of slack, I needed All my hunters That week end to help make sure the wire didn't hang up on a root stob or sapling, and get it Lifted up into it upright position! That pull was Tough! In the future I will stick to a max of 4 to 5 rolls. I personally see no real difference from south to North except taking into account the Freeze jacking aspect and not to over tension so winter contraction doesn't break the wire. We are all steel now, No wood post at all! We do Tie/Clip every Wire/Every Post. No Exceptions! My Thoughts, Hope this helps' Later, John A.
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