Hog panels are effective for pigs and other animal species.
Although farmers and ranchers often use them for pigs, hog panels provide equally effective fencing for a variety of other animals, including dogs, sheep and cattle. A single hog panel measures 16 feet long by 34 inches tall and is constructed of intersecting vertical and horizontal galvanized steel rods. Installing a hog panel fence requires a bit of patience since each panel weighs more than 30 pounds and can be rather unwieldy. Try to have a helper handy when you're ready to position the hog panels to make the installation process go a little more smoothly.
Instructions
1. Clear your fence line. Put on work gloves and remove all stones and excess vegetation along the path of the fence. Trim the grass along the fence line down to a height of three inches or less. Mark the locations for the corner posts with a can of spray paint, putting them in 16-foot increments so you won't have to cut panels in half; for example, rather than have your fence 50 feet by 50 feet, opt to make it 48 feet by 48 feet, which allows you to use three full hog panels per side.
2. Drive steel T-posts into each corner post location with a handheld post driver. Sink them to a depth of 12 to 18 inches.
3. Run a string between the corner posts to mark the perimeter of your hog panel fence. Pull the string taught and wrap it around each corner post at least three times to secure it in place.
4. Pound steel T-posts along the outside edge of the marking string to serve as line posts for your hog panel fence. Locate the T-posts every 8 feet along each stretch of fence.
5. Position yourself at one end of the first hog panel and have your helper support the other end of the panel. Move the panel to the first corner post. Tie one end of the panel to the inside edge of the corner post with three 6-inch lengths of 14-gauge fencing wire.
6. Secure the middle of the panel and the other end of the panel to the first two line posts with additional lengths of the fencing wire. Repeat this process for all the panels in the fence except for the gate panel.
7. Cut the gate panel in half with bolt cutters to create two 8-foot-long hog panel sections. Wire both ends of one of the short panels to two of the remaining T-posts. This leaves you with an 8-foot-wide gate opening. Wire one end of the gate to one of the T-posts along the opening. Secure the other end of the gate panel to the last T-post using a pair of elastic bungee cords.
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