Drove past a farm outside Omaha and wanted to cry at their fence job

I was heading to a site near Omaha last Tuesday (about 45 minutes out) and saw this brand new fence along a corn field. Somebody spent good money on materials but the posts were set maybe 8 feet apart, not even close to standard. The whole thing was already sagging between the posts after what looked like a month or two. Have you guys ever had to go back and fix a job where the gaps were just way too wide?

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paulperez25m ago

That part about 8 feet being the absolute max for ag fence sounds about right. I saw a YouTube video from a ranch in Nebraska where they did 10 foot spacing and the whole line was waving like a jump rope by the end of the season. Wet ground just makes it worse, those posts can't hold tension with gaps that wide.

john_johnson751h ago

Read a thread on a fencing forum where a guy said he drove posts 10 feet apart because the customer wanted to save money. Ended up having to come back three months later to reset half the line, total nightmare. 8 feet is pushing it for standard ag fence, most folks say 6-8 is absolute max even with heavy gauge wire. Corn fields get wet and soft too, so those posts just sink and lean over time.