Building a fence that can withstand heavy side loading

[TimMiller]

Just as the title states, this is what i need to do. I am thinking about building it out of thick aluminum. What is the best design to keep it from flexing side to side, when a cow leans on it?

[LekoBoy]

It's not nice to refer to your heavier female technicians that way.

The deeper the better I always say.

[Dustincoc]

Originally Posted by TimMiller

Just as the title states, this is what i need to do. I am thinking about building it out of thick aluminum. What is the best design to keep it from flexing side to side, when a cow leans on it?

What show and what type of fence? A Barbwire fence would be braced differently than a wooden fence. What direction side load(perpendicular or parallel to the fence)??

[lieperjp]

Originally Posted by TimMiller

Just as the title states, this is what i need to do. I am thinking about building it out of thick aluminum. What is the best design to keep it from flexing side to side, when a cow leans on it?

A real cow or a fake cow?

If the answer is fake, how heavy of a cow?

What kind of fence? When I think cow, I think split rail fence (what most of the farms around here used to look like until the invention of the electric fence.) Or you could go really old school and pile rocks around the area... those should support a cow.

[Van]

Are we talking real world cow ? Is this on stage ? I'm confused.

[Van]

Well in that case..... I'd do 8" diameter schedule #40 pipe at that corners of the area you want fenced. You need 6' below grade and 4 ' above grade. than you can drill holes every 18" insert stainless cable then run the length of the side. If your bent on using aluminum then insert a 10' length every 8 ' 6' deep. kep a consistent hole pattern every two poles put a "come-along" on the cable and tension it then swedge a stop crimp onto the load side of the cable next to the pole so it carries the tension, belive me it's easier to tensiona a fence every couple of poles than it is to do it at the end of a 400' run.
BTW that gonna be a really expensive fence.

[bobgaggle]

if you're making a chute for the cows, you can put some angle braces on the outside of the fence. If not, you want to sink your posts deeper and maybe put in concrete footers.

I gotta say, this is really confusing.... maybe he's doing an outdoor show set on a farm? that has live animals? Noah's ark re-enactment?

[cdub260]

Originally Posted by Van

Are we talking real world cow ? Is this on stage ? I'm confused.

I saw three cows fighting on the hillside across the street from my condo yesterday. I don't know what the one cow did to get the other two so ticked off, but they sure were going after it.

[jwl868]

Maybe it's a fence for a table saw.....

(But then you have to get the cow to wear the goggles.)


Joe

[LekoBoy]

Originally Posted by cdub260

I saw three cows fighting on the hillside across the street from my condo yesterday.

I thought California only had Happy Cows?

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