Rene Pagan I appreciate it, thanks for watching.

Austin Doby Thanks

Marcus I think the lifespan of the posts would be relative to the moisture in the area. This is common in my part of the country, with a lot of old fences still upright. Ultimately I think the railroad ties would most likely out last the treated fir post. I typically use concrete when backfilling my post. Thanks for watching hope it helps.

Nick Henton thank you! I appreciate you watching.

Wayne Williams you'll want to make two complete wraps with the brace wire. Wire it back to itself or use a crimp but you we'll need a crimp tool to do so. Once you have it connected back to itself you'll need a twitch stick, rebar is used in this installation. Place the twitch stick between the two sets of wires opposite of each other so your twitch stick is in between the outer and inner sets of wires. Once this is established turn the twitch stick in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction depending on what side the animals will be on. You'll want to make sure the twitch stick is secured on the opposite side of your animals. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching

Thanks for your help. 2 questions. What guage wire for the support wire? Second question. I will have a total of 4 wires to twist correct? I tried one side of the corner today with 9 guage and the twisting is not tightening the wires good enough

Wayne Williams I use 12.5 gauge high tensile wire but there's a variety of wire and wire sizes people use. You'll have two sets of wires. You'll have to work the slack out real well before you start to tighten by pulling the slack out of each individual strand. I hope this helps. Thanks again for watching.

Thanks. I ended up using 9 guage with strainer ratchets. Just for holding my dogs... thx for ur responses

Farm Fence Solutions LLC Thanks for the suggestions I'll have to give it a try. Thanks for watching.

Why not use barb wire for tension instead of buying extra non barbed wire.

What do you suggest instead?