Snow Fence

alg · Dec 16, 2011

I have a 1000' driveway and in one area the snow drifts across.I what to put up a snow fence along that part of the drive. how far from the drive would the fence have to be.?

Al

Handyman · Dec 16, 2011

I would put it at least 50 feet back from the drive.

ohiojim · Dec 17, 2011

mine also drifted, i put in a forcithia hedge about 25 feet back and cured my problem....one of those try it and see if it works

720 popper · Dec 17, 2011

Ag engineers at University say 70 feet

paul · Dec 17, 2011

There used to be a 'hedge row' of old fence & scrubby trees 2 80's northweest of us. Our drivewway drifted in, but not too badly.

The neighbors ripped out that fence row in the 1980s.

We got a pile of snow higher than a car for a few years after that. Holy cow.

We plant 4 rows of corn along the driveway now, every year. That helps a lot, a natural snow fence.

For me, 50 feet is a little close, 100 feet is better. The features of an area have some influence, my driveway is built up and still when the corn rows are 50 feet away it can deposit on the road. As snow blows around the grove, that is where the very very deep snowbank can appear; the corn rows are more like 200 feet away from that area, and the corn rows help a whole bunch for that.

--->Paul

Adrian Billheimer · Dec 17, 2011

I go back about 30 - 40 feet and just plow the snow down thru the field like I was plowing my drive, no fence to put up or take down, works real good, I've already plowed double wide too.

hoosierboy · Dec 17, 2011

depends on the height of the fence. Ratio is 10 to 1, 5 ft fence = 50 ft setback.

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