Building fence

Justin SE IOWA · Mar 23, 2011

I will be building a new fence for the wifes horses sometime this next month. It will for the most part be rectangler. The side lenghts will be around 400 ft and 600 ft. I will set my corners up and then run a wire from one corner to the other so my fence is straight. My question is how do I set the corners so they are at 90 degrees from one another? There isnt anything fixed to measure off of. I want my sides square!

omahagreg · Mar 23, 2011

You could use the '3, 4, 5' method-or any multiplier of it! While you have one side established, mark the end point. Measure back 30 feet along that same line, mark it. Now, return to the end point, measure 40 feet at a 90 degree to the first line, mark it. Now hook the first mark, since you know it is where you want it. Pull from the 30 foot mark-square will measure 50 feet as it crosses the 40 foot mark (you will probably need to move the 40 foot marker). You are measuring in a triangle. Hope this helps.

JMS/.MN · Mar 23, 2011

Remember the Pythagorean Theorem?.....A squared plus B squared equals C squared. Set two corner posts. That is one line. Pick a distance along that line- say 30 feet. That is A. Run a wire 30 feet long at what you think is at a right angle, towards the third corner post. Using 30 feet on each wire, the corner is square when the hypotenuse (angular measurement) measures 42.43 feet.

VicS · Mar 23, 2011

Multiply length of one side times it's self 400 X
400=160000 Now multiply the other side times it's
self 600 X 600= 360000 now add them 520000 now take
the square root of 520000 or what no. times it;s
self = 520000 or about 721.11 It's the old 3 4 5
triangle. You square a building the same way.

GordoSD · Mar 24, 2011

Set the two front side posts along the line you want, 400 feet apart. Then set one rear post 600 feet from one of the fronts, and another rear post 400 feet from it. Then measure "Kitty Corner" to each of the rears and keep adjusting until they are equal.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 24, 2011

If you have a navi of some kind or can borrow one of the little garmins, and your area shows up good on google earth it should be pretty simple. Zoom in on your field, right click on where you want a corner, write down the grid coordinate, and go there with the garmin. OTH, I have plenty of places fenced of in different sizes and eyeball'd them pretty good.

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