Building a simple Kniffen-style trellis when it isn't simple at all

[Audi_o_phile]

@fruitnut

Or put in two posts tied together on each end to form an H. I don’t have a picture of the two post H system. But that’s how we built fencing on the farm in my youth. You put in two posts like his on each end. At mid height there is a brace horizontal to the ground. The brace could be something like a steel fence post or 4x4 wood post. Now heavy-duty wire is stretched very tightly from the bottom of the first post to the top of the second post. I could try to describe how to tighten that wire for anyone interested. It’s very simple.

This ^^ is the standard H-brace that I see at the corners of agricultural fences all over the southeast, and sometimes in the middle of a long stretch of fencing.

The “twitch stick” for the wire tightening of this brace just works. So simple and yet so effective.

Operating at a slightly lower level of performance is the so called “kiwi brace” which employs the same principle, just not quite as much tensioning ability as the H-brace.

@Audi_o_phile

Depending on what design you have in mind, you can keep trip hazards to a minimum and utilize a Kiwi Brace inside of the last post instead of a ground anchor outside.

(from Grit.com )