I recently got some rubber belting that is 4 feet wide and 600 feet long I am going to put it up around my calving pad for a wind break. My question is this what is the best way to pull it tight and secure it to the wood posts, how far apart to put the posts. I have my ideas on how to do it but if any one out there has had experience with this I would surely welcome any thoughts or ideas.
need some advice
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cure said:
4 feet X 600 feet X 1/2 inch. Yup. I think that would do the trick if it's tough enough material....and if it's belt material, you'd think it would be.
I know this doesn't help with your original question. Sorry.
If that is good belting put it on craig's list ( I just paid a little over $20.00 per foot for some ) and take the money and build any windbreak you want and a couple more cows to stand behind it.
If it is not good enough for that it is very heavy and would need a good post at least every 8 to 10 feet. Make sure you use a good post as the weight of the belt plus the wind it catches will try to distroy ahything that is not strong.
Belting like that makes great backstops for a shooting range. Drape it over a 4X6 so that the belts are 4" apart and another 4X6 on the back side of a good power pole and you end up with 4 belts hanging loose at the bottom and they will collect your lead at the bottom! Helps to keep the EPA off your back.
If it is not good enough for that it is very heavy and would need a good post at least every 8 to 10 feet. Make sure you use a good post as the weight of the belt plus the wind it catches will try to distroy ahything that is not strong.
Belting like that makes great backstops for a shooting range. Drape it over a 4X6 so that the belts are 4" apart and another 4X6 on the back side of a good power pole and you end up with 4 belts hanging loose at the bottom and they will collect your lead at the bottom! Helps to keep the EPA off your back.
leanin' H
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What I'd do if I was you is ship that belting out to the desert and be happy it was gone, thus saving myself a lot of work! :wink: Seriously though, set your post or better yet ties every 8 feet. I'd build an L shaped wind break to provide shelter in all directions. Build it extra stout with strain braces at the corner and each end. Then use a couple of 6 by 6's with five bolts to make a clamp for pulling the belting up snug and lag bolt it with big washers to your posts. Or you could send it my way and not worry about it! When you get her built, lets see how she turns out.
When you get her built, lets see how she turns out.H your idea on how to build it was what I was thinking of doing. Believe it or not I just bought it from a guy for a dallor a foot so I kind feel good about the whole deal :? . H I was also wondering if in your spare time you could come and teach me how to work a shovel the pay is not that good but the company would be priceless. :lol: :lol:
the pay is not that good but the company would be priceless. :lol: :lol:cowman52
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Why not run a square tube rail from post to post say 12 feet apart-- use self tapping screws to screw it to the tube-- it stays flat the posts won't draw to the weight of the belting-- be a lot easier than trying to get fence tight
bearcreek
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Drill a hole in the top of the belt and put in a clevis. use a loader to lift it up and screw it to the first two posts. Go back abought three posts drill a hole put in a clevis and use the loader to lift it up and back up until tight. screw it to posts and back off three more posts and repeat. I built a weaning pen with belting and 1" sucker rod last fall. It took me two days to figure the system out and do 150' . Did the remaining 600' in abought 6 hours
