Hight of a fence

Yes we use 6' poles and put them 2' deep for fence. But gates are 4' deep
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Do the posts hold? What kind of fence do you have? And what kind of soil do you have? The tractor supply in our area has 7ft wood posts. So if I sunk them two feet into the ground, the fence would be 5 ft tall-but would they hold in our kind of soil? We don't have any rocks in the soil where we live.
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We have mostly sand. Some clay but our fences are in sand. We have high tensile fencing. Half five wire and half two wire. We added more pasture. I prefer the two wire myself.
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Ok normal soil should hold fence posts better than sand, right?
how far apart should the fence posts should be for nylon fencing?
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I just remembered, we have very harsh winters up here so would 2ft really be enough?

Sand sucks for holding anything lol. But it's worked for us and a lot of other people around here. Also, think about a metal t-post, most are only 2-3' in. That lil t-post holds fence just fine and wood posts have a larger load bearing area. As far as cold, idk, it gets to the -teens here and I can't say I've ever heard of it affecting the fences. I'm not an all knowing source or should I be your sole guide, I'm just sharing my experience.
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Your answer may be as simple as making sure he has enough hay. There is an old saying that 95% of fencing is keeping food available, and horses that really want to get out will break through almost anything.

BTW, we use a single strand of electrified polyrope at 3' that easily sags to 2' when covered with ice and never had a horse go over it.

Thank you, Phly. I just found out that our current fence posts are two feet into the ground and that fence was installed three-four years ago and it still holds up good-it's just not high enough. I guess i'll go with 2 ft deep, thank you so much i've been worrying about this for days!
PaintHorseMares, I will make sure he has enough hay but I just don't feel right about having such a low fence-I'd be heartbroken if he jumped out again and got injured by a car or caused a fatal accident.