H Braces with Kickers

H braces with kickers add a diagonal brace to the standard H assembly. The kicker takes the pull of the wire down into the ground, which is what keeps a corner or a gate post from leaning under tension.

Where a plain H brace handles most corners, a kicker is worth the extra material at the heavy load points: gate posts, the ends of long stretches, and corners where the fence changes direction.

The assembly is set with the posts driven deep, the crossbar in place and the kicker angled against the pull. Done right, the corner holds without a guy wire running out into the pasture. Fence corners are where a line fails first, so the bracing is not the place to save material.