Running some wire fencing and square fencing. Would 4x4 s be plenty enough. Not long runs. All runs are 400 ft tops. Just gonna post the h brace right in the middle

I wouldn't use them, but they may work just fine for a while. I'm of the opinion that this new treated lumber isn't worth a crap.

Also, I quit building just H's. At each corner I build an H and an N together. Three posts, and 2 cross pieces. Sort of looks like this: H\l

I wouldn't use 4x4 either. I don't think they have the same treatment as fence post.

A floating brace is the easiest but I don't know that I've seen it used for anything except strand wire fences. I was skeptical when a guy had me help him build a fence using floating braces 15 years ago but after we completed it, the corners were as strong as any fence I'd ever built. If you're stretching hog wire it may put a heavier load on the corner than a 4 or 5 strand fence.

Just to clarify. I have power poles 8-11 inches in diameter for corners. Also have three in every corner for an h brace. I will buy some fence poles for the h braces in the middle of the runs. Thanks fellas

Yelp, what is a floating brace?

country, those poles in the corners make me feel better.

This is the best diagram I could find. It's basically a 45 degree brace with a piece of wire around the bottom that is tightened around the corner post itself. It rests on a block that has been leveled.

https://www.farmshow.com/a_article.php?aid=4494

Google "floating brace for fence" and there's lots of pictures. A lot of them don't provide enough detail to show exactly how it's secured.

That's 2/3 of the N that I was talking about. Instead of the brace sitting on a rock or the ground, it butts into the bottom of another wooden post. The tension wire runs from the top of the second post to the bottom of the first post. That pulls the wood tight together and kicks the top of the first post back towards the corner. When put up with an H it makes and incredibly strong corner. I grew up building H's only but we swapped to H's and N's about 10 years ago. I got tired of wire getting slack after a couple years.

Fur I plan on running a brace from corner post 5 ft or so to next post. Then wrap wire from bottom of corner post to about the level the brace is on the other post. Is that good.

I'm not arguing your method. H type corners have been used as long as people have been building fences. But you're digging 2-3 holes instead of 1. I was skeptical about this design before I tried it. It can drastically reduce your labor due to digging less holes. Give it a try sometime.

We used these little tensioners to get the tighten the wire from the corner post to the floating brace.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/centaur-in-line-ratchet-style-tensioner?cm_vc=-10005