Fence space between posts

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hooly1
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Post: # 5952Post hooly1

I have a 3 ft high closeboard fence 8 ft long, should i put 3 posts in or 2, i was going to do 3. As i thought 8 ft might be to wide for just 2 ?

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Post: # 5972Post 84-1093879891

3, definitely. 8 feet (2.4 metres) is too wide a separation and the wind load on any panel could push over the fence.

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