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To effectively prevent vehicles from penetrating
the fence, spools of cable must be run in multiple
lines—sometimes up to eight—through line posts
and anchor posts in time-consuming fashion.
The whole system also requires a significant
amount of hardware to maintain its safety stan-
dards, using cable clamps and nuts to tension
each cable.
Furthermore, the maintenance and work isn’t fin-
ished when the cable-based fence install is com-
plete.
Cables must be checked and re-tensioned pe-
riodically to adjust tensioning and maintain the
fence’s ability to prevent vehicle penetration.
All of this work is above and beyond what’s need-
ed to install the XL-501 Post and Beam Fence.
XL-501 as a Solution to Installation Woes
July 2017 Edition
The result is 110 posts in a 1,000 meter span,
versus the 400 posts used with a cable-based
fence system.
That’s nearly 75 percent less holes to dig—and
that’s before factoring in the different-sized holes,
and the time it takes to switch back and forth be-
tween auger bit sizes.
While the rebar cage must be priced and built
separately with a cable-based fence system,
Ross Technology includes rebar sticks in every
proposal.
To install, contractors simply insert the rebar into
pre-drilled holes in the anchor posts. The XL-501
Post and Beam Fence is the only anti-ram fence
system that does not require additional rebar.
No extra expenses, no extra labor to build elabo-
rate cages.
Ross Technology’s solution to the anti-ram fence
installation dilemma is straightforward—simplic-
ity in design.
Vertical anchor posts are spaced 30 feet apart
and connected by a single tubular beam fabri-
cated with patented technology that absorbs the
energy of a crash as opposed to relying on mul-
tiple runs of wire rope and the line posts that sup-
port them.
(Photo provided by Ross Technology)
In addition, Ross’ Post and Beam fence has been
engineered to be extremely simple and efficient
in terms of the hardware used and the effort re-
quired for construction.
In fact, each fence section is made up of a sur-
prisingly small number of components—two
posts, one beam, one nut and one bolt per post
to secure the assembly, and a top cap to protect
it.
The time-saving design, ultimately, leads to
abundant savings.
A single tubular beam is connected by one nut and one bolt
at each post, greatly simplifying the installation process of
the XL-501 Post and Beam Fence. (Photo provided by Ross
Technology)
Big Savings: Benefits of the XL-501 Post
and Beam Fence
Digging 75 percent less post holes speaks for
itself, but the XL-501 Post and Beam Fence di-
rectly saves time, and labor costs, in several
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