Electric Fence Liabilities

cowboydoc · Sep 14, 2003

Everything is liability on a ranch. Fences, tractors, livestock, etc. I have a ranch policy that covers all of this. It's a specific policy for farming/ranching. I also have an additional umbrella over the whole place as well. Really they don't even have to prove negligence. Even if you aren't negligent things happen and you are liable.

Docsknotinn · Sep 14, 2003

Richard, yes I understand and agree, I am just wondering based on your experience though if you dont think a electric fence would limit your liability in general and not actually increase it. Dave

RMEADOWS · Sep 14, 2003

I did not realize this would be such a "hot" topic. I've talked this over with the Pastor and he just dosn't get it. He thinks that the hot wire will kill or mame a child..... I explained to him it is a pulse seperated by 3 secs and they can't be really hurt. It will sting like crazey when they get hit, but that's it.

I've put up my "No Tresspassing" and "Dager, Electric Fence" signs and will just hope for the best.

cowboydoc · Sep 14, 2003

From my experience I don't think it would make any difference either way.

WVBill · Sep 15, 2003

Is your pastor new to your church and rural life?

Talk about hearding cows with a truck, when we first built our house, the farmer next door leased out his field to graze cows in the field next to us. But the barbed wire fence is very old and has many breaks in it. We would frequently wake up in the morning with 4 or 5 cows grazing in our front yard. We didn't mind too much - it was quite a spectacle watching our 9-pound miniature Dachshund "heard" cows! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

On another occasion, I was heading to work down our country road and another farmer's heard of cows had gotten out and I met them face-to face. I did the same heard-with-a-truck routine and they turned and "ran" back into the field. What I discovered though is that cow's hooves do not apparently give them much traction on a a slightly damp blacktop road. Although I was going very slowly, the cows were slipping and falling. I was worried they would break a leg or something but they all got up OK.

RMEADOWS · Sep 15, 2003

Yes, and alergic to hay, horses and cows (I have all three!)

bky · Sep 15, 2003

well i will give my thoughts on this.
i think but i am not sure but arnt you supposed to mark your fence every so often stating that it is a electric fence? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif