wroughtn_harv
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Sunday we put in six hundred feet of "non climb" five foot high horse wire for a pasture that has horses and goats.
This is temp fencing for just a couple of years until he gets the time to weld in a good pipe fence with horse wire on it.
Since it's temp I drilled the holes twelve inches by six feet. I put in telephone poles we'd cut down to eleven and a half feet. We tamped them in. Then we put in T posts every twelve feet. The horse wire came in two hundred foot rolls so the stretching was easy.
Here's what I know. Five feet is great height. It's tall enough to intimidate even horses. Goats will go under a fence before they go over one. Having the wire tight but not real tight is a good thing. Think of it this way. Canines love to climb fences. It's sorta like stretching barbwire on top of a security fence. If you put it tight enough it makes it easier on the perp. But if you have it just right, not tight, not loose, it makes it a challenge. Unless of course he's got a piece of carpet handy. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
The same thing goes for canines.
Australians have the fear barrier fencing down to a science (hot wires). A canine will hit them a maximum of three times before they're trained for life. Cows and horses learn. They learn to know when they're on or off and react accordingly. Goats seem to be real good at knowing when they're out of commission.
I believe in hot wires to keep animals off fencing. But when they go down there's no back up. It's a system you have to keep up with or you're hanging them out to dry.
There are some posts under "projects" where I show how to stretch woven wire tight over uneven ground. Right now I'm working on setting posts for four hundred plus feet that has quite a roll in it. I'm using nonclimb and I can guarantee you that when I get done you'll think it came custom made for the job.
There are also some other posts where I show how to make a tool for handling large rolls of wire by yourself and a tractor. I also have some posts on fence stretchers on TBN.
Good luck. Sounds like a bunch of fun.
This is temp fencing for just a couple of years until he gets the time to weld in a good pipe fence with horse wire on it.
Since it's temp I drilled the holes twelve inches by six feet. I put in telephone poles we'd cut down to eleven and a half feet. We tamped them in. Then we put in T posts every twelve feet. The horse wire came in two hundred foot rolls so the stretching was easy.
Here's what I know. Five feet is great height. It's tall enough to intimidate even horses. Goats will go under a fence before they go over one. Having the wire tight but not real tight is a good thing. Think of it this way. Canines love to climb fences. It's sorta like stretching barbwire on top of a security fence. If you put it tight enough it makes it easier on the perp. But if you have it just right, not tight, not loose, it makes it a challenge. Unless of course he's got a piece of carpet handy. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
The same thing goes for canines.
Australians have the fear barrier fencing down to a science (hot wires). A canine will hit them a maximum of three times before they're trained for life. Cows and horses learn. They learn to know when they're on or off and react accordingly. Goats seem to be real good at knowing when they're out of commission.
I believe in hot wires to keep animals off fencing. But when they go down there's no back up. It's a system you have to keep up with or you're hanging them out to dry.
There are some posts under "projects" where I show how to stretch woven wire tight over uneven ground. Right now I'm working on setting posts for four hundred plus feet that has quite a roll in it. I'm using nonclimb and I can guarantee you that when I get done you'll think it came custom made for the job.
There are also some other posts where I show how to make a tool for handling large rolls of wire by yourself and a tractor. I also have some posts on fence stretchers on TBN.
Good luck. Sounds like a bunch of fun.
