Electric Cattle Fence Installation

However electric fencing looks very uniform and has a way of making a property look crisp and clean.

Electric cattle fence installation.

After consulting with you on which type of fence will work best for your property we will begin the fence installation process. Which we all know that is my preference. Then install at least 1 grounding post that s 6 feet or longer near the charger using a post hole digger. Years ago the most common cattle fencing was barbed wire.

The high tensile non electric fence see table 3 uses eight strands of 12 5 gauge high tensile wire on 4 inch diameter pressure treated wood posts. Barbed wire in particular can injure cattle easily. Since your electric fence installation functions as a psychological barrier not as a physical barrier once your cattle are trained you only need single wire electric fences to contain your cattle. Single wire electric fences also make it easy for cattle to graze underneath the electric fence to keep vegetation in check.

Which animals will electric fencing work on. Bracing uses three 8 inch diameter posts and two 4 inch diameter cross braces on each end. What about barbed wire fencing. In an electric fencing system derynck reccomends fence post spacing 80 100 feet apart or about 50 posts per mile.

How to fix it. I have only actually fenced in goats with electric fencing. He suggests using a stay a shorter post that sits on top of the ground and holds wires up if posts are spaced 100 ft. However i have friends that raise cattle and horses for a living.

Our fence installers have encountered many obstacles during that time. Also maintenance costs on barbed wire fences can be substantial. We have been performing fence installations for properties large and small since 1993. Trouble shooting your electric fence.

Gerrish prefers his fence post spacing closer together at 50 70 feet. High tensile non electric wire fence. Even the best built electric fences have problems from time to time. This fence installation is no longer dependent on good soil conditions and will carry the electricity back to the fence controller s ground system when livestock contact the hot and ground wires simultaneously.