Greenbeast
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- Location
- East Sussex
Need some more fencing wire for pig pens, shall i stick with galv steel or go aluminium?
Electric fencing wire
- Thread starter Greenbeast
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- East Sussex
Whichever one pulls out of the mud easier when they break it? 
Greenbeast
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- Location
- East Sussex
Well I've really set the forum alight with this query, should have mentioned brexit, subsidies or naked ladies...
- Location
- Northumberland
Id go with whatevers cheapest (ie. steel)
quavers
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- Location
- aberdeenshire
go for a good quality galv. , rappa good does not curl back onto it self if left on ground , the alloy stuff tried in the past was very soft and broke easy .
- Location
- East Sussex
Would something more visible work and help with piggies? I guess it could get heavy if they brushed mud on it though.
Can’t see the benefit of ally over anything else.
Can’t see the benefit of ally over anything else.
Old Boar
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- Location
- West Wales
Aluminium breaks down in sunlight and goes brittle and you end up with 4 inch lengths on the ground, which the pigs then bury.
Solid galv wire is much better, although a pain to tighten. I have some that has been up 15 years and has no signs of wear.
I tie strips cut from white bags on the wire just as a reminder of where the fence is, and this seems to work well (and is cheap!). Also reminds me where not to go with the brushcutter!
Solid galv wire is much better, although a pain to tighten. I have some that has been up 15 years and has no signs of wear.
I tie strips cut from white bags on the wire just as a reminder of where the fence is, and this seems to work well (and is cheap!). Also reminds me where not to go with the brushcutter!