Fencing against a lane/ road

[Headless chicken]

We need to refence a field that we’re intending on adding into our grazing platform.

as above it borders a public road/ our lane. It’s not a major road at all and maybe sees 4 dog walkers per day and maybe as many cars.

my preference for all fencing is single strand electric as it’s only adult dairy cattle we need to keep in and if we do have sheep they sort their own fencing. Dad would really prefer to have stock netting which I understand but I’m reluctant because of the cost.

what’s the collectives opinion?

 

[rusty]

I would go with just one strand of electric.
I have just bought a 42 acre block of ground in the village that despite the sales particulars saying it was 'stock prooof' it certainly isn't for the beef stores I intend to put on it. It's all limestone stone walls of varying degrees of repair. The better bits will have one strand of permanent electric and the power bits two strands.

 

[deleted user 837354]

We need to refence a field that we’re intending on adding into our grazing platform.

as above it borders a public road/ our lane. It’s not a major road at all and maybe sees 4 dog walkers per day and maybe as many cars.

my preference for all fencing is single strand electric as it’s only adult dairy cattle we need to keep in and if we do have sheep they sort their own fencing. Dad would really prefer to have stock netting which I understand but I’m reluctant because of the cost.

what’s the collectives opinion?

Whack new posts in and put 3 or more strands of high tensile wire in and electrify it? Should keep an errant sheep in if no slack in it?

 

[Mouser]

We need to refence a field that we’re intending on adding into our grazing platform.

as above it borders a public road/ our lane. It’s not a major road at all and maybe sees 4 dog walkers per day and maybe as many cars.

my preference for all fencing is single strand electric as it’s only adult dairy cattle we need to keep in and if we do have sheep they sort their own fencing. Dad would really prefer to have stock netting which I understand but I’m reluctant because of the cost.

what’s the collectives opinion?

80p/metre for net and about 50p/meter for extra posts doesn't seem excessive for peace of mind unless your boundary is 5 miles.

 

[kmo]

Factor in the cost of electric fence warning signs.
Think they'e supposed to be no more than 100 metres apart, where the public has access, on new fences.

 

[applejack]

If it was me I would put stock netting with a single strand of barbed wire at the top then screw insulators on the posts and semi permanent electric fence that you can just add the fencer too when the cows are using it. Good secure fencing equals peace of mind.

 

[Dr. Alkathene]

Do it properly with stock netting and make it dog proof. Last thing you want is dogs off leads chasing cows round and crapping in the grass.

 

[Davy]

Boundary fences need to be right in my book, with a thorn hedge in for good measure. I wouldn't sleep at night knowing all that held my herd off the road was a few strands of electric wire. Mates herd got out one night and they had travelled a fair distance and several gardens before they stopped

 

[dannewhouse]

I have this debate fence by fence with my dad for internals!
Electric at 10m posts or full sheep net+ barb at 2.5m ££££££ been putting in around 5 1000m reels of electric per year

What wire are you all using? I was on 7 strand but it's rotted away within 5 years! So planning to go to 2mm solid but other options are 2.5 or 1.2 mm (sucklers and calves, calves are buggers if they get running)

 

[vantage]

Single strand of high tensile wire, plenty of oomph from the fencer, will be fine.
Down in S Pembs, on the coast path to Barafundle, all that holds a herd there from the cliffs is a single strand electric fence.

 

[Bullring]

Single strand of high tensile wire, plenty of oomph from the fencer, will be fine.
Down in S Pembs, on the coast path to Barafundle, all that holds a herd there from the cliffs is a single strand electric fence.

It’s all fine until there’s a storm and power cut in the middle of the night and the cattle get spooked and jump through the fence. Probably won’t happen but there’s always a risk. I would have stocknet and barb on boundary fences.

 

[jimmer]

Clipex

 

[Moorlands]

Just get it done right keeping stock securely in and keeping folk and dogs out.
also keeps farm appearance looking good single strands just look bodge jobs!
seems to me headless your always trying to do everything on the cheap!

 

[Headless chicken]

Just get it done right keeping stock securely in and keeping folk and dogs out.
also keeps farm appearance looking good single strands just look bodge jobs!
seems to me headless your always trying to do everything on the cheap!

born and raised in Cardiganshire! Not enough margin in the job to not question every single financial decision.

 

[vantage]

born and raised in Cardiganshire! Not enough margin in the job to not question every single financial decision.

A true Cardi! Reminds me of the three Cardi farmers who caught the train up to the Smithfield show. On the way back to the station one of them drops dead. After a short deliberation the other two carry him on to the train and prop him up in a seat between them. The train leaves Paddington and progresses home, stopping at stations along the way. Passengers get on and off, without concern, until a concerned passenger announces to the two farmers, “ I’m a doctor and I’m afraid to say that your friend has expired.” One of the farmers replies, “Oh yes he has, but his ticket hasn’t!!!!!!”

 

[dannewhouse]

I know plenty dairy farmers that have single wire, normally in front of a delapodated fence but really that's all that's stopping them.

The only bit I struggle with is internal gates, I have 2 wires across, cows run through no bother when I open the wire but calves won't, I'm going to try tape for a bit more of a visual open for them to notice.

Got to try sell you this: it's a must for mains electric fence. ...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Decdeal-Switch-Control-Household-Appliance/dp/B00UMZ8D8E

Ring it once turns fence off, do your repair etc ring it again turns on, or txt it and you get a msg back saying off ... On etc

 

[Headless chicken]

Just get it done right keeping stock securely in and keeping folk and dogs out.
also keeps farm appearance looking good single strands just look bodge jobs!
seems to me headless your always trying to do everything on the cheap!

£2200-£2800 to “do it right”

£300-£600 to “do a bodge”


if you can justify that sort of cost difference without consideration then maybe your a better farmer than me

 

[Dry Rot]

Another for do it right. Been at one fatal accident inquiry and that was enough. (No, not as the guilty party).

 

[steveR]

£2200-£2800 to “do it right”

£300-£600 to “do a bodge”


if you can justify that sort of cost difference without consideration then maybe your a better farmer than me

If the land is owned by you and it's a boundary fence, then spend the money fer chrissakes! Keeping out other animals is almost as important as keeping yours in!

The consideration is what will be put on the block, anything other than quiet old dairy cows, properly trained to electric, needs pig netting and as has been suggested, a strand of HT electric along the top.

I have never regretted the peace of mind from a major boundary fencing program we did, starting nearly 20 years ago`! When that phones goes at 1am and someone asks if your cattle or sheep are out.....? "Nope!"

Listen to your old man!!!

 

[stablegirl]

Definitely motorway crash barrier or concrete panels the whole way.

If not id say your clearly a reckless person!