Fencing tips and tricks

[multi power]

why do the farmers in NZ not use barbed wire for fencing?

its evil thats why, have you ever seen a cow rip her teats on an electric fence?

 

[roscoe erf]

Start at the bottom and work up?

no its quicker if you start at the top

 

[roscoe erf]

Anyone reckon this is worth the money (£30 approx)

i use one tor barb wire its ok but i use a stock fencing strainer and winch to strain stock fencing.

 

[roscoe erf]

I agree with the bolt/spanner tip.

As for concreting in posts. A wet mix will make them rot. A dry mix won't. Reason being that water can run through cracks in the mix.

i have found that water gets in the posts strainers especially from the top more so if damaged when banging in so all ways put a hat on lead is best but tin will do.

 

[Rob Graham]

its evil thats why, have you ever seen a cow rip her teats on an electric fence?

Sticks in my mind as one of the most stressful days of my life, my 1st day of placement alone when gathering the cows a heifer jumped a strand around a drinker separating paddocks...the blood loss was incredible!!

 

[wobs]

Aye they're useful. When you pull up the net (with a proper clamp and chain puller, really tight) they're useful to pull the short length of wire from the clamp to the strainer post.

You can't use them to get longer runs tight.

The draper one in your link is ok, but it has a sharp edge that nips the wire, abs damages the galvanised surface. A better cam type design is this one imo.

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/vi...0839005843&index=0&nav=SEARCH&nid=56242730606

Loses it's gripping power with time also,but for the price not a bad bit of kit.

 

[neilo]

its evil thats why, have you ever seen a cow rip her teats on an electric fence?

I had to lift my Collie off a rusty barbed wire fence this week, after catching herself and dangling her full weight off the skin on her inside thigh. Thankfully no tissue damage, but stripped all the skin off like the lid on a sardine can. Stitched up and off work for 10 days in the middle of lambing, it's doing her (& my) head in.

 

[multi power]

my brother nearly got torn to shreads with barbed wire, cant realy remember but dad was pulling out old fence n we had just built a go cart n went in same field

 

[Blue.]

So what do you use instead of barb?

I would use electric but fields away from the main farm would be a non starter.

 

[wobs]

Nice bit of BlackThorn
Prunus Spinosa for the Latin speakers.

 

[multi power]

So what do you use instead of barb?

I would use electric but fields away from the main farm would be a non starter.

electrec every time, solar fencer

 

[wobs]

leccy to start with,but then natural wild habitat hedging for me.