Temporary fencing

[Harry2000]

Looking at grazing herbal leys with cattle in an arable rotation, leys will be in 4/5 years. Wanting to find a cost effective way of being able to fence feilds and pull out the fence and use somewhere else. Options seem to be clipex or creosote posts,

I remember seeing in New Zealand metal fence posts being spaced wide apart and also only having two strands of electrified ht wire

 

[Bury the Trash]

clipex is removable and ok for the job

but it think i would go for fibre glass posts cheaper and even more movable and naturally better insulators even if a wire comes astray

and if you ahve to buy an energiser get a powerful one false econmomy not too ime.

 

[Harry2000]

I have a Gallagher mb150 I think that’s what it’s called. Using it currently on permanent fenced paddock for mob grazing cattle are scared of the fence so it must be ok. How far apart would you put posts 6m?

 

[Harry2000]

clipex is removable and ok for the job

but it think i would go for fibre glass posts cheaper and even more movable and naturally better insulators even if a wire comes astray

and if you ahve to buy an energiser get a powerful one false econmomy not too ime.

The fibre glass don’t look strong enough for a boundary fence unless I’m looking at the wrong one?

 

[kiwi pom]

Number of acres and cattle will perhaps make a difference.
When you say fencing for grazing do you mean your land has no boundary fencing or you just need internal fences to split paddocks for grazing?

 

[Harry2000]

Number of acres and cattle will perhaps make a difference.
When you say fencing for grazing do you mean your land has no boundary fencing or you just need internal fences to split paddocks for grazing?

Looking at 10 acres of fencing and has no boundary fencing around feilds

 

[kiwi pom]

Not sure 2 strands of HT wire would be great as a boundary, but you might get away with it for a short time, depending on type/age of cattle.

 

[ladycrofter]

You need to possibly have a battery or two on standby. That's quite a run of wire and even the humidity in the air will cause leakage. Rain more so. I eventually gave up and put in mains, on fields half your size, obviously not suitable for your situation. You will need to hammer in proper posts at the corner and use tie-off insulators.

I found the tape to be most effective because they get a whack and see it although obviously less of it fits on the reel. The wire is much thinner but IIRC conducts better. The posts are quite variable I had some that bent under the slightest tension and other ones that never bent?? Two lines are ok for adults, 3 for young stock.

Wrap the tape around every say 4th post, it seems to magically come out of the holders.

 

[crashbox]

I have a Gallagher mb150 I think that’s what it’s called. Using it currently on permanent fenced paddock for mob grazing cattle are scared of the fence so it must be ok. How far apart would you put posts 6m?

Seen Clipex at 40m on mains electric and flat fields

 

[MF135]

Place I worked at put in telegraph pole strainers and cresote posts every 5 meters with 2 strands of electrified plain wire. Fields were split into lanes using strainers and a single electric plain wire and Gallagher ring top posts.

 

[Bury the Trash]

The fibre glass don’t look strong enough for a boundary fence unless I’m looking at the wrong one?

the good conducting wire with electric in it is doing the fencing job, its a psychological barrier as much a s anything , straight lines are best with small struts or bigger post doing the turns /corners / ends.
depends on lumps and bumps ie undulations whioch we a a fair few but we go from fwe metres up to 10 as post spacing .

12mm ones with a good length banged in are pretty good and last for yonks cant get thicker ones that t in this country atm more s the pity. thicker ones would take turns ok

 

[tepapa]

Not sure 2 strands of HT wire would be great as a boundary, but you might get away with it for a short time, depending on type/age of cattle.

Seen one strand of HT used as a boundary onto a back road with a sparse hedge, worked fine as long as you keep power in the fence

 

[TelesnaAg]

Over here all the dairies have pine posts on 10-12m spacings and 2 to 3 wires, seems to work if cattle are trained, if buying in stores then sometimes nothing keeps them in .

Its rounding them up and getting them into lane or yards is where the pressure starts.

Ant....

 

[kiwi pom]

Seen one strand of HT used as a boundary onto a back road with a sparse hedge, worked fine as long as you keep power in the fence

Yeah it might work, just not ideal for a boundary.
A lot of dairy units round here are 2 strands with well-spaced posts and a mains fencer for internal fences, but boundaries tend to be a bit more than that.
Doesn't look like we are talking about a huge area with the OP, depends on what you are trying to keep in too.