Electric Cattle Fence Installation

What about barbed wire fencing.

Electric cattle fence installation.

Barbed wire in particular can injure cattle easily. I have only actually fenced in goats with electric fencing. Bracing uses three 8 inch diameter posts and two 4 inch diameter cross braces on each end. Single wire electric fences also make it easy for cattle to graze underneath the electric fence to keep vegetation in check.

However i have friends that raise cattle and horses for a living. 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. Posts are 20 feet apart. Also maintenance costs on barbed wire fences can be substantial.

Gerrish prefers his fence post spacing closer together at 50 70 feet. Then install at least 1 grounding post that s 6 feet or longer near the charger using a post hole digger. To install an electric fence start by setting up an electric charger near an ac outlet or a solar charger in a sunny spot. Which animals will electric fencing work on.

Trouble shooting your electric fence. Our fence installers have encountered many obstacles during that time. 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. Which we all know that is my preference.

However electric fencing looks very uniform and has a way of making a property look crisp and clean. High tensile non electric wire fence. 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. Unfortunately it s not ideal especially now that electric fencing is readily available and easy to install.

Even the best built electric fences have problems from time to time. After consulting with you on which type of fence will work best for your property we will begin the fence installation process. 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. We have been performing fence installations for properties large and small since 1993.