Electric Cattle Fence Installation

To install an electric fence start by setting up an electric charger near an ac outlet or a solar charger in a sunny spot.

Electric cattle fence installation.

We have been performing fence installations for properties large and small since 1993. Posts are 20 feet apart. 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. However electric fencing looks very uniform and has a way of making a property look crisp and clean.

Barbed wire in particular can injure cattle easily. Even the best built electric fences have problems from time to time. 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. Also maintenance costs on barbed wire fences can be substantial.

What about barbed wire fencing. However i have friends that raise cattle and horses for a living. In an electric fencing system derynck reccomends fence post spacing 80 100 feet apart or about 50 posts per mile. 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.

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. 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. High tensile non electric wire fence.

Unfortunately it s not ideal especially now that electric fencing is readily available and easy to install. I have only actually fenced in goats with electric fencing. Our fence installers have encountered many obstacles during that time. After consulting with you on which type of fence will work best for your property we will begin the fence installation process.

Which animals will electric fencing work on. How to fix it. Single wire electric fences also make it easy for cattle to graze underneath the electric fence to keep vegetation in check. Years ago the most common cattle fencing was barbed wire.