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 Shelter Dog Lover
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| We were going to do coatedhigh tensile wire with a couple of hit strands but having a hard time finding someone who is familiar with it to install it. Now thinking of just using no climb horse fence. My question: is it safe to hang off hte ground to allow for mowing etc. or should it be flush with the ground.
I appreciate your help, I have been getting different answers and not sure how to install it so horses don't get hung it it, hubby wants it off the ground. |
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 Hugs to You
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | I have mine all the way to the ground. We just go around the fence line with a wand that is hooked to the roundup sprayer. After a while the weeds wont come back and the horses aren't tempted to go all the way up to the fence.
I have used high tensile coated and I like this a whole lot better. |
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Shelter Dog Lover
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| Thanks.. Do you have wood or wire across top to keep from pushing on it?
Edited by rodeomom3 2014-01-21 10:49 AM
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Hugs to You
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | I have a hot wire on the top. Run by a solar panel. Wood warps too easily here in the heat. And, you have to paint it, etc.
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  Ms. Potato Head
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Location: BFE, Idaho | I have no climb for safety to keep neighbor dogs and animals out. I have it about 2 inches from the ground, and I use electric wire to keep them off. I want to add a rustic pole across the top eventually for looks, but will always keep the hot wire. Oh and I have wood posts cemented in. |
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Location: USA | I have the no climb fence with wood across the top. I still have one more section to do in one pasture ( replacing old cow fencing). I currently have tape run along the inside of the wood and across the top of the old cow fencing. Once the cowfencing is replaced, will take the tape down. I have my fence flush with the ground (keeps big critters out) and take the sprayer around the fence lines. Really isn't any hassle to do it.
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 Strong Willed Woman
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Location: Prosser, WA | I have some friends that raise race horses. They used the no climb horse fence but did lift it off the ground about 6 inches. They did that because before they had the fence touching the ground and they had a horse run up to the fence and get it's foot caught underneath it somehow and it pulled part of the hoof off. So you can lift it up. |
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 Works Hard For The Money
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Location: Memphis, TN | We have ours flush to the ground and have a hot wire on top. As someone mentioned above we run a sprayer from our 4 wheeler and hit the fence line. Trust me on this. You want to keep the weeds back. That no climb is NO FUN when any vine type weed gets on it! I love our fencing though. We have had no issues with the horses and it keeps our dogs (and kids lol) in safely. Also keeps other critters out. |
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| When building a fence even if you are on a budget always think ahead and build the first part so you can add to it later and end up with a nicer longer term fence.
Here are some fencing rules I have learned over the years ...
Good sturdy 12 ft gates attached to pipe posts cemented in the ground ... minimum of 3 posts at hinge end with pipe welded double/triple H's between them. Raise gate 6 inches higher than the fence on either side to keep horses from leaning on the gate. Also .. since gate is your horse high pressure point .. do 10 ft of welded pipe in each direction with it 6 inches lower than the gate .... they will hang their heads over the lower fence and not the gate. 12 ft gates allow you to get equipment in and out with no problems...
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Use some cemented in 2 7/8 drill pipe as posts regardless the type of fence you build ... just have your fence line planned and string them in straight. You can use tposts in between and if you decide later to do a pipe fence then come back and fill in with pipe posts. And use drill stem as runners for the bottom pipes.... .. Pipe has decreased in price and wood posts are now priced like gold ...
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If you are doing strand fencing with electric hot lines in it ...
Keep the bottom smooth wire 16 inches off the ground so horses cannot stand at the fence and paw and get their foot over the bottom wire and cut themselves up ...
Hot wire on top is usually all you need ... once they have come in contact with it.
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On the no climb fence line ... it is more imperative you use more pipe posts due to it sagging and weight. Use 4 ft fencing wire ...... and raise it 8-12 inches off the ground for ease of care and no rusting or swagging at ground level ... Finished 5 ft tall pipe posts and for looks use 6 1/2 tposts to fill in the gaps ... keep top of fencing 4 inches from top of pipe posts for future top line pipe cutouts if you want a pipe fence later on ...
http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/non-climb-horse-fence-48-in-x...
You should not need electric fencing with no climb ... if you think you do ... just cap your pipe posts with short pieces of white water pipe with slots cut into them and regular electric fencing caps on the tposts ... this will keep the hot wire from grounding out ...
You can also sturdy up the bottom of the non climb wire by running a smooth stranded wire at the bottom and attaching with pig nose rings to each other ....
If you are fencing in dry lots instead of pasture lines ... then electric hot wires are needed ...
The suggestions above have kept my horses from getting hurt over the years and kept me from fixing fence all the time... lol
Edited by BARRELHORSE USA 2014-01-21 1:29 PM
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 Damn Yankee
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Flush to the ground. Just weed eat or spray. And not wire everywhere! Never under estimate the value of hot wire. We use it to keep the dogs away from the horses. |
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