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 Goin' on the Warpath
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Location: IN | Right now we have all barn wire. And I'm looking to replace it in the near future. I hate it. But we just bought the place in November and had snow literally all winter so we couldn't do anything.
What kind of fence would be most efficient?
I really am liking the metal pole fence tube stuff idk what it's called. Mostly seen in Oklahoma and Texas. How expensive is that? Say about 7.5 acres.
Or wood along the road and woven wire and one board and a strand of Hotwire for the rest.
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Location: Bandera, TX | Pipe fence runs 1.80 a foot in TX The welder to put it up runs you $65 an hour (if you can find one, most are in S. TX or W. TX welding for lots more that this). Your post are usually 6 ft and they need to be every 15-20 feet depending on the ground soil. Love pipe fencing as long as you have horses that respect it on smaller property such as yours. If they crowd each other you can get in a bind. |
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Location: fun meter pegged OK | Your going to find piping/cable a little pricey. Scrap metal brings a premium at the salvage yards here in OK. I am not a big fan of barb wire myself but I have cattle too. All my stock including hores are introduced to fence lines with hot wire in one of my dedicated cross fenced pastures. Every animal respects a fence line and after 11 yrs here (knock on wood) not one injury due to barb wire. Here's a site that can give you an idea of pricing on pipe https://www.facebook.com/meritenterprises |
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| I prefer wood, if I can afford it, for horse fence. That being said, the pipe fence is nice but expensive too.
Where are you at in Indiana? If you're looking for a quality fence builder with YEARS of experience, I can recommend family in the state :) drop me a message on here if you'd like more info. They routinely build horse fence, cattle fence, and many other types.
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Goin' on the Warpath
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Location: IN | Thank you all! I may get with you on someone! I just usually can't afford someone else to do it lol! My husband can weld thank goodness:) and friends who do it for a living. I just have 5 horses. Some are at a friends here and there since I can't ride them enough all the time I'll let her take one to ride for a few months that needs rode. But for the most part they're good. 8 acres is big enough I have to go hunt them down to find them lol. We have a creek and all that stuff.
I want good fence. And I am in love with the pipe fence!
I've had barbwire problems:(
The lady who owned the home before us has like 5 different fences up! All rigged. Finally gettin to clean some up! |
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| Horses are not that bad on correctly built fencing .. you have to protect the fence when you build it .. lol
Main pasture gate 16 ft wide. 10-20 ft of 4 pipe fencing on either side for horses to hang heads over because you are going to put gate 6 inches higher than the top pipe to keep horse pressure off of your gate(s).
If you plan on only having horses. Build a top pipe rail only at 5 1/2 ft high with posts 10-12 ft apart.. ... then shop for some 4 ft welded 2x4 wire in 330 ft rolls .. about $1/ft and tie it to the top rail leaving about 15-16 inches open at the bottom. On the bottom of the welded wire run from post to post ... stretch a 3/8" cable or 12 /1/2 gauge smooth wire to keep bottom of wire taunt ....
On long straight lines .. put expansion pipes on the top rail for temperature changes ... hot to cold to hot ... this will keep the contractions and expansions of the pipe from eventually making a portion of your pipe fence lean in or out. 400 ft apart or split the linear distance on a run of pipe ...
Raising the bottom of the welded wire to 15 inches off the ground allows horses to stand with heads over fence and paw and not beat your fence down or get hung up. it also allows you to mow (riding mower) around the perimeter to be pretty or keep from catching the brush hog on fencing and tearing it down. ... lol
If you decide to do tposts with 4-5 smooth strands of wire and electric fencing caps ... keep your bottom strand of wire 16 inches high off the ground .... to prevent horses from getting foot over it and cutting their feet off ... this is a simple thing for everyone to take down if your bottom wire is lower...
top rail and pipe posts will be under $2 per foot, $1 ft for welded wire, concrete... with other misc excluding gates .. it should cost about $4 per running ft ...
GOOD LUCK ... glad hubby has friends to help ..
Edited by BARRELHORSE USA 2014-06-01 1:00 AM
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