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We're going to be using electric fencing as our perimeter fencing in our fields (though part of the boundary already exists as hedges and stone walls). There are so many different heights of poly post available. I was just wondering what height everyone else uses, and what would be an absolute minimum height.
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We only use the plastic stakes for splitting fields. Not happy with them for perimeter fencing. For that we drive in wooden posts and screw in fence clips to run the electric tape through. More secure we feel.
 
Ditto above. We have post and rail round the outside or post & thick electric tape and use plastic posts to split the field. Plastic posts are brought down by wind and rain (all of mine came down last weekend!)

We use 4ft poles :)
 
lol, well the fields as they are currently manage to keep cows in. I just want the electric fencing as an extra precaution, and to keep horses off the farm tracks :)
 
Yes Amymay. I just want the electric fencing as extra protection. The cows just come for the summer grazing and are generally left to roam around the fields as they please. However we've found that people can be rubbish at closing gates, especially when they are just nipping in and out (we had to stop getting milk delivered for this reason). Therefore I want to add a perimeter of electric fencing to keep the horses off the tracks and avoid this problem altogether. Make sense?
 
No. 1 is padlock the gates......

As for the fencing height, personally I'd go for double strand at a good waist height, and one below.

You will have to make sure, though, that electric fencing that runs parallel to a gate / style etc. has something like a hosepipe over the top, to ensure that someone can't accidentally get a shock (if they are not 'regular' users of the field, but need access etc.....)
 
Unfortunately we can't padlock the gates as it is also an access track for the farmhouse and farm cottages. Will definately make sure we have warning signs on the fencing and proper safe entry points etc.
Thanks Amymay :)
 
Sorry my mistake. I read your first post as saying your boundary only partly existed in the way of hedges and Walls. I presumed by partly that there were gaps in it.
 
We use round wooden posts about two inch diameter very easy to drive in with a mell then one or two stands of turbo rope one strand where theres a hedge two where's there's no barrier behind .
Plastic stakes look terrible and never stay vertical over time and I am never happy using them.
someone reasonably strong can wobble the wooden posts out when you need to.
 
Plastic fencing is a pain! IMO its best used when strip grazing...if you plan for the fence to stay up then small wooden posts with those clips.

We bought our stuff from farmcare online
 
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