Extra tall electric fence posts

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Having one final go at keeping Ned in. Are there any really tall/long fence posts for sale anywhere?

Ned pulled down the fence today and I got it in the neck from YM. I really don't know what I can do anymore! Furious and frustrated is a huge understatement.
 
we have 5ft electric fence posts for Rio with him being a stallion and all that :o and 4 ft and 4.5ft electric fence posts for Taz as hes a fence hopper and although he still jumps them it puts him off for a little while :o

what size do you have at the moment and what size are you looking for?
 
Well, he's managed to jump over 5ft+, so really need 6ft+!
It's not enjoyable anymore and I actually dread going to the yard to see what he's done this time :( I love Neddy more than anything, but I'm paying far too much for far too little and this added guilt isn't helping :(
 
hmmm have you tried double fencing? 4ft posts 6ft inside 5ft outside posts and having 3 strands on the fence too


at one point we triple fenced Taz in as hes a sod for popping over 5'5ft fences :( also if you have posts on the outer boundaries of his field put electric on the top of the posts too

I don't know the set up of your field so I cant really help all that much :o
 
I did not rate the tall electric posts has I found they bent or snapped in the wind, I much prefer to to use wooden posts and the benefit of using wooden ones is if you do need to make the higher you can screw in the smaller electric fence posts and make very tall electric fences. I saw this done with a determined fence jumper, they had 6ft fences rigged up with this method and kept the horse in safely.
 
Just collect up everybody's broken ones and duct tape the half pieces to your standard ones... Keeps our stallion happy! We like to make do and mend!
 
Nah said:
To be fair, I would have a go if he wasn't such a worrier :( I just imagine him breaking his legs!
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God I am mean but I would just give him a bit of sedalin up until the point he gets used to them, he could still graze and if he had a quiet companion, its sounds like he has got into a ***** awful habit and if he was mine i'm afraid he would be on the back of a wagon long before now!!!
 
Buds_mum said:
God I am mean but I would just give him a bit of sedalin up until the point he gets used to them, he could still graze and if he had a quiet companion, its sounds like he has got into a ***** awful habit and if he was mine i'm afraid he would be on the back of a wagon long before now!!!
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That's a tad harsh! Not in the mood for it today.
 
Nah said:
That's a tad harsh! Not in the mood for it today.
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Sorry you post a lot about your horse jumping out, laming himself and destroying your yard owners fence in the process.

I am merely stating if he was mine, a) my yard owner would not have him on the yard and b) I couldn't stand the stress of having behavior like this, so I would either find a solution or get rid.

If he has food, company and the fields are properly fenced then its a behavior issue.

I would worry at putting electric tape higher and higher that he would jump it and throttle himself or his legs in the process, so would look at a high sided metal round pen to turn him into until you solve the behavior issue.
 
Buds_mum said:
Sorry you post a lot about your horse jumping out, laming himself and destroying your yard owners fence in the process.

I am merely stating if he was mine, a) my yard owner would not have him on the yard and b) I couldn't stand the stress of having behavior like this, so I would either find a solution or get rid.

If he has food, company and the fields are properly fenced then its a behavior issue.

I would worry at putting electric tape higher and higher that he would jump it and throttle himself or his legs in the process, so would look at a high sided metal round pen to turn him into until you solve the behavior issue.
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He's just been lame this once and he's always jumped out and only broken the fencing twice, which I have fixed.
I'm trying to find a solution and one solution is moving him, which I should be doing this month.
He's always jumped out but it's got worse in the last month or so and I figure it's because his friend was PTS and because YM keeps introducing all these new ponies! I was looking at round pens and found a nice 8ft one. I will buy it if I can't move into this new yard.
 
Is the existing fence up to the job? if it looks flimsy he isnt going to respect it as a boundary. less distance between posts and hammering in tree stakes (straight down not an an angle) and attaching those to every fifth plastic post may help
 
WelshD said:
Is the existing fence up to the job? if it looks flimsy he isnt going to respect it as a boundary. less distance between posts and hammering in tree stakes (straight down not an an angle) and attaching those to every fifth plastic post may help
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I personally don't think it is. It's roughly 3ft high and it's common knowledge Ned can jump that.
I've bought 400m of tape so I have that to play around with, but I don't have any posts atm.
 
My boy jumps 5 foot fence posts. Also find they bend in the wind. Just spent £1.50 per post on some wooden ones that are 6 foot with isolaters on top. Isolators were £25 with a speed chukka to put them in with a drill. Electrified so he got a few shocks. Looks like this against my big boy
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might be worth getting a few fence posts and doing it doubled up and about 4 strands of fencing on each post to put him off
 
Thanks for the suggestion Mananzwa :) however I've moved (again!) and he's not jumped out yet :) I think he might have finally settled!! (Ok, so he jumped out the first few times, but there was NO grass in his first field and a whole field full on the other side of the fence...)
 
I second gaffer tape - just tape 2 poles together - much cheaper and has worked wonders with our 2 showjumpers. An easy way to use the broken ones too. Worth a go as its as cheap as chips!
 
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