Fencing Flashcards
Common Types of Fencing
• 6 Options For Farm Fences
Common Types of Fencing • 6 Options For Farm Fences 1. Wood Fences 2. Barbed Wire Fences 3. Woven Wire Fences 4. High Tensile Wire Fences 5. Synthetic Fences 6. Electric Fences
Wooden
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Barbed Wire Fence
Number ranges 3-5 strands for perimeter (common usage)
Woven Wire Fence
WWF
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High Tensile Fence
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Synthetic Fence
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Wooden fence
Soft wire and hard wire for flexibility
Center divider - one wire or barb wire
Always two fences and one is a backup
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9000 volts on wire
Turbo wire - most power with thinnest line (so snow doesn’t pile up and make it sag)
Wheels to walk the wire fence ahead.
Aircraft cable
Winter season is the most challenging for electric fence.
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Solar power electric fence
Good to know where electric fence is as a land agent
Pickerville alberta
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Ground wire is important because in the winter the snow insulates and may not allow the wire to shock.
Prices for fence Wood Barbed Woolen Wire Fence Synthetic Electric
32,500
6000
WWF 10,212
HIGH TENSIL; 2037
Synthetic 3 rail 25,856 4.77 ft looks nice-low maintenance but weaker - wind and animals
Electric one strand: $2146 post every ten feet
Consideration
Corners- brace built
Gates - access to water for animals; but protect your equipment; swing gate; Texas gate