I use a fence charger that is supposed to be good for 50 miles also. We
have 50 acres, not all hot fenced, but we do have about 15,000 ft of
fence that is, including a couple of cross fences that have hot wire on
both sides. We run mainly goats on our place, and they still get through
the fence. The charger we use will put over 10,000 volts into our fence,
even when there are wet weeds against it. It is actually designed to
burn the weeds away from the hot wire, but that doesn't always work.
When the voltage gets down to about 7,000 volts, we go trim some grass
if we expect wet conditions . Too bad goats don't eat grass, or they
could keep the fence clear for us!
We also have one stubborn buffalo that wants to run with the neighbor
cows. The hot wire doesn't phase him, I've watched him rub down the
fence for several hundred feet, breaking off the insulators. I don't
know why he does that, when he wants to go visit the cows, he just takes
a running start and jumps the 5' fence! It is quite a sight to see when
a 1.5 ton buffalo flies over a fence like a deer! He wants to stay with
the cows so much that we just let him stay over with them. He's been
fixed, so he won't be making any beefalo's.
Oh, we got our fence charger at Tractor Supply.
Peace,
Pat
Thusly spake Patricia Lane:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wayne" <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
>
>
>
>
>> Patricia Lane wrote:
>>
>>> fencer. The fencer that contains the cows, goats, and horses "pulsates".
>>> The one at the house is for 50 miles of fence - hmm, maybe that is why it
>>> literally knocks me off of it.
>>>
>> 50 miles?!?! Literally? Crikey! How much land do you have? That's
>> 264,000 linear feet of fence, or a square 66,000' on a side which would
>> enclose exactly 100,000 acres!
>>
>
> If you think about it, it really isn't that much fence. I have four rows
> running the entire perimeter of the farm (10 acres or so). The main fencer
> is for more like 100+ miles. I have stubborn animals that need a reality
> check when they try to visit the neighbors. The one at the house is only a
> single wire running roughly 50 feet.
>
>
>> BTW, I just noticed the other day you seem to be the first lady on the
>> list; cool! Wish there were more mechanically inclined women, or more
>> women willing to embrace the skills they have. Lisa (that I've since
>> married) demanded years ago that the brakes we needed to replace on her
>> car were "really basic car stuff, right? Show me how to do them."
>>
>> -Wayne
>>
>
> I like Lisa! I like to know how things work and how to fix them, so if
> something happens to my husband I can do it by myself (no his days aren't
> limited). Speaking of him, I had to buy him his own old truck just so he
> wouldn't drive mine anymore! I've made fun of it at: www.herhayhauler.com
>
> Patricia
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