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Post by stormie on Mar 8, 2009 17:47:31 GMT -5
The big thing with high tensile is that it can be hard for a horse to see. Yes horses can get hurt on it....and on any fence but one good thing is that now there is coated high tensile for horses and coated hot wire. That has a strip of metal going through it so that if the horse touches it will get shocked but it's coated so less likely to get cut on it. The thicker wire(high tensile or not) can still cut up a horse because it doesn't break as easily. You can kind of get around that by using something at the corners that will break but then you have the problem of it snaping back. I know a woman that had to put her stallion down after the wire broke and snapped back, wrapping around his legs.
I have high tensile in the cattle pasture now but use the thick rope type of wire for the horses with some lines as the thin cheaper stuff. They went through a corner of the paddock the other day and not a mark on the horse that was bullied through the fence. It just broke at the corner(not the rope but the wire holding the end insulator to the post) and put slack down the line. Didn't break the rope at all and the horses weren't hurt.
I like pipe fencing but if a horse does slam into it there is no give. I would worry about the fence in the photo above. If a horse did try to go through it or reared up by it is the space between the middle pipes large enough for a hoof to go through???
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Post by BarebackJumper on Mar 8, 2009 19:49:20 GMT -5
I wouldnt put up high tensile fence. I have seen 2 horses loose a foot from the fetlock down and a steer get strangled to death in it. High tensile is one of those no no fences for horses just like barbed wire. We use just plain smooth wire. It breaks if there is enough pressure, which high tensile does not. Its actually cheaper and easier to put up. I realize many horses have been in high tensile and do fine but there is always that one time that could end their lives. The horses that had their feet cut off were in fencing that was put up properly. The problem was because it was so tight, when the horses went to pull the feet from the fence, it just sliced that foot instead of giving to the pull by breaking or stretching. The steer was strangled in loose fence. So you are damed either way.
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Post by Boo on Mar 8, 2009 20:03:36 GMT -5
Ya know fence is fence.
I've had them all and some are better than others.
Had more injuries from smooth or high tensile and woven wire than barbed wire.
What alot of it boils down to is how an animal is taught to respect the fence that they are in.
I've had horse's and cattle that you could keep in with just a binder twine pen and others that took a solid walled pen.
You need to choose the best fence for you and that the wallet will allow.
I myself prefer barbed wire for a perimeter fence with a couple of them hot and the white rope for dividing of smaller lots and pens.
The black rubber belting works great but is hard to find and put up.
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Post by quarterchic on Mar 9, 2009 12:35:25 GMT -5
I love our rubber belting!!! Wish we could come across more BOO!
The barb wire for a perimeter I think works great. It helps with deer, and the combination of the horses and the cattle within the pain, and once again just like stated above, all in how the animal respects the fence. I have yet to have trouble with barbed wire, but we have been converting things over to the rope fence. We have a few pens of it, and some pens with rubber belting. I swear by that fencing, thus far.
But do what's best for you guys, and what you want to do right?
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Post by renegadespiritcat on Mar 10, 2009 17:09:51 GMT -5
Most of the time horses hit hot wire or high tensil wire because they cannot see it. Anytime you use either electric or high tensel make dam sure to mark it adequately. I use long strips of colorful Duct tape it sticks doesn't slide and stays put and durable for about 8 months.
If you use electric or high tensel in conjunction with something like the one inch white web electrified fencing {as two lines white web and one line of high tensel} it would be safer.
Personally I like the diamond mesh fencing with the polyrope electric top (inside of a board and bottom. But I haven't won the lotto yet so I reckon my twisted barbless two strands and electric wire two strands will have to suffice for the time being.
~Cat~
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Post by CrazyHorseFarms on Mar 17, 2009 9:51:57 GMT -5
WELL I AM AT A CROSS ROADS
Well i dont want to use 14 1/2 gage wire becasue i dont want it to rust in 5-6years
and high tensel will take out the coner post because its to tight..
I have rope for winter and dont want it for summer pasture because it cost more then the two i posted above.
What to do..
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Post by chambe94 on Mar 20, 2009 14:27:47 GMT -5
CHF,
We have 14 1/2 gauge wite we put up in the fall of '99 and it is still fine. I dont think it's a big issue with it rusting THAT fast! It does get a "rust coating", but it's not like the wire is weakened or rusted thru or anything. Just if you rub your finger down it (with it off!), it would leave a rust mark. And it sure carries a charge just fine (just got drilled the other day on accident)!!
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