I just got the new Premier catalog in the mail the other day. I really like the idea of their panels. And where do you buy a u-frame barn?
Forget the barbed wire!! Nasty stuff. And my sheep just ignored the barbed wire and the electric wire/tape because with all that wool on them, they never felt any of it. Sure ripped up their coats, my clothes, and arms, wounded dogs, sheep and horse faces. Though, I like the idea of the barb wire on the ground to keep out coyotes... Keeps them from digging under too. 15' apart sounds like a lot to me. Getting tension on the wire to keep it taut when spaced that far... We have the 2"x4" no-climb on t-stakes and wood posts that are 8' apart and still had to work at getting good tension. I want ram pen/pasture fencing ideas. My boys are vicious to fencing (no-climb, 1x6, 2x4, 2x6, wood posts, t-stakes, & galvy gates and have destroyed the 4x4 posts that held the shed roof up. They've bent those welded rod "hog" panels, with the graduated rectangles... I'm really interested in other's fencing solutions. Gabrielle > I have a fence design in mind that consists of T-posts spaced about 15 > feet > apart with locust poles at corners and gates all strung with 11 > strands of > gaucho barbed wire. > > The spacing on the wire would be as follows from the ground up, each > additional wire space measured from the previous wire. > > 1" - 3" - 4" - 4" - 5" - 5" - 6" - 6" - 7" - 7" - 8" > > This would make the fence 4 feet 8 inches high. > > This design is a fairly low cost and simple fence compared with other > ideas > such as electric which I don't want to use for several reasons. > > My questions are > > 1 - Will this design keep sheep and goats in? > > 2 - Will this design keep all predators found in western North > Carolina out? > > 3 - Will this design keep a medium size very intelligent dog in > without the > dog getting tore up on the fence trying to get out? > > If the answer to any of these questions is NO, > > 4 - What suggestions would you make to change the design? > > 5 - Does anyone have other suggestions? > > Also, on gates, > > 6 - Does anyone have any walk through gate designs and also separate > drive > through gate designs that would also be predator/dog proof that can be > made > easily on the farm for low cost? > > Thanks so much, > Deborah To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
