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Cattle got through 4 rung barbed wire fence. Advice?
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<blockquote data-quote="wbvs58" data-source="post: 1803943" data-attributes="member: 16453"><p>The OP said that the fence was in some pretty rough terrain which would make it difficult to stretch out woven wire if it runs over rocky outcrops.</p><p>The country that my cows got through the fence just recently is very rough, steep, rocky outcrops, heavily timbered. Earlier this year I started on replacing one section and will continue to do more over the next few years. The fence I am putting up is only 3 strands of barb wire with a good, not great steel strainer post each end of each run, it changes direction a lot and steel (T posts) posts in between. I tie the wire off to the posts with 2mm tie wire which is not overly thick as I want that to be a bit sacrificial when the inevitible tree or branch comes down on it. 3 strands is a lot less to sort out and repair than 4 or 5 strands when damage occurs. I am very happy with the section I replaced last summer. The 3 strands kept firm is more than enough of a deterrent for my cows in this situation. There is nothing immediately on the other side of the fence to entice them through, further down the hill there is good feed but that is well out of sight of them and basically they are linear thinkers so my daughter tells me.</p><p></p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wbvs58, post: 1803943, member: 16453"] The OP said that the fence was in some pretty rough terrain which would make it difficult to stretch out woven wire if it runs over rocky outcrops. The country that my cows got through the fence just recently is very rough, steep, rocky outcrops, heavily timbered. Earlier this year I started on replacing one section and will continue to do more over the next few years. The fence I am putting up is only 3 strands of barb wire with a good, not great steel strainer post each end of each run, it changes direction a lot and steel (T posts) posts in between. I tie the wire off to the posts with 2mm tie wire which is not overly thick as I want that to be a bit sacrificial when the inevitible tree or branch comes down on it. 3 strands is a lot less to sort out and repair than 4 or 5 strands when damage occurs. I am very happy with the section I replaced last summer. The 3 strands kept firm is more than enough of a deterrent for my cows in this situation. There is nothing immediately on the other side of the fence to entice them through, further down the hill there is good feed but that is well out of sight of them and basically they are linear thinkers so my daughter tells me. Ken [/QUOTE]
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