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<blockquote data-quote="Rydero" data-source="post: 1652729" data-attributes="member: 38101"><p>The fence that got flattened was a temporary crossfence. 80 acre field w a barbed wire perimeter. I ran a wire of high tensile electric down one side then have spools with aircraft cable to subdivide the field. I use step in posts as I move the fence every couple days when I'm grazing covers or swath grazing. </p><p></p><p>This year the elk ran through both the main and backup wire and pulled it all down. Pulled the high tensile off the side too at the same time since it was attached. I'm happy the 10 insulators broke and I just have to replace them and tighten the wire not replace a bunch of posts. Until you deal w them you probably just won't understand. They move as a herd and are prone to panic. I know people who have had them pull down huge stretches of 3 wire barbed wire - posts and all. You want something to break - ideally the wire between 2 posts. I have a stretch of old fence I'll never replace for just that reason - it's sh*try enough to break between the posts and they cross that fence almost every day. My neighbor w the new fence has way more issues than I do. </p><p></p><p>I use 3 wire high tensile as well. I like working with it better than barbed wire now that I have access to a staple gun for the insulators. But it just doesn't have my trust as a perimeter in most cases. The electric just doesn't work great in the winter and we have lots of willows and brush growing up on our fences all the time. Batteries don't hold much juice at -40 and the sun sometimes doesn't shine for days. I hate to be the person that says "that just won't work here" but for the most part it won't. I work out and when I'm making hay in the summer I don't want to go and fix fence. I'm pretty efficient at putting up a barbed wire fence so it's mostly just the cost that bugs me. I set a budget every year and do what I can. I usually run out of fence money and patience after a few weeks, lol. Barbed wire is extremely reliable especially when you move the cows often. I got one call this summer for cattle out - one last year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rydero, post: 1652729, member: 38101"] The fence that got flattened was a temporary crossfence. 80 acre field w a barbed wire perimeter. I ran a wire of high tensile electric down one side then have spools with aircraft cable to subdivide the field. I use step in posts as I move the fence every couple days when I'm grazing covers or swath grazing. This year the elk ran through both the main and backup wire and pulled it all down. Pulled the high tensile off the side too at the same time since it was attached. I'm happy the 10 insulators broke and I just have to replace them and tighten the wire not replace a bunch of posts. Until you deal w them you probably just won't understand. They move as a herd and are prone to panic. I know people who have had them pull down huge stretches of 3 wire barbed wire - posts and all. You want something to break - ideally the wire between 2 posts. I have a stretch of old fence I'll never replace for just that reason - it's sh*try enough to break between the posts and they cross that fence almost every day. My neighbor w the new fence has way more issues than I do. I use 3 wire high tensile as well. I like working with it better than barbed wire now that I have access to a staple gun for the insulators. But it just doesn't have my trust as a perimeter in most cases. The electric just doesn't work great in the winter and we have lots of willows and brush growing up on our fences all the time. Batteries don't hold much juice at -40 and the sun sometimes doesn't shine for days. I hate to be the person that says "that just won't work here" but for the most part it won't. I work out and when I'm making hay in the summer I don't want to go and fix fence. I'm pretty efficient at putting up a barbed wire fence so it's mostly just the cost that bugs me. I set a budget every year and do what I can. I usually run out of fence money and patience after a few weeks, lol. Barbed wire is extremely reliable especially when you move the cows often. I got one call this summer for cattle out - one last year. [/QUOTE]
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