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CONTROL COWS FROM GOING UP OR DOWN A CREEK
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 1963"><p>I build fence to support my bad habits(cattle and horses) The best water gap Ive found is to build a proper corner on each side of the waterway so you don't loose the whole fence if trash gets hung up in the gap . Then you pull a cable or strand of hi- tensil across and electrify it using a circut interupter that cuts the wire out of the circut when it's grounded( the water is up. From this cable or wire you cut and hang pieces of 1/4 or 5/16" rod to within a foot of the normal level of the water and the banks on each side. The rods can be spaced every 9" or a foot apart and make a vertical electric fence. Water comes up and the bars swing, being slick they catch very little trash, the cut out keeps the rest of the fence hot, and when the water goes down (most of the time) the bars swing back into place and the electric cuts back in.</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:galloping_gallery@yahoo.com">galloping_gallery@yahoo.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 1963"] I build fence to support my bad habits(cattle and horses) The best water gap Ive found is to build a proper corner on each side of the waterway so you don't loose the whole fence if trash gets hung up in the gap . Then you pull a cable or strand of hi- tensil across and electrify it using a circut interupter that cuts the wire out of the circut when it's grounded( the water is up. From this cable or wire you cut and hang pieces of 1/4 or 5/16" rod to within a foot of the normal level of the water and the banks on each side. The rods can be spaced every 9" or a foot apart and make a vertical electric fence. Water comes up and the bars swing, being slick they catch very little trash, the cut out keeps the rest of the fence hot, and when the water goes down (most of the time) the bars swing back into place and the electric cuts back in. [email=galloping_gallery@yahoo.com]galloping_gallery@yahoo.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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