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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 610932" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>I am not sure about the need for the "non-climb" fence - whether or not that would really keep out dogs and coyotes. I'll take your word for it. You don't give any indication of where you are located.</p><p></p><p>However unless you have just won the lottery and want to rival the KY racehorse places, I would suggest you forget the 2x6 boards on the inside of the fence and run maybe 3 hot wires - one at about 20" for calves, one at 32" (cattle nose height) and one near the top of the 6 x 6 posts.</p><p></p><p>These will be much more effective, much lower cost and much lower maintenance than 2 x 6 boards. Use the Gallagher screw-in plastic eye type insulators (with a slot) screwed into your 6 x 6 posts. Electrify these with a 6 joule or so charger and 4 good 8 ft ground rods and you will have NO trouble with cattle pushing on the fence.</p><p></p><p>I would definitely NOT use barb wire nor electrify the inside of a corral. There use your boards with posts spaced close - maybe 6 ft. Rough sawn Oak is much better than the treated 2 x 6's in a corral.</p><p></p><p>This is not for the corral but the acreage. jmho.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 610932, member: 7509"] I am not sure about the need for the "non-climb" fence - whether or not that would really keep out dogs and coyotes. I'll take your word for it. You don't give any indication of where you are located. However unless you have just won the lottery and want to rival the KY racehorse places, I would suggest you forget the 2x6 boards on the inside of the fence and run maybe 3 hot wires - one at about 20" for calves, one at 32" (cattle nose height) and one near the top of the 6 x 6 posts. These will be much more effective, much lower cost and much lower maintenance than 2 x 6 boards. Use the Gallagher screw-in plastic eye type insulators (with a slot) screwed into your 6 x 6 posts. Electrify these with a 6 joule or so charger and 4 good 8 ft ground rods and you will have NO trouble with cattle pushing on the fence. I would definitely NOT use barb wire nor electrify the inside of a corral. There use your boards with posts spaced close - maybe 6 ft. Rough sawn Oak is much better than the treated 2 x 6's in a corral. This is not for the corral but the acreage. jmho. [/QUOTE]
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