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<blockquote data-quote="RDFF" data-source="post: 1658681" data-attributes="member: 39018"><p>You can build a really good HT electric fence for alot less than you can a barbed wire one. Don't need nearly as many line posts, because you're not building a "physical barrier", it's a psychological one. These are the kind of line posts I use: <a href="https://powerflexfence.com/collections/fiberglass-rod-posts/products/fiberglass-rod-post-1-14-6" target="_blank">Fiberglass Rod Post 1-1/4" - 6' - – Powerflex (powerflexfence.com)</a> spaced @ 35' on perimeter fence, 50' on interior fencing. I don't use the cotter keys that they show for fastening, just cut a 7" piece of 14 ga. soft galvanized, run it through the post and over the wire and twist tie it behind the post. These are similar to the posts I use for ends/bracing. <a href="https://powerflexfence.com/collections/fiberglass-rod-posts/products/fp4-5x7-5-fiberglass-corner-post" target="_blank">FP4.5x7 ~ Fiberglass Corner Post – Powerflex (powerflexfence.com)</a> I don't source my posts from Powerflex (shipping costs can eat you up), but these are pretty much the same thing, and Powerflex is a great company to work with... only sell the "good stuff", and they're reasonable/comparable on price. I DO get alot of my supplies from them or Kencove.</p><p></p><p>Big difference in HT electric vs. barbed wire... HT is intended to be mounted "loose on the posts", barbed wire is fastened "hard" to every line post. When a deer hits the HT, or a tree falls on it, the wire can... and WILL spread out the strain throughout the whole length of the fence. Once the deer is gone or the tree is removed, the wire will go right back to its original position. Barbed wire will most often break at the point of contact, or at best will be badly stretched and loose, all but eliminating it's "physical barrier" capabilities, and requiring maintenance by YOU to get it back........but HT wire will have alot more "forgiveness" in it. Unless the wire is right down on the ground from the tree (and often even if it IS touching the ground), it STILL won't be completely grounded out, and the fence will still be in place to hold the animals on each side of it. With a barbed wire, the fence is down and broken, and the animals will go right out. In 25 years, I've NEVER had a HT wire break, and we have alot of deer around us. Barbed wire was broke or messed up all the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDFF, post: 1658681, member: 39018"] You can build a really good HT electric fence for alot less than you can a barbed wire one. Don't need nearly as many line posts, because you're not building a "physical barrier", it's a psychological one. These are the kind of line posts I use: [URL='https://powerflexfence.com/collections/fiberglass-rod-posts/products/fiberglass-rod-post-1-14-6']Fiberglass Rod Post 1-1/4" - 6' - – Powerflex (powerflexfence.com)[/URL] spaced @ 35' on perimeter fence, 50' on interior fencing. I don't use the cotter keys that they show for fastening, just cut a 7" piece of 14 ga. soft galvanized, run it through the post and over the wire and twist tie it behind the post. These are similar to the posts I use for ends/bracing. [URL='https://powerflexfence.com/collections/fiberglass-rod-posts/products/fp4-5x7-5-fiberglass-corner-post']FP4.5x7 ~ Fiberglass Corner Post – Powerflex (powerflexfence.com)[/URL] I don't source my posts from Powerflex (shipping costs can eat you up), but these are pretty much the same thing, and Powerflex is a great company to work with... only sell the "good stuff", and they're reasonable/comparable on price. I DO get alot of my supplies from them or Kencove. Big difference in HT electric vs. barbed wire... HT is intended to be mounted "loose on the posts", barbed wire is fastened "hard" to every line post. When a deer hits the HT, or a tree falls on it, the wire can... and WILL spread out the strain throughout the whole length of the fence. Once the deer is gone or the tree is removed, the wire will go right back to its original position. Barbed wire will most often break at the point of contact, or at best will be badly stretched and loose, all but eliminating it's "physical barrier" capabilities, and requiring maintenance by YOU to get it back........but HT wire will have alot more "forgiveness" in it. Unless the wire is right down on the ground from the tree (and often even if it IS touching the ground), it STILL won't be completely grounded out, and the fence will still be in place to hold the animals on each side of it. With a barbed wire, the fence is down and broken, and the animals will go right out. In 25 years, I've NEVER had a HT wire break, and we have alot of deer around us. Barbed wire was broke or messed up all the time. [/QUOTE]
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