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<blockquote data-quote="Bigfoot" data-source="post: 1317094" data-attributes="member: 17956"><p>It's almost a mile to the back of my place. I haven't fiddled with numbers, but we're talking some serious cash, not to mention labor to do that job. Labor, that at the moment I don't have time for. </p><p></p><p>My place was divided 5 ways last year. I've worked my tail off all winter, running 4 strand barbed wire to make more pastures. I don't think I'm going to be up to 9 fields by the true green up. I can't divide any further than that, with out water. These "lanes" running to ponds, with electric fence wire. I don't know if it's just my hard head, or the truth, but that's not going to work for me. I'll fool with an electric fence for about 90 days a year to keep my bulls where they belong. After that, I don't really want to mess with them. Now I could split fields with a solar charged wire. That may not be too bad. I can see the deer dragging it off every night though. So, I guess I'm limited by how much electric fence I'm willing to contend with. </p><p></p><p>I did kinda tamper with a spring. I fixed it to gravity flow to a tote, just to see how long it took to fill it. It was about 3 hours to move 270 gallons. I thought I might could just let it run, continuously filling 1 of 2 1000 gallon tanks. That all seems like a big PIA though, although it wouldn't be something I'd have to do all summer. Just something I'd do whale cattle are in a field with no pond.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigfoot, post: 1317094, member: 17956"] It's almost a mile to the back of my place. I haven't fiddled with numbers, but we're talking some serious cash, not to mention labor to do that job. Labor, that at the moment I don't have time for. My place was divided 5 ways last year. I've worked my tail off all winter, running 4 strand barbed wire to make more pastures. I don't think I'm going to be up to 9 fields by the true green up. I can't divide any further than that, with out water. These "lanes" running to ponds, with electric fence wire. I don't know if it's just my hard head, or the truth, but that's not going to work for me. I'll fool with an electric fence for about 90 days a year to keep my bulls where they belong. After that, I don't really want to mess with them. Now I could split fields with a solar charged wire. That may not be too bad. I can see the deer dragging it off every night though. So, I guess I'm limited by how much electric fence I'm willing to contend with. I did kinda tamper with a spring. I fixed it to gravity flow to a tote, just to see how long it took to fill it. It was about 3 hours to move 270 gallons. I thought I might could just let it run, continuously filling 1 of 2 1000 gallon tanks. That all seems like a big PIA though, although it wouldn't be something I'd have to do all summer. Just something I'd do whale cattle are in a field with no pond. [/QUOTE]
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