Fencing close to house

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Stihlpro

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I have some new pasture that buts up to part of my yard.  My wife wants some "nice" fencing that looks good.  Looking for some suggestions that will keep the cows in and please her request for it to "look nice".
 

LazyGLowlines

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We've got a 3-board fence with hotwire on the cattle side. Works great, even with the bulls.
 

ROAD WARRIOR

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I would go with the 6 bar continuous fence panels, paint them your color of choice and eliminate the hot wire - looks good and lasts forever. RW
 

kanshow

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I agree with RW..    We have the board fence and the upkeep on it is more than what you'd think.  We are replacing it with continuous as soon as someone gets around to it. 
 

Kenny

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Poly wire with PVC post can be electrified looks great no maintenance have some pics on facebook Barham Cattle and Fence Company
 

Shady Lane

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Get a truckload of used pallets and wire them together.

Much cheaper than board fence or PVC and doubles as an excellent snow fence as well.

You may paint it if you wish.

 

LazyGLowlines

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We used sunwood for our fence and it's no maintenance.  Stihlpro, you're welcome to take a look since you're just down the street.  It really dressed the place up.
 

herefordfootball

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Put up the five board fence. Then on the inside run three strands hot on three boards and leave it at that. Its still pretty yet extremely effective. You can get the wire insulators at TSC or your local farm store, they nail into to post on the side, and the wire snaps into them. Its really neat and handy. :)
 

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use t-posts with snap on insulators and use two hot wires, unless you have kids playing in the yard because they always seem to get a hold of it.
 

Stihlpro

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Thanks for the reply's..... this will give her some options.  The clock is ticking for her to make up her mind, when it expires it's my choice.
 

ROMAX

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Shady Lane said:
Get a truckload of used pallets and wire them together.

Much cheaper than board fence or PVC and doubles as an excellent snow fence as well.

You may paint it if you wish.


[/quote)Now thats REDNECK!
 

CAB

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  There's PVC fencing that looks like wood fencing. If you can find it, I would go with it. No painting and lasts forever if nothing falls on it. One hot wire on the livestock side. JMO.
 

justintime

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Shady Lane said:
Get a truckload of used pallets and wire them together.

Much cheaper than board fence or PVC and doubles as an excellent snow fence as well.

You may paint it if you wish.

What a great idea, in a world  where being " green" is everything. If you need some pallets, I can supply you with enough to fence a half mile or so... and the price is right!

If you don't like the pallet idea, I would go with the continuous fence and paint it the color of your choice. Do it right the first time, and it should last a lifetime.
 

Shady Lane

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Hahaha,

I acutally had a cousin who was a former vet and had reached retirement and was often prone to "stretching pennies" he was famous for "mending" fences with old pallets and stretching barbed wire to trees. I don't think it would have mattered if it was next to the house or not, even though he lived in one of the biggest and most beautiful old stone farm houses I've ever seen.

When I first saw this thread I thought immediately of a place I've driven past not too far from Justinetimes where they have built fence (including what I assume to be a roundpen to work horses in) entirely out of the big spools that wire or cable of some kind come on.  ::)


While I don't wish to fence with it, I have often wanted to stop and buy one for a new coffee table in the bachelor pad.    <rock>

Stihlpro, not sure what area you are in, but in many places "out west" there are often large quantities of drill stem that can be had relatively reasonable. I've seen fences that were well made from the stuff and painted that looked quite nice and last forever. I'm not sure what the secret to getting paint to adhere properly to it is though as when you get it, it's quite rusty but I know of several places around that have horse paddocks and what have you built out of it and they look great.
 

VJ

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Many yrs ago I worked for a guy who had a pasture full of thorn trees. We mended fence by cutting the small ones and piling them on top the existing stomped down fence. I thought it was the craziest thing ever but it seemed to work well for him. If there was ever a way to cobble something together, this guy had done it.
 

braunvieh

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We did a similar project....frontage fence along driveway that was also pretty close to our house. We went with continuous fencing as some suggested, but just went with 4 bars. Still plenty adequate to keep cattle in, and considerably cheaper than 6 or 5 bar. I had a look more like the vinyl fencing but with the strength to hold cattle. I love the 6 bar fencing  but painting it would be painful to say the least. It was bad enough doing the 4 bar....primer and then 2 coats white...but it looked awesome when it was done. Here's a picture before we painted it white.

 

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