Aluminum Electric Fence Wire

Paul, how many strands of wire on that mile-long fence of yours?

Once around, barbed wire electric. Got a 9 acre pasture divided into 3 areas. Have a 2 acre cattle yard. The yard & pasture also has woven wire & 1 or 2 strands of non-electrified barbed.

Dad had an old-time fencer, weed burner. You would find dead birds where they tried to peck dew off the metal posts....

Then we went to the cheaper 10-20 mile fencers. They kept the cattle in, but not by much, & they would work over the fence over time. Seemed they had little respect for the fence, & would challenge it often. Worked, but I seemed to be doing a lot of checking & repairs.

I have a solar fencer that I use to electrify the single strand barbed temporary fence I put around the 30 or so acres of cornstalks they are running in now. Works fine. Not real strong, but enough for them to notice, & as long as enough feed is in the big area, they don't mess with it. I plow a black stripe around the field so they typically don't get too near the wire.

This summer I went to a 6 jeule fencer on the main pasture/yard. When I put a hammer head on the wire & near a post, sparks shoot several inches.

The cattle have not messed with the fence.

I am happy.

--->Paul

I have a neighbor who uses aluminum wire on some of his fences. It stretches. I don't use it because of this. High tensile steel wire is far better. Cheaper than the aluminum too when I bought ours. I like a nice tight fence wire.

Cheers

-Walter
Sugar Mountain Farm
in the mountains of Vermont
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what highlands said... when you have warm days and cold nights, it'll droop to the ground. I use it for gates only (and only to use up what I already have), as it has good conductive properties. If you connect it directly to high tensile steel, it won't last long at all; it'll break at that splice in a few months.