How do I keep cattle off my property?

thanks texican! I understand about putting up a fence to keep the cattle out, but what about using an electric drive thru gate on our driveway? We have a steep driveway, and my husband could put fencing on each side of the driveway, but then we would need some kind of an electric drive thru gate on our driveway. Have you had any luck using an an electric drive thru gate on a driveway and keeping cattle out at the same time?
Thanks for all your input, Jane

You need a fence, not noisemakers or dogs.

How long a piece are we talking about, a few step in posts for a buck or less a piece & a strand of wire and a $100 fencer should be affordable on what the lease pays you.

I _assume_ you are grazing the rest of your property, and want to keep a small area around your house - the yard - fee of cattle? You didn't word that very well, so you are getting some 'different' replies, which is just how internet works - don't feel bad for the variaty of replies.

Now, that leaves you with the driveway crossing. You can get a single strand of wire with a hook & manually open it - costs about $5 for the insulators & insulated handle you need is all.

Or, a better gate - $15 to 100.

A cattle guard is not too hard to build, if you are handy. All you need is some old pipe. If you can scrounde that, dig a bit of a pit, lay down the pipe, follow plans you can google up, and you are set for $50 or less. You don't need perfect or fancy, you just need to discourage the cattle.

The drive-through electric fences have one problem - they will scrape down the side of your vehicle. Not a problem i you are using the 1985 beater farm truck, but might not be to your standards. ) Work well tho. Cost some.

There are home-made types too, again if you can scrounge. Spring loaded designs that will drop down if you drive into & over them. Can scrape the bumper up some, but if you design it right, can work. Depends if you are handy & can scrounge.

An alternative is to fence in just the garden.

Or run the wire along both sides of your drivewat _to_ the grarage, so you don't need to take a vehicle through the fence. I don't know how long your driveway is, but might be cheaper for a few more posts, little more wire, and no gate/ drive-over issue. Would only need a cheap/free walk-through gate for you to get to the house.

--->Paul

There aint gonna be nothin cheeper than a electric fence.
For a gate ya just put one good post in the ground and run a wire from it across the drive. You spend a couple of bucks and get a insulated handle that covers the end of the bit of wire that is the gate and it hooks to the wire on another post on the other side of the drive.
If ya buy two T posts and the gate handle its going to be less than $10

They would probably end up in my freezer! lol