Moving the electronet- sigh

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I love my portable fencing. When you need it, nothing beats it.
But I do hate the pain of moving it. Not so much when moving it over a bit but when it needs to be bundled up for a new location or storage. After it's been in place awhile.

I've had some paralleling the woven fence for 4 or 5 months to discourage the mountain lion that was hanging out in that corner. It worked but I needed one length for another place. That means pulling up a 100 foot section then moving over the next section as I still wanted some fence in that corner.

In my clay soil that is now dry, the stakes at the bottom have rusted and are now wedged tight. So I use a pry bar and rock fulcum to lift them up. Can't just pull them up. Is a real pain.
Then all the fence needs to be pulled over, some folded into a bundle. Then all the stakes hammered into the soil in a new place. Took me two hours of constantly bending over. aaarrrrgggghhhh....... my bender over was screaming at me by the time I hobbled into the house.

[Alice In TX/MO]

If they have the single spikes, use a large bit and battery powered drill to make holes in the ground.

[mygoat]

You don't have step in stakes? Those should be adequate for an electric net. They don't need to be too sturdy, just enough to keep the wind from blowing it over. :P

I watched people move a few hundred feet of electro net in like 5 minutes, alone, with the step in. They start at one end and walk down the line, grabbing poles as they go. AT the other end they detach and take to the new spot, attach, then do the opposite, pressing the step-in posts in with their feet as they go. It was in my sheep management class, two kids that were well versed in moving nets were racing. :P Fast, easy... Wasn't aware there were other kinds that needed more sturdy anchoring Perhaps a step-in stake is the way to go? What kind of soil do you have?

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Originally Posted by mygoat

You don't have step in stakes? Those should be adequate for an electric net. They don't need to be too sturdy, just enough to keep the wind from blowing it over. :P

I watched people move a few hundred feet of electro net in like 5 minutes, alone, with the step in. They start at one end and walk down the line, grabbing poles as they go. AT the other end they detach and take to the new spot, attach, then do the opposite, pressing the step-in posts in with their feet as they go. It was in my sheep management class, two kids that were well versed in moving nets were racing. :P Fast, easy... Wasn't aware there were other kinds that needed more sturdy anchoring Perhaps a step-in stake is the way to go? What kind of soil do you have?

Yep- step in two pronged stakes. But ground as hard as concrete spiked with rocks and roots. At this time of year, it's baked clay. And you can jump on it and may go in a bit. But even with a hammer it may take a couple of tries to find a place it will go in even half way. Once in, it's fixed in place. In the summer at least.

Of course in winter it's just the opposite- ground is too wet to hold.