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Fencing
>>Just
don't go buy that electric tape that's a nylon woven material about
an
inch or so wide with wire strands going through it. There's
varying quality
levels out there, meaning some may last a week or two and
some up to a year.
Certainly not sufficient for a horse product! We
bought the stuff because
we thought it would add some visibility to the
fence. Yep, it was pretty
visible after it broke and was floating
around like a kite, scaring the crap
out of the horses!<<
Not true of Safe Fence
which is approx. 2" wide, has 15 strands of stainless steel wire woven
thru it and has the tensile strength of barbed
wire.
I recently had a
horse hit a 3 strand Safe Fence running full speed when a dirt bike
scared him. The top strand pulled loose from the corner post and the
next 2 strands stretched to where he got thru it to the next pasture.
It did not break and the horse didn't have a mark on him, despite a little
brown fuzz that was deposited on the Safe Fence strands. I
reattached the top strand to the tensioner and tightened the other two
strands and the fence was fixed in less than 5
minutes.
This fencing has been up for
9 years and is none the worst for wear. I have 100 degree temps in
summer and in the teens in the winter, occasionally in the single digits. I
was told it should last at least 15 years.
I've
been very happy with Safe Fence. Only problem is the pressure treated
posts which started rotting way too soon. Wish I'd started out with
their plastic posts.
Betty
Edgar
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