Electric Fence Water Gaps

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Electric fence water gaps.

Filter narrow your results by selecting from the options below species. Straight shooter game fence has the expertise and equipment to provide a custom water gap solution that won t interfere with the natural flow but will safely and effectively keep predators out and your animals in. Do you have a challenge with water flow on your property. Then i measure down from cable to about 2 above ground every 12 across gap numbering each measurement from one side of gap to the other.

Water gap failures are typically caused by the build up of debris such as floating trees and logs that clog the flow of water essentially creating a dam that then takes the full effect of on going water force. Bees 1 camelids 1 cattle 6 deer. When constructing a floodgate in areas where water flows precaution should be taken to ensure enough flexibility in the barrier to allow debris to wash downstream and stop it from piling up behind the fence. Above the water level and not easily seen is a ht wire to carry power to the other side even when the netting or tape is pushed aside by flood waters.

Where fences cross waterways ditches and gullies an electric floodgate can be a valuable tool to prevent livestock from going underneath fencing. We place the netting more reliable but more costly to lose and tape at low tension to adapt to the channel and banks. When fencing across a water gap i take a piece of 1 4 inch cable and string it across the gap and tien it off solid on each side where the top wire of the fence would be if it ran straight across. Smaller water gaps which will not face extensive water force such as used in a small ditch can effectively be created by a hog or cattle panel cut to fit the landscape contours and secured with t posts or pipe.

Please call us we like a good challenge. Electric fence for water gaps. Electronet 9 35 12 electric netting. A few methods for building electric fence barriers over running water.

Both can and must be repaired and reset after a flood for minimal cost.