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IntelliFence® Solutions for…
Cattle Fences
Why some fences fail…
An electric fence is a system that’s only as good as its weakest link. All parts (posts,
conductors, insulators, energizer) of a system must be durable and effective.
Why electric cattle fences
work so well for so many…
• Cattle are sensitive to electric shock.
Why? Heavy body, large hooves—
they’re low-resistance animals and
pulses readily travel through them.
• The lowest energized wire can be 2 ft
above the ground. Energy loss from
grass-to-wire contact is much less.
• Their frontal eye placement allows
them to see low-visibility fences more
readily than horses or deer.
• No major predators. So low fence
wires to deter predators are seldom
necessary. Again, less weed-to-
electrified wire contact.
• Most cattle walk instead of run, giving
them time to see fences.
Common reasons for
fence failure…
• Reliance on farmstore solar
energizers. They promise much and
deliver little.
• Lack of training to electric fence.
• Output drops in dry conditions.
Adequate output in moist conditions
may not be enough when the soil is
dry and grass is brown.
• Using polywires and polytape that
lack visibility, conductivity, durability.
• Using posts and insulators that are
prone to failure. The cheapest is
rarely the least actual cost for you.
• Frustrating wind-up reels (or none at
all)! A good reel saves time in the field
and reduces aggravation.
FIELD GUIDE
TO FENCING
Temporary Moved Daily/Weekly
Reel-Based.........................................................42
Semi-Permanent Moved Seasonally
Multi-Rope. .........................................................43
Cattle QuikFence®
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Warning: Temporary, semi-permanent, single-strand high-tensile wire fences
and all other electric fences are essentially pain barriers. Cattle that are frightened or
driven into pain-barrier fences can easily push through, under or over them. So do not
rely upon them in situations where 1) this circumstance is probable; or 2) the result of
escaped animals will be expensive.
Containing cattle is
easily done with a
fence electrified to
at least 3000V
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