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Horse Fencing Systems Easy in Build & Safe for Your Equine Pasture
When preparing your land for your horses, one of the most
important decisions to be made is the type of fencing you
will install. There are many different systems available on
the market. Should you go with the old stand-bys like wooden
or electric fencing? What about newer systems, such as vinyl
fencing or wide-woven electric tape? |
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Several companies offer a type of fencing that offers the
best of both worlds, tried-and-true blended with the newest
innovations. “Perfect Fit” is a fence consisting of vinyl
sections that slide over high tensile wire. This gives the
fence the look of a classic board fence, but without the
endless maintenance. Commonly used by cattle farmers, high
tensile fencing offers reliable fencing with little
maintenance at a low cost. However, horse owners have at
times experienced problems with high tensile |
fencing, such as horses injuring themselves by running into
unseen fencing wire or accidentally entangling a leg in the
fencing.
 Using the vinyl casing around the high tensile fence makes
the fencing visible to horses. It also results in increased
strength and durability when compared to wooden fencing. The
vinyl rail is separate from the wire, which prevents the
fence from showing a ‘rippled’ appearance, since plastic and
wire expand and contract differently. The vinyl rails, made
of UV protected vinyl of the same grade used for window
exteriors, is easily replaced if it is damaged.
Installing a high tensile fence is not terribly difficult,
and after a little practice, even non-professional fence
builders are able to erect the fence fairly quickly. The
inventor of the Perfect Fit fencing system recommends that
posts be placed every twelve feet. In addition, the Perfect
Fit panels take extra time to install. One estimate is that
it takes around four hours to install 300 feet of Perfect
Fit fencing with four rails. Done right, the Perfect Fit
fence should last for generations. If using metal T-posts,
Perfect Fit offers a sleeve that can snap around the T-post
to form a three inch round post over it.
The cost of a Perfect Fit fence is much lower than a
traditional vinyl fence. For a four-rail fence, the Perfect
Fit system costs just over three dollars per foot. The cost
of a similar installed vinyl fence is over seven dollars per
foot. By contrast, a simple four-wire high tensile fence
costs around thirty two cents per foot, so the Perfect Fit
system is higher in cost.
The vinyl panels of Perfect Fit fencing make it visible to
horses, and they don’t seem prone to chewing on it like
wooden fences. It is also highly resistant to damage from
mold, mildew, cold weather, and wind.
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