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Post by Mike Harding on Jul 11, 2023 16:40:44 GMT 10
A few times I have noticed, as I drive, paddocks having two fences; both about fives lines of wire and 1.2m or so tall. The first fence is adjacent to the road and the second runs parallel to the first but about 25m further into the paddock. Why?
Obviously it doubles the cost of fencing so there must be a purpose, maybe it's to make escape hard for particularly difficult sheep - I had one of those once - any ideas?
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Post by jeffrae on Jul 15, 2023 11:38:06 GMT 10
Maybe for vehicular access, save driving all areas of the paddock and compacting the ground
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Post by magnarc on Jul 15, 2023 13:44:22 GMT 10
Maybe for vehicular access, save driving all areas of the paddock and compacting the ground Now there's a thought Jeffrae. |
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Post by Mike Harding on Jul 16, 2023 14:44:04 GMT 10
I'm wondering if it's an insurance requirement? Especially with sheep? The little devils will soon be through a fence which has any kind of defect but it would take them a lot longer to get through two fences and there's a high chance the farmer would soon notice a sheep wondering around in "The Forbidden Zone".
A car at speed hitting a sheep could result in a very high insurance payout due to injury/death of the occupants.
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Post by Possum on Jul 18, 2023 11:49:00 GMT 10
When I used to have horses - I had on fence inside property line fence, topped with white conduit. the outer "Paddock" was always slashed to allow a quick drive around to check property line fence.
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