Fencing Specifications
- Fixture Free Fence posts can be made to any length, although the standard length for horse fencing posts is 8 ft with 5½ ft above ground and 3 strands of rope 2 ft apart. There is a minimum order requirement for non-standard Fixture Free Fence posts (please contact us for details).
- Fixture Free Fence posts come in an attractive green colour to reduce the visual impact of the lines of fences on the countryside
- Low voltage drop electric rope ensures that the fence has sufficient current regardless of the length of run of the fence
- Fixture Free Fence posts are made from a strong but flexible polypropylene that prevents posts shattering and causing injury
- Fixture Free Fencing systems can be set up to run off your mains electricity
- Fixture Free Fence posts can be used for electric stock fencing suitable for sheep etc where simple strands of electric rope would not be sufficient to control stock.
Advantages over Wooden Post and Rail Fencing
As we all know in the UK, we get our fair share of rain!! Whilst we need it for our fields and paddocks to grow grass it plays havoc with wooden posts. When wood gets wet it absorbs the water and swells. This creates an enlarging effect on a wooden fence post hole so that when the ground and wooden post dries out, the hole is then larger than the diameter of the post and the post remains loose in the ground. Along a line of posts this leads to an insecure fence. Over time wooden posts will rot and require replacement.
Horses and other stock will often rub and scratch themselves on wooden posts and rails. If the post is loose in the ground from the effects of water swelling, additional movement of the post will either enlarge the hole further and/or weaken the post itself and increase the likelihood of the post/rail being broken. Horses will often chew or crib on wooden posts and rails. Not only does this damage the post and rails and make them look untidy, but the wood is weakened, again increasing the likelihood of post and rail breakages with potentially dangerous consequences.
Standard wooden post and rail fences do not prevent horses jumping out. The height of the upper rail is at chest height instead of head height. With horses being a flight animal, when their instinct takes over, they can run through the fence. It is a relatively common injury for horses to run into fences and severely damage themselves on the splinters and sharp shafts of wood created by a breaking wooden rail or post. The resulting veterinary costs are frequently substantial, notwithstanding the suffering to your horse, distress and inconvenience to you and the lost time out of work etc.
With Fixture Free Fencing,
- the plastic posts do not swell,
- posts remain solid in the ground and do not rot.
- Due to the upper strand of fencing rope at head level (and being electrified!) not only are horses discouraged from trying to jump out but they see the fence boundary much more easily and so they are far less likely to run into the fencing.
- With Fixture Free Fencing there are no sharp splinters created from rubbing or chewing the posts.
- Horses do not rub or chew on electric fence rope either.
- Horses are prevented from crib-biting
- In the unlikely event that a horse does run into the fence line it will not impale itself on a broken rail and the plastic fence posts themselves are designed not to shatter so that horses cannot injure themselves.
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