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I haven't checked here on that, cause I can't handle it....but that was before I found out they deliver, and I can have them to place it on the ground so all I'd have to do is roll it. If I get the steers, then I'll have to beef up the wire....pun intended....and may use electric to control grazing. I wouldn't be concerned about the height either.
 

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I bought the 330 foot roll(s) of goat & sheep fencing (also woven wire) and I WISH I could have gotten it for $150! Here it cost $269 a roll. Each roll weights ~286 pounds and 4 of those is what took out my rear window. I had to muscle them out of the truck by myself and will have to deal with rolling them out, stretching them, and attaching them myself as well. Maybe that's why I'm moving along so smartly here... I just can't wait to have to deal with that aspect... :confused:
Ya know LS, I've had the thought it would be nice at times to have some kind of sled on wheels to pull behind the mower, a bit lower than a wagon...about the height of a push mower.
 

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I bought the 330 foot roll(s) of goat & sheep fencing (also woven wire) and I WISH I could have gotten it for $150! Here it cost $269 a roll. Each roll weights ~286 pounds and 4 of those is what took out my rear window. I had to muscle them out of the truck by myself and will have to deal with rolling them out, stretching them, and attaching them myself as well. Maybe that's why I'm moving along so smartly here... I just can't wait to have to deal with that aspect... :confused:

This was not goat/sheep fence...it was field fence. It has the larger 4"x6" holes on the top and 4" x 4" on the bottom.

Really that much? This was 47" high and cost $126+ tax here, 330 ft.

TSC is $150 and no place else locally to get it.
 

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Teresa and I have been working with the 330' Sheep and Goat wire but when doing that is about the only time I'm glad for all our hills. We just plan the layout and make sure to start on the uphill end and have a spot on the downhill end to stretch it out. Our 2000' run has a slight slope but even that is better than flat for moving those heavy rolls.
 

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The big problem with welded wire is the fact of it only being 14guage wire, so it doesn't take heavy pressure very well. I doubt that we will have a buck, but if we ever do the pen he'll be in will be built for it. I hadn't planned on using welded wire this time, but it is what was available and within the budget. There is $30/roll difference in the cost of welded wire and woven wire....not really that much per se...but, when it is 6-7 rolls it adds up and there are other things that have to come out of my monthly $$ too. I didn't find out far enough ahead that the guy I was talking to at the CoOp didn't know the difference between welded and woven wire until I went to place the order, so the several times that I got prices to budget with, I had woven in my mind, but they don't even handle it except in 4' height and 330' rolls. Well beyond my ability to handle by myself. I like the extra foot in height to keep poultry inside.

Eos, my light colored EE has taken to letting herself out of the back. She flies up to the top of the 5' plus gate.

The 330ft rolls of woven is what we buy and oh my they are hard to deal with even for two younger people, we have to lay it on the ground and roll it to get it laid out then pick up and stretch it and attach to posts. The woven we use is only $150 for 330' so it is budget friendly for us. We got electric net because it is easy to take with us when we move and easily moved around. If we do get the new place there will be a lot of fencing we need to put up.

I bought the 330 foot roll(s) of goat & sheep fencing (also woven wire) and I WISH I could have gotten it for $150! Here it cost $269 a roll. Each roll weights ~286 pounds and 4 of those is what took out my rear window. I had to muscle them out of the truck by myself and will have to deal with rolling them out, stretching them, and attaching them myself as well. Maybe that's why I'm moving along so smartly here... I just can't wait to have to deal with that aspect... :confused:

When I had to unroll the whole 330' welded wire field fence, I put a long pipe through it, ran wire through the pipe so it acted sort of like an axle and tied the wire to the "hitch hole" on the back of the garden tractor. Unrolling was not a physical effort. I had already unrolled enough to attached it to the end post of the fence line so that anchored it.

When I had to move the 330' roll of sheep and goat I rolled it onto an old plastic sled and dragged it. It didn't stay nicely on the sled but well enough that I could move it with only a "corner" dragging. Sure didn't want to try to "roll" it up (though slight) hill.
 

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That's what I did with these rolls, because the field was wet and I didn't want them stuck. I had them delivered to the house, so I just rolled them downhill. The way they are wrapped, and the nature of the material it doesn't "Unwind" very well. I'm waiting on a push mower to go kaput and have thought about making a fence Sled by taking engine off and use the housing....have to "Beef Up" the tires and make some other adjustments.
 

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Okay, a bit about "Home Life" here. Joyce sits, eats, sleeps, and watches TV in her recliner. I sit in a chair at a computer desk and sleep in the bed....legs won't allow the recliner any more. I went out to put the ducks up and check on the goats, my normal routine. I got back in and Joyce was in the shower, since storms are coming we both have to get showers out of the way early.....I came to my chair and look what I had found.... IMAG2280.jpg ...my dear Sweetie had thought about me and surprised me with a Treat.....so Thoughtful, Kind, and Sweet....:)
 

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Love pea pods in oriental cooked foods. Know some eat the raw, never had the chance to try them that way. Love raw green beans. Should be similar. Love the crunch when you bite down :D:drool
 

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should be easy enough to build something to pull behind a lawn tractor or even a pickup truck to move and unroll field fence with if you don't have a tractor.
I would never steal someone else's commercial idea of course, but just to get the brain cells working...
https://www.farmshow.com/a_article.php?aid=25524
 

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