The second thing I liked about this fence is that the bottom wire is 7" above the ground allowing you to unroll it without cutting any grass or weeds for clearance. Hooking it to the charger is the same as any other electric net fence. The fence posts hook onto and store on the reel set up. When you want to move it or take it down you just reel it in with the hand crank than use the crank handle to reel it back in again. You unlock it the ratchet mechanism and you feed it out, putting the posts into the ground where desired.
ELECTRIC SHEEP FENCE PORTABLE PORTABLE
The thing I like about this portable fence is that it is all in one piece. Then I saw this Gallagher SmartFence on U-tube. Because of this shorting out business the netting requires that you weed whack or mow where you are going to set up the fence so the long grass or brush won't cause the netting to short out. It tangled, needed at least 2 people to install, sagged badly, and didn't work well on steep slopes because the bottom wire would cause it to short out if it touched anything - a given on very steep terrain. I have considered the Premier 1 type netting but had some of the earliest stuff 30 years ago and it didn't work well. The fence would not be used to keep rams away from cycling ewes. The SmartFence is 36" tall but since my perimeter fencing is good, that is all the higher I would need for my Dorpers. I need to confine them in a fenced area so they will eat the foliage only in that certain area. I have a deadline and need the 200 x 200' area completely cleared within a certain length of time.
My sheep will eventually eat everything on the property, but they like to pick and choose the best stuff first. With the Covid epidemic the fire department is extending the fire clearance deadline to June 1. We have had a lot of rain this spring and much later than usual. I need/want to fence off the necessary 200' from a buildings to confine the sheep to do fire clearance. I would take it down after the area was grazed off and store the charger and SmartFence for the summer and fall. I would put the fence up after the rains when the ground would be softer, but DH and DS1 worry that the portable step in posts would not stay in place. It consists of heavy clay and shale which dries to the hardness of brick in the summer. Has anyone had any experience in using the Gallagher SmartFence on steep, hard, rocky terrain? My ground is very steep.
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