Personally, I don't like high tensile. Have seen
severe injuries to horses who got caught in it. It doesn't break, and is
thin so it cuts really bad. One side of our winter pasture abuts a
neighbor's stallion pen. The pen is both steel panels, and high
tensile. A mare caught her rear leg on the high tensile. Quite a
mess.
For many years we have used Horseguard Fence.
Available online at:
This wide tape is available in Brown or Green. It is
sturdier than common tape, and has stainless steel wires. There insulators
also are very well designed. On new fences we use two strands of it.
On our old barb wire fences, and now next to the stallion pen, we use the
standoff insulators. Keeps the horses a foot or so from the barb
wire.
We are quite careful to keep the electric working.
In 10 plus years we have only had one case of running through it. There
were no injuries, all we had to do was collect the naughty
horse.
Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower
Road Victor, MT 59875
