Does your oul lad have trouble getting over electric fences?

Muckit

Is there a handy way of making stiles to cross electric fences?

I was thinking of ripping a piece of hydradare and slipping the wire into it thus keeping oul lads crown jewels intact for another while.

It has to be a common problem with those getting on and still herding cattle?

Sir Arthur Daley

Are you a nudiest farmer by any chance?

Miname

Muckit wrote: »

Is there a handy way of making stiles to cross electric fences?

I was thinking of ripping a piece of hydradare and slipping the wire into it thus keeping oul lads crown jewels intact for another while.

It has to be a common problem with those getting on and still herding cattle?

My auld man tries to push me into them still so I'm usually delighted to see him get an odd tickle. Wouldn't like to see anything bad happen him all the same.

dar31

buy him a wolly hat,he can then use it to hold down wire as he crosses over, also has the benefit of keeping his head warm

Muckit

dar31 wrote: »

buy him a wolly hat

Will the current not pass through that, especially if it's damp??

This man is up on 70 and wouldn't have the balance of a ballerina.

Odelay

Muckit wrote: »

Will the current not pass through that, especially if it's damp??

This man is up on 70 and wouldn't have the balance of a ballerina.

Only one way to find out, off with ya Muckit to the fence and a damp wooly hat in hand:D

Feckthis

My oul fella got a shock this evening getting over one. It's usually always me that gets the shock. Ye could see the grin on his face but he didn't want to laugh ha. A stick is handy to push it down

Muckit

I l'l see ye all at the inventions stand in tullamore show next year

J.O. Farmer

Muckit wrote: »

Is there a handy way of making stiles to cross electric fences?

I was thinking of ripping a piece of hydradare and slipping the wire into it thus keeping oul lads crown jewels intact for another while.

It has to be a common problem with those getting on and still herding cattle?

Hydragare pipe is probably the handiest. Leave it about a foot long or so.
The other option would be one of those hooks for opening and closing the fence at gaps.
Never mind farmers getting on in years. It still hurts if you're young and misjudge the crossing.

Sam Kade

I know a few men that could hold onto the electric fence with the full whack of current on. They could open close fences with their bare hands :eek: I don't know how they do it no need for fence testers though. I've heard a few men on the opposite end of the scale roar if they only got a tiny shock :rolleyes:

tanko

I saw a neighbour backing a trailer up to a pen along the road to load a cow and calf last week. I stopped to give him a hand, and was holding the door of a steel trailer in one hand and a gate in the other hand. He loosened the mains electric fence and put it to one side. The cow jumped up into the trailer but the calf went crazy and caught his leg in in the fence dragging it into the trailer.
The shock lifted me out of it and yer man was in stitches laughing at me. I met him today and he told me that the exact same thing happened to his wife yesterday and her the wrong side of sixty:eek:

mayota

First off you need to get him a good pair of wellies, and wrap his feet in newspaper before he puts them on, last weeks journal would do. Oh and a pair of marigolds, he'll be well insulated.

mf240

You could show him where it is so he can turn it off.

J.O. Farmer

mayota wrote: »

First off you need to get him a good pair of wellies, and wrap his feet in newspaper before he puts them on, last weeks journal would do. Oh and a pair of marigolds, he'll be well insulated.

What colour marigolds would be best.

Sam Kade

A neighbour of mine put up an electric fence around his garden a foot high to keep the dog in. His father in law was living with them and one day while taking a stroll around the garden he got a call of nature, he piddled on the fence :eek: it nearly knocked the poor man to the ground.

Sam Kade

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

What colour marigolds would be best.

Bright yellow

J.O. Farmer

Sam Kade wrote: »

Bright yellow

That's what I was thinking but then I think there's pink ones too. Would they be any better.

mf240

Would he not take a piece of plastic piping with him and use that to push down the wire.

ABlur

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

That's what I was thinking but then I think there's pink ones too. Would they be any better.

Jaysus lads ye're on fire tonight. Between this and the moving into boyfriends farm threads my jaw aches from laughing!

Nekarsulm

if its only the white tape or twine type fence, one of the "all plastic" type electric fence posts makes a handy ealking stick snd csn be usrf to pin the tape to the grounf. If its high tensile wire that wont work.Hydrodare not ideal either, as the carbon content that makes it black, conducts electricity. Would you upgrade to the fencer that comes with a femote control, so he can turn it off from anywhere along the run?

Sam Kade

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

That's what I was thinking but then I think there's pink ones too. Would they be any better.

Bright yellow all the way, the neighbours will see him coming from a great distance and think he's chief cook and bottle washer

J.O. Farmer

Sam Kade wrote: »

Bright yellow all the way, the neighbours will see him coming from a great distance and think he's chief cook and bottle washer

The neighbours will be talking for sure. They'll either think that or that he's losing it. Either way they'll have a laugh.

ellewood

mf240 wrote: »

You could show him where it is so he can turn it off.

Ahh ya couldn't be doing that - the feckers never turn it back on again after themselves and then when something breaks tru it say to ya - ' ya musn't have turned that fence back on after youreself yesterday and yer an awful ejit and only for I was here twould have been an awfull mess - cattle on road cars all smashed up and people maimed and dead everywhere, sher arnt I a great lad altogether!!

And he the one who after leaving it off - no deffo dont show em where it is so they can turn it off - sher a shock every now and again would only do them good:D

Vandy West

Rubber jocks?

Sam Kade

Vandy West wrote: »

Rubber jocks?

Between rubber jocks, rubber socks and rubber gloves the neighbours will think he has a rubber fetish :eek:

ganmo

are the same crossing point used?
9inch block either side

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

My dad once made me check to see if the fence was on. I had no shoes on, grabbed the fence and was actually stuck to the ground. I blacked out for a couple of seconds. Apparently wearing shoes means you don't get half fried

A cow called Daisy

Some great ideas/answers there lads:D

Seriously though Muckit, if your Dad has a heart complaint' (especially an electrical one' a shock from a fencer can do harm if got at wrong time of 'heartbeat cycle' iykwim.

Heard bit about a family that had put up one those electric dog fence things to keep dog in garden. Kept dog in for a while but he soon was getting through the fence. Checked it out and battery was flat. Back to shop, new battery. Two weeks later dog out again. Another battery, same result.
Then one day she saw dog lying on ground amd creeping up towards femce stopping a short distance from fence. After a while he move closer. Shop man reckoned dog was stopping where shock was bearable and running down the battery then moving forward until battery was flat.:cool:
Another dog cleverer tban its owner:)

whelan2

how about going under the wire rather than over it. I am not the tallest and always go under the wire near a post

Muckit

Let's just recap...

- The man is nearly 70!!
- He's carrying 'a bit of weight' (he is v obese!)
- Doesn't do ballet in his spare time and so hasn't the nickname 'twinkle toes.'
- He's not into limbo dancing either surprisingly enough.
- He doesn't have a rubber fetish.

Yes there are gate handles everywhere but to walk to some of farthest paddocks, means opening 4 on the way and 4 back. More chance of him walking through them than opening them!!

Look really in a sneaky way l'm trying to keep him exercising.... for obvious reasons.

Teagasc et al advocating paddocks. But perhaps they haven't thought about all the 'obstacles' to it's successful implementation on drystock farms!!

Farmer

Single poly twine, multiple poly or high tensile?

ganmo

whelan2 wrote: »

how about going under the wire rather than over it. I am not the tallest and always go under the wire near a post

ended up flat on my face once or twice trying to go under wires an getting a rap on the back

towzer2010

I planted some forestry last year and the forestry company made stiles using 4 x 6 foot half posts. They cut the bottom 2 foot off the post and hammered them into the ground either side about a foot down and the laid two of the 4 foot lengths that were left on top and nailed them on. Then they hammered a load of staples where the tread is to give grip.For the electric fence you could use some hydrodare covering the wire above the stile.

Excuse the crap drawing but if might give you the gist of it.

Mad4simmental

1/2 waven pipe a few foot long over the wire at all the crossing points. Boss man here hasn't the best hips or knees so I put a few of these around and he can manage no bother atall.

Muckit

Thanks all for contributions. Very helpful. Will get onto it for next year.