Will plastic gloves protect me from electric fence?

Addle

Have to take a walk and can't avoid electric fence.
Got a shock yesterday.
Not nasty, but don't want to repeat it.
If i wear plastic gloves, can I avoid a shock?

White Clover

Addle wrote: »

Have to take a walk and can't avoid electric fence.
Got a shock yesterday.
Not nasty, but don't want to repeat it.
If i wear plastic gloves, can I avoid a shock?

No, have you spoken to the landowner about your walk? They may be able to facilitate you by turning off the fence....

Mooooo

Only one way to find out. They'd want to be heavy not light. Don't forget to ask landowners permission to cross fencing as stock are being let out this time of year

Addle

Thanks. I don't have thick gloves.
I'm doing a favour for the landowner.

patsy_mccabe

Just crawl under the fence.

pedigree 6

Addle wrote: »

Thanks. I don't have thick gloves.
I'm doing a favour for the landowner.

Come on, let us in on what you're doing for the landowner.:D

ptogher14

A good rubber glove and you should be able to place your hand on it without getting a shock

leg wax

why a glove, carry a plastic pipe or gate handle and push down wire.:eek:

pedigree 6

leg wax wrote: »

why a glove, carry a plastic pipe or gate handle and push down wire.:eek:

Ah now you're after giving the game away about how to cross a fence and they robbing poor farmer's yards.:)

Pidae.m

Just use your balaclava to press down on the wire you should be fine.....I'd chance it

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Ah now you're after giving the game away about how to cross a fence and they robbing poor farmer's yards.:)

pedigree 6

Pidae.m wrote: »

Just use your balaclava to press down on the wire you should be fine.....I'd chance it

They don't bother with balaclava's now and just use the snips.:(

Addle wrote: »

Thanks. I don't have thick gloves.
I'm doing a favour for the landowner.

I think this to be commended and doesn't happen much more anymore.
It is what in farming circles is or was called "a hand job" i.e doing a job for a farmer for free.

You could have "a general hand job" which could encompass anything on the farm.
But then you had the specialised hand jobs like "a tractor hand job" or "a milk hand job" or on a poultry farm "a chicken hand job".
The trouble with hand jobs in farming though is it came from the mèitheal tradition and hand jobs would usually have to be repaid.

I remember my father telling me of the days of the threshing sets going from farm to farm and in the mèitheal tradition would all give hand jobs to each other.
Then the hand jobs that neighbours gave could be broken further down into a lazy or a good hand job.
So a farmer could describe the neighbour coming in at threshing when in discussion with another farmer and saying "Joe Murphy did a threshing good hand job" and the other farmer in hearing this knew that Joe Murphy put in a full day of his time helping his neighbour for free but on condition that the favour be repaid when the threshing set turned up in his yard.

So again i'd like to commend the OP for keeping the tradition alive.
It's nice to see the future is in safe hands and maybe everyone would get on better with each other if we learned from our elders.:)

ligertigon

wear good quality rubber boots

Sam Kade

I know men that cantake full whack of a fencer and hold onto the wire with their bare hands.

J.O. Farmer

pedigree 6 wrote: »

They don't bother with balaclava's now and just use the snips.:(



I think this to be commended and doesn't happen much more anymore.
It is what in farming circles is or was called "a hand job" i.e doing a job for a farmer for free.

You could have "a general hand job" which could encompass anything on the farm.
But then you had the specialised hand jobs like "a tractor hand job" or "a milk hand job" or on a poultry farm "a chicken hand job".
The trouble with hand jobs in farming though is it came from the mèitheal tradition and hand jobs would usually have to be repaid.

I remember my father telling me of the days of the threshing sets going from farm to farm and in the mèitheal tradition would all give hand jobs to each other.
Then the hand jobs that neighbours gave could be broken further down into a lazy or a good hand job.
So a farmer could describe the neighbour coming in at threshing when in discussion with another farmer and saying "Joe Murphy did a threshing good hand job" and the other farmer in hearing this knew that Joe Murphy put in a full day of his time helping his neighbour for free but on condition that the favour be repaid when the threshing set turned up in his yard.

So again i'd like to commend the OP for keeping the tradition alive.
It's nice to see the future is in safe hands and maybe everyone would get on better with each other if we learned from our elders.:)

Careful now.
All this talk of farmers giving each other hand jobs could be taken up the wrong way. That's how rumours start and poor Joe Murphy will get a name for himself.

cj maxx

Sam Kade wrote: »

I know men that cantake full whack of a fencer and hold onto the wire with their bare hands.

I could when o was 12 or so . Used to be a great trick . Hate the f00kers now though
Think it was a whack to the head that shook me

Lady Haywire

pedigree 6 wrote: »

They don't bother with balaclava's now and just use the snips.:(



I think this to be commended and doesn't happen much more anymore.
It is what in farming circles is or was called "a hand job" i.e doing a job for a farmer for free.

You could have "a general hand job" which could encompass anything on the farm.
But then you had the specialised hand jobs like "a tractor hand job" or "a milk hand job" or on a poultry farm "a chicken hand job".
The trouble with hand jobs in farming though is it came from the mèitheal tradition and hand jobs would usually have to be repaid.

I remember my father telling me of the days of the threshing sets going from farm to farm and in the mèitheal tradition would all give hand jobs to each other.
Then the hand jobs that neighbours gave could be broken further down into a lazy or a good hand job.
So a farmer could describe the neighbour coming in at threshing when in discussion with another farmer and saying "Joe Murphy did a threshing good hand job" and the other farmer in hearing this knew that Joe Murphy put in a full day of his time helping his neighbour for free but on condition that the favour be repaid when the threshing set turned up in his yard.

So again i'd like to commend the OP for keeping the tradition alive.
It's nice to see the future is in safe hands and maybe everyone would get on better with each other if we learned from our elders.:)

Please stop saying hand jobs :pac::D

Mèitheal is alive and well around here anyway, things like bringing in bales, there could be five tractors all working together from different farmers, then the same five doing all again in the next neighbours field.
If there's a bereavement in the family, neighbours would step in to fodder cattle, clean pens etc. At calving I have a choice of 3 neighbours to ring instead of the vet, though a vet might be forthcoming at 3am
As mentioned her before I'd help out a lot of older farmers dehorning calves, tagging & registering. It's just simple good nature and if neighbours or myself have the time & inclination to help out it's of benefit to both in a way. What's easy to me might be difficult to another so 'you scratch my back, I scratch yous!'

Anyway this thread was supposed to be about crossing electric fences..... OP are you any good at the high jump? Or hurdling?

Victor

ptogher14 wrote: »

A good rubber glove and you should be able to place your hand on it without getting a shock

Back of the hand!

Ted111

Your gloves will need to be made of a non-conductive material.
Choices include timber, glass or porcelain.

White Clover

Ted111 wrote: »

Your gloves will need to be made of a non-conductive material.
Choices include timber, glass or porcelain.

LOL!! That'll stop emðŸ˜

Tail painter

If you are wearing foorwear with rubber soles, you will be able to push the wire down by standing on it.

stretch film

Tail painter wrote: »

If you are wearing foorwear with rubber soles, you will be able to push the wire down by standing on it.

Ffs shuddupp

Addle

Tail painter wrote: »

If you are wearing foorwear with rubber soles, you will be able to push the wire down by standing on it.

Thanks for the replies.
I wouldn't want to damage the wire.
It's wire in places and a thick white tape in others.
Got around yesterday ok.
Would wellies count as robber soled footwear?

DX85

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