Does anyone have Ramm’s shockline coated wire electric fence? If so could you please let me know your likes / dislikes about the fence? I am considering this for our pastures - we have about 20+ acres to fence. No one in my area has anything like it so I would love to hear the pros/cons. We are thinking about doing black line on wood post (painted black) for a crisp look.
I LOVE my fence. I have 4 strand on wood posts 20-30’ apart. I have my stallion on one side, mares on the other. I have to tighten about once a year. I had a large oak tree come down on the fence. Cut it up, and the fence popped right back to perfect. One of my stallions tried to jump at night when I first put him in, as he couldn’t see it. He got caught in the top strands. Not a mark on him.
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Love mine too! First got it for my stallion at the old farm I was at, but I have had my mares and foals in with it too, and watched them bounce off of it without a scratch. I had a Clydesdale mare run into it, and the tensioner broke at the end of the line, but didn’t harm the fence. I’ve had trees down on it and it pops right back up after taking them off, and had one side get buried by a snowplow and I just pulled it back up and put it back on new insulators. When we got our own farm, I put my foot down and said that we were having that, I wasn’t ever going to change my kind of fencing. We have the white fence, and even in the snow I can look out with a glance and see all of my fence is up and where it should be! So worth the peace of mind to know my fence is up regardless of how many times the deer run into it.
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Wow this looks very nice! I have 3 acres to do how does the price compare to regular horse fence? What kind of macitence does it require ?
I have the Centaur version of this, it’s been up for 4 years now and I LOVE it!! It’s been very safe and low maintenance for us, and does it’s job at keeping the horses and cows in. Never had a fence related injury either.
A few words of advice:
- If you are installing put about twice the amount of cement in the braces than you think you need. This stuff is under quite a bit of tension.
- Stain your post black instead of paint. It will last longer.
- Black keeps it’s color well, white will mildew.
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Southern Yankee that looks really nice! And five black strands is what I am hoping to do one of these days 
(Neighboring cows…)
For those of you already using it, are you electrifying every strand or just a few? Looking at the Ramm info and pictures it looks like they only have insulators on 2 strands.
+We’re a dealer for Centaur and sell their White Lightning, Black Lightning, Brown Lightning coated electric high tensile fencing. Most customers love it…
almost all…
Many people use it in conjunction with PolyPlus (the non-electric version). Normal
configuration is top hot, next cold, middle hot, next cold, bottom hot. There is not a tremendous difference in price so some folks order all the electric and install it but only electrify a couple/three rows at first. They like having the ability to electrify the whole fence.
And yes, brace, brace the corners and end posts/gate posts just like the directions call for. No high power thinking.
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+We’re a dealer for Centaur and sell their White Lightning, Black Lightning, Brown Lightning coated electric high tensile fencing. Most customers love it…
almost all…
Many people use it in conjunction with PolyPlus (the non-electric version). Normal
configuration is top hot, next cold, middle hot, next cold, bottom hot. There is not a tremendous difference in price so some folks order all the electric and install it but only electrify a couple/three rows at first. They like having the ability to electrify the whole fence.
And yes, brace, brace the corners and end posts/gate posts just like the directions call for. No high power thinking.
Have the Cenflex version and LOVE it. Had a yearling slide in the mud and go under the bottom rail. The bracket on the post closest to where she went under popped off the post and the fencing flexed with the hit. She ended up on the other side of the fence unhurt. Took me quite awhile to figure out how she got in the other pasture because the fence looked unchanged. Could have been a huge vet bill with any other type fencing. Not a scratch on her. LOVE it.
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Does that fence, due to being hot, keep dogs, coyotes, etc out?
Yes, my fence where it is low will keep animals out. I electrify all 4 strands. My posts are pounded, not in concrete. Corners are braced (both sides) 8’ out with a wood post cross piece.
I bought my fence and supplies from BasqueMom. I gave her my fencing specs and she made sure I had every component I needed for a correct installation. It’s held up perfectly!
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I have the Centaur version of this, it’s been up for 4 years now and I LOVE it!! It’s been very safe and low maintenance for us, and does it’s job at keeping the horses and cows in. Never had a fence related injury either.
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Great looking fence!! How far did you space your posts? And what size post is that? Looks really good!
I am thinking of using Ramm fencing as well. I’m guessing wood posts have to be used?
I’m in the market for this fencing as well. We’ve been needing to replace our wood fencing for a few years, but haven’t gotten around to it. It is finally happening this spring! I’m between Ramm and Centaur, but it sounds like it doesn’t really matter. Does 1 of the 2 brands have better accessories/tensioners, or is there really no difference?
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I use the Centaur version and love it! I’ve had horses kick through it at other horses and the worst injury I have had is an abrasion (think rug burn) and the fence was fine.
I use a combo of wood posts and t-posts. the t-post were already there and they make a black plastic cover that goes over top of them to make them look like skinny wood posts. The cover already has notches in it to attach the wire with another plastic (heavy duty bread tie type) covered wire. The black plastic covers will kind of shimmy in the wind so sometimes you have to reattach the “bread ties” or top of the covers. Wood posts you have to paint and sometimes the wire will get loose from them too. (PS asphalt paint does not stick well to treated lumber) I end up painting all my wood brace posts once a year. So both posts require some minimal maintenance. I have had an entire paddock’s lines come down, (when someone turned off the electricity) and the fatties decided they needed the nice green grass on the other side. I could put all the lines back up, tighten the fence and get the horses back in, in about an hour by myself for a half acre paddock. Not to mention there was not a scratch on any of my 3 escape artists.
Did you hand paint your post or use a sprayer? Will it hurt the electric fence if you were to get paint on it?
We sprayed the post with black stain. They aren’t actually painted… but the stain had a better lifespan than the paint did. It shouldn’t hurt the fence to get some paint on it, but I wouldnt spray it with the fence up. We stained before installing the fence.
Our posts are on 12’ spacing and line posts are 4" or T-post depending on what mixture we have and where it is on the property.
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