New farm, let's build some stuff

[Alterration]

I feel you. We already have an arena, although the footing needs work, but the dust in the barn aisle was choking and I was over it, after 3 years of raking screenings dust. $5400 later, I have a beautiful aisle and I regret nothing. The original quotes were like $40k including the stalls and that was definitely not in budget so I had given up (it’s a 20 stall barn). So the right thing may come along!

I am excitedly following your tack room/feed room build. Right now I am using a combo of some empty stalls plus the shed, but I really want to do something different. Does it work for right now? Yes, but it feels janky.

[endlessclimb]

Got all the brace wire up that I could without having to slosh through mud. I hung my first gate - not a good idea when I still have to pull fence but it hasn’t been a great day and I just… wanted to see one up.

I’m ready to pull wire in a lot of places, so will focus on that for a bit.

[endlessclimb]

After realizing the two pulls I want to do first are just over 100 feet each, necessitating the 200’, 200# rolls, I decided I wasn’t in the mood for that and hung two more gates. These are in the sacrifice area where there will be just electric tape, so they shouldn’t be in the way.

[endlessclimb]

Started putting mats where I can in the grooming area. Do I stagger them? Or just side by side?

[jvanrens]

Staggering will require energy you can save for something else. I’ve never found the need to stagger mats, maybe a trial to see how they do on the patio stones. It’s possible the texture of the stones will help keep them in place.

[endlessclimb]

Started putting up wire. I’ve repaired this type of fencing before but have never put it up from scratch. Woo, the learning curve is steep and my hands are trashed.

[mmeqcenter]

Looking great!

[Alterration]

What about the learning curve was steep? Asking because I’m about to embark on fencing paddocks and was considering no climb.

[endlessclimb]

Just good techniques to loosen the knot to strip the ends, and the proper spot for the stretcher so you don’t end up with too much slack at the end.

Zero of it was fun and my hands are wrecked. Haha

[Alterration]

Gotcha! I’m torn between adding more Ramm and then doing electric to keep them off it vs the no climb , hence my question! Thanks!!!

[endlessclimb]

Could you do the electric Ram? That was my first choice but then I decided for the perimeter I wanted to keep dogs out.

[lenapesadie]

I have 5’ no climb on my perimeter fences that aren’t backed by shrubberies. I feel your pain.

[Alterration]

Do you mean the tape? Or the braid?

I have a few rolls of the regular ramm flex-fence that we have as perimeter and I was thinking of using that up (I don’t think it’s enough to do all the paddocks but I should have enough for one of them), although I’m kind of torn because the snob in me wants brown (right now all of my fencing is white, but I am painting the barn exterior a dark wedgewood blue with black trim, and I think a deep brown/black fence would go better).

Anyway - I am gunshy about “just” braid/electric, I saw a nasty compression injury with braid, and my childhood horse was badly injured with high tensile. I want to use the electric just as a “stay off it” kind of fence. If they have the regular flex that has electric in it that might be an option…

Off to look now!

[endlessclimb]

My neighbors horses got out, and ran onto county line road this morning - pretty busy street, bad news. Thank God they turned back down my driveway and I was able to hold them there until they were caught.

That was an adrenaline hit I did not need while finishing up a fence run - clip clop on pavement. Ahhh.

[mmeqcenter]

Wow! Glad there were no injuries

[endlessclimb]

I was thinking the tape. It’s got three tensile lines in it, the top one is hot.

[Simkie]

@Alterration

If they have the regular flex that has electric in it that might be an option…

Centaur does make a hot rail. And it comes in brown! (Or black, if you’d prefer that.)

Hot Rail 5" Rail Electric Fence

[Alterration]

Oooooh!!! Now we are cooking with crisco!

Thanks for the find. That makes me feel better the whole way around. I am totally paranoid about fencing. I’ve just had horses do way too many stupid things

[endlessclimb]

Another line pulled. Did it with the tractor and the come alongs, because I didn’t think I could get enough tension on such a short pull.

[luvmyhackney]

Looks great! I check this thread for my daily motivation!