Take a look at rotational grazing supplies at Kencove. Here is what I do.
I have a 6 wire 12.5ga high tensile perimeter fence. For internal fencing, I use some white 1/8in plastic rope wire that has stainless wires embedded. I put a step-in pigtail that has a white plastic insulator on top. Spaced 20 paces apart. I hook them to the perimeter fence on both sides with an insulator hook on one side and a gate hook that passes the electric on the other. Stays just as hot as the permanent fence and can be moved or removed in minutes. I use a orange electrical cord roll-up (cost about 7 bucks in any home center) to roll up the wire when not in use. I use these all summer and have never had a adult cow go thru it. The calves will sometimes go under it but they tend to stay pretty close to mama so not a problem. As the get older they respect it more. My fencer puts out 18K volts on the meter in the barn (Parmak SE4) and my portable meter usually shows about 8-9Kvolts at any point on the fence. The rolls of rope wire are made by many companies. The Gallager brand seems to hold up the best. I replace it every 3-4 years as it can age in the sun. A new roll of a couple thousand feet costs about 30 bucks.
No way I would be pounding in t-Posts...or removing them, on a temporary internal fence. A single really hot wire will keep them in...
Makes it really easy to remove it all if I have to cut hay or reseed. I also remove it all when in winter and the cows are in the dry lot.
John
This post was edited by Hogleg at 06:09:11 03/23/13.
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