Electric fence and a pond

notjustair · May 21, 2016

Someone help me out - I know I have seen this somewhere but can't find it on the web. I need to cross fence a pasture with electric fence to rotate cattle. I saw electric fence posts that float to get your wire to divide the pond in half. I can't remember whether it was an article or at a farm show or what. It's been many years. The only thing I can find online is homemade. I thought there was something I could buy. Anyone?

ditchwitch · May 21, 2016

Can you use 3/4 black water pipe to run your electric wire in and let it float across the water???

farmerwithmutt · May 21, 2016

How about a plastic barrel and clamp an fence post to it

john in la · May 21, 2016

I kind of remember reading something about this a while back.
Think it was called slough post or slough stick. Something like that.
Built by a company in Canada.
Is basically a round floating device that you can put a plastic stick into.
Will sit flat on the ground and float up as water rises or falls.

Greg1959 · May 21, 2016

Sounds kinda easy to make...A inner tube, 4-way cross-member zipped tied on with a PVC tube for a post.

john in la · May 21, 2016

Yes if I remember correctly it looked something like a diver buoy.
Instead of having a flag it has a short post to tie the fence wire to.
Basically a hunk of water proof Styrofoam about 2 feet in diameter and 3 or 4 inches thick.
Just big enough to give the wire/post floatation.
The fence wire is enough to keep them from floating around in the wind.

Greg1959 · May 21, 2016

John in La- Sounds like your idea would work a whole lot better.

Dr. Walt · May 22, 2016

FARM SHOW Magazine - 2006 - Volume #30, Issue #1, Page #27

"Slough Sticks" Make It Easy To Fence Through Water.

https://www.farmshow.com/a_article.php?aid=18902

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jeffcat · May 22, 2016

Like the idea of the Slough sticks. Now here is another way to try it. I have posted pictures with my big clump of Bamboo. That stuff is almost 1 1/4 across and gets a good 20 feet tall. Darn near perfectly straight and very tough. Cut from the bottom where it is the biggest and drive it into the mud. You can drill holes with your cordless and put insulators on with some stove bolts. Just a different way to do things. Now on the farm there was a fence that crossed a stream. One or twice a year it would flood and take out the fence. I fashioned a couple of floats from 2 inch PVC and hooked them to the barb wire. Worked several times and the other times a tree would wipe it out. Looked cute with these plastic tubes hanging on the wire.

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