I am about to install diamond mesh fencing with top board for my paddocks and am wondering if most horse people use the 50" or 58" high mesh fencing.
Also, do you put the board and inchh or 2 higher than the fence or the other way around?
What height diamond mesh does everyone use
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Well, I love the Diamond Mesh fencing and I used the 58" mainly because I wanted it to go to the ground to keep out stray dogs in the mare and foal pasture and since I'm raising Thoroughbreds for jumping I needed it to be tall enough so as not to tempt anyone to try jumping it. I also recommend a hot wire or tape on the top or a nice board trim. I think if I were doing my stallion paddocks over again though I'd use the 50" and raise it up off the ground some with a board at the bottom and also a board at the top. Then you only need the shorter v mesh wire. Whatever suits your particular needs is what it boils down to. Either way it makes for a maintenance free fence, and a very safe one!
I would not use the 50 inch for horses. If they can lean over the top, it will break down your fences that much faster. Are you using a strand of hot wire to keep them from rubbing on the fence? If not, I'd suggest setting up a scratching post (an old tubular brush from a street sweeper is great) so they'll rub on that and not on your fence.
"When I am on my deathbed, I imagine I will say, 'Thank God I did that'" - Arthur Hancock, on buying back Gato del Sol from Europe after Exceller was killed in a slaughterhouse in Sweden.
Depends on what type of horses you are fencing in, and how large the paddocks and pastures will be. For pastures for mares and foals, we wanted a 5 foot fence, so we used the 50" diamond mesh. It is set 1-2 inches above the ground, and we used 1" X 6" oak for the top board, and added a hot wire about an inch above the top board. You need to allow maybe an inch between the diamond mesh and top board to give you room to staple the top wire of the diamond mesh to the posts.
For small paddocks, colts, and stallions, I would go with the 58" set up the same way for a 5 1/2 foot fence since these fences are more likely to be challenged.
I definitely recommend adding a hot wire. Hot wire or tape gets the fence a lot more respect, and it discourages your horses from chewing the boards.
For small paddocks, colts, and stallions, I would go with the 58" set up the same way for a 5 1/2 foot fence since these fences are more likely to be challenged.
I definitely recommend adding a hot wire. Hot wire or tape gets the fence a lot more respect, and it discourages your horses from chewing the boards.
griff wrote:Majxmon
Horses will not lean across the top if there is a hoy wire at the top.. Hot wires are the best friend a horse can have.
griff
Duh, that's why I asked if he was using it.
Personally, I hate to have to use it because I am always stinging myself with it."When I am on my deathbed, I imagine I will say, 'Thank God I did that'" - Arthur Hancock, on buying back Gato del Sol from Europe after Exceller was killed in a slaughterhouse in Sweden.