2012 - Volume #36, Issue #5, Page #10
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Pvc Pipe Makes Great Electric Fenceposts
“It works great,” he says. “Just cut the pipe to the lengths you want and cut a slot in one end for the poly wire.”
Godwin used to raise chickens under contract. When the contract ended and the barns were torn down, lots of pvc pipe was left.
Godwin uses 1/8-in. electric tape fencing for his horses and realized the pipes would be ideal for holding it in place. He uses a jigsaw to cut the slot or groove about 1 1/2 to 2 in. deep. He drills a hole in the ground with an auger bit about 12 in. deep and slides the pipe in.
“I put a piece of tape over the top of the slot so the wind doesn’t pull it out,” says Godwin. “I’ve been using the same ones for three years. When I want to move the fence, I just pull up the post, drill another hole, and drop it in.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ken Godwin, 3805 Nathan Jordan Rd., Millry, Ala. 36558 (ph 251 846-2559).
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