quicksandfarmer
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The point is that the wire is sold by length but quoted by acreage. They want to sell you a one-acre wire. How long is that? Well, it depends on the shape. It actually depends a lot.
Invisible fence
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The point is that the wire is sold by length but quoted by acreage. They want to sell you a one-acre wire. How long is that? Well, it depends on the shape. It actually depends a lot.
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Update: In a previous post I said that I would go with the wireless invisible fence. I tried it, but returned it. The signal was very weak in front of my house.As some may already be aware, any metal near the signal or in front or rear of the wifi signal gets weakened by the metal, hence my house has the styrofoam with the thin layer of metal on it. That's what degraded it. Great news , I did buy the stubborn dog fence that you bury. I also bought a countyline subsoiler (Thanks TSC) and did my own little mod to it (this project gave me a reason to get the subsoiler). I cut a short piece of PVC water pie and strapped it to the rear of the subsoiler using heavy duty electrical ties (got to get a picture & post). It worked, really surprised myself. My grandson walked behind the tractor (low in first gear) as it cut underground and buried the wire at the same time. I had read several reviews on the subsoiler and they really spoke bad of it. It worked for me. You have to go granny gear slow. Yes, ran into a lot of roots pine, oak, some I did not recognize. Broke through a lot of them, pulled up several and hung up on a few. Back up and go over. The wire does not have to be deep to begin with. Saved my back and knees a lot of trouble.
Tested the wire loop, got a green loop signal and placed the collar on my brittany. Well long story short he's been bitten sevarl times trying out the fence.I think he's tramatized, he won't get off the back porch. PetSafe Invisible fence (TSC) doing its job. I really thank TSC, the young man that helped me as well as their store manager that went above and beyond on getting the subsoiler transferred from the Fitzgerald store to the Eastman store. Now that's customer service!
Subnote: used almost two rolls of wire, probally near 800 or so feet.:cool2::dance1:
Tested the wire loop, got a green loop signal and placed the collar on my brittany. Well long story short he's been bitten sevarl times trying out the fence.I think he's tramatized, he won't get off the back porch. PetSafe Invisible fence (TSC) doing its job. I really thank TSC, the young man that helped me as well as their store manager that went above and beyond on getting the subsoiler transferred from the Fitzgerald store to the Eastman store. Now that's customer service!
Subnote: used almost two rolls of wire, probally near 800 or so feet.:cool2::dance1:
tjkubota93
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After the fence got her the first time, our beagle looked straight at us and pooped on the floor in the house to avoid going outside. (Guess the rolled up paper was preferable to the shock) She wouldn't go outside for a couple days. Funny now, not funny then. It wore off and the fence works great when the wire isn't broke.
bruceha2000
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Your point is accurate, your math is not
An acre, as a circle, would be radius 117.8' and take 740 linear feet of wire, the perfect square 835 linear feet. Don't even want to think about the cost of the rectangle in your example!
quicksandfarmer
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Around here the soil moves a lot when it freezes and thaws. Anything in the soil gets ground together when that happens. If the soil is wet stones get popped out like watermelon seeds.
I've had an invisible fence for the last 15 years, and installed it myself, 3 acres covered. I just used the center scarf on the box blade for the trench, it wasn't the cleanest way but it worked. I did have to replace the wire once, the solid wire used today is much more durable than the braded wire they sold on earlier systems. We have trained 3 dogs on the boundaries and all have done well. We did step up to the "stubborn dog collars" that Petsafe sales and heavy duty collars as those cheap plastic clip, cloth collars were getting lost and/or broken.
I believe mine does not like the taste of the shock or vibration (whatever it is). I figure in a few days or couple of weeks he'll venture further out. he got a full taste of it yesterday when I carrying some dried out plants to toss into the woodline he comes bounding along without a care in the world. he run right over the wire and it popped him. He yipped and made a 90 degree turn and run back over the boundary again and it hit him again. he yipped all the way to the house and was waiting at the steps when I got there. nOw if i just get him to stop chewing everything up. Puppy in him 6 months. What was even funnier, last night returning from church service he met me in the front in the garage. We have an alarm system, he heard it beeping as I punched in the number code to turn it off, his ears wet up and he hightailed it back to the back porch. He's learned that beep beep will bite you.