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What Is The Best Electric Fence For My Horse?

If you have owned horses for very long, you already know there is no such thing as “just a fence.” A horse fence has an important job. It needs to keep your horse where he belongs, be easy for him to see, stand up to weather and everyday farm use, and preferably not cost more than the horse standing behind it. That is why electric fencing has become such a practical choice for horse owners, and why Powerfields is a source horse owners trust.

Powerfields has always believed that a great horse-fencing system should be just that — a system. What began as a dream in a small Idaho town has grown into a premier horse-fencing line. From fencing and energizers to gates, reels, hardware, portable systems and accessories, Powerfields provides the components needed to build a complete electric-fencing solution. No piecing together products from half a dozen different companies. No wondering whether everything was designed to work together.

Safe-Fence — Made With Horses In Mind
For horse owners, one of the most interesting products in the lineup is Safe-Fence, the premier horse-fencing system. Safe-Fence uses wide, highly visible 1½-inch polytape that gives the horse a clear visual boundary. That matters. Horses are fast, powerful animals with a natural flight response, and a horse fence should be easy for the horse to see before he ever has a reason to test it.

Safe-Fence is available in several colors and roll lengths, with matching hardware designed specifically to work with the system — tensioners, insulators, gate components and connectors. Instead of piecing together parts from different manufacturers and hoping everything works together, horse owners can build a system designed to work as one. The result is a clean, attractive pasture boundary without the visual heaviness, or the expense, of some traditional horse-fencing options. Powerfields backs Safe-Fence with a substantial warranty when properly installed and maintained.

How High, And How Many Strands, For Horses?
This is the question that stops most people before they order. The answer depends on what you are containing and whether the fence is a boundary or a division. The chart below is the quick version — and it is exactly the sort of thing worth confirming with Powerfields for your own property before you buy.

Taking Your Horse Somewhere? Take The Fence With You.

One of the most useful Powerfields products may be the PF-R-60 Portable Polytape Corral. Anyone who camps with horses, trail rides, attends clinics or spends nights away from home understands how useful a portable corral can be.
The PF-R-60 creates approximately a 50-foot-by-50-foot portable corral using 200 feet of 1-inch Powerfields polytape. The system includes eight two-piece treaded posts, adjustable insulators, corner tie-downs, a ground rod, a lockable rewind reel and the Powerfields Trail 2 D-Cell Fence Charger.

Even better, the entire system packs into a rugged carrying bag and weighs only about 18 pounds — a usable temporary horse corral that travels in your truck or trailer without taking over the entire tack room.

Good Horse Fencing Needs Good Gates

We open and close pasture gates hundreds — maybe thousands — of times over the years, yet gates are often the last thing people think about when planning a fence. Several Powerfields gate options are manufactured right in the Idaho warehouse, by people who have been part of the company for decades.
The 1½-inch Polytape Gate Kit (R-22-W) creates an electrified gate opening within a Safe-Fence system, with the gate handle, tensioners, hook plate and 20 feet of polytape included, so the gate stays consistent with the rest of the fence.

The 2-Way Gate Latch (P-GL2W) allows a tube gate to open in either direction and helps prevent the gate end from sagging. More importantly for horse people, it can be operated with one hand, from horseback or while wearing gloves. Anyone who has wrestled a stubborn latch while sitting on a horse will understand the attraction immediately.
The Electric Bungy Gate Kit (P-BG) uses a highly visible red-and-white bungy cord that stretches from roughly 8 feet to 16 feet, with a heavy-duty gate handle — handy for temporary fencing, rotational grazing or a frequently used opening.

Want Better Control Of Your Pastures?

A permanent fence is permanent. Electric fencing lets you divide a pasture this month, move the division next month, rest one section of grass and open another as your horses and property change. If you have ever watched horses turn one part of a pasture into a putting green while ignoring another section entirely, you understand why controlled grazing is useful.
The Loaded 3:1 Geared Reel (P-RRK3-1320) is made for exactly this job.

It comes loaded with 1,320 feet of braided electric twine containing nine stainless-steel conductors, and the geared design makes retrieving the line far faster than winding hundreds of feet by hand. The reel hangs directly on the perimeter fence.
9-Wire Polywire (EW936-1320) is another useful option — the black-and-white design makes it more visible, and nine stainless-steel conductors provide strength and conductivity for temporary and semi-permanent divisions.

What If There Is No Electrical Outlet Anywhere Near The Fence?

Powerfields offers several styles of energizers, including plug-in, battery and solar-powered choices. For smaller portable applications, the .04 Joule Trail Charger (HP-B2D) operates on just two D-cell batteries and is rated for approximately one acre of multi-strand fencing — it is the charger included with the PF-R-60 Portable Polytape Corral.
For larger pastures you want Powerfields to help you choose an energizer sized for the fence you are actually running. Bigger is not always better, and too little energizer leaves you wondering why your fence isn't performing correctly.

Why Would We Call Powerfields?

Because horse owners don't just need products. We need solutions. We may know horses extremely well and still have questions about joules, grounding rods, voltage, conductor resistance, energizer size and how many strands of electric fence we actually need. Most of us would rather spend our time riding horses than becoming electrical-fence engineers.
Powerfields has more than 25 years of fencing experience and offers products for permanent fencing, portable horse corrals, rotational grazing, gates and complete electric-fence systems, along with fencing information, installation resources and dealers throughout the country.

Instead of guessing which parts you need from a shopping-cart page, call and tell them what you are trying to do. “I have four horses and six acres.” Or, “I need to divide my pasture.” Or, “I travel with my horse and need a portable corral.” Or simply, “I need a safe electric fence for my horses, and I don't know where to start.” Then let someone who understands fencing help you put the pieces together.

Give Your Horses A Fence They Can See, A Boundary They Can Respect
Whether you need to fence a permanent pasture, divide acreage for rotational grazing, create a temporary paddock, improve your gates or carry a portable corral on the road, Powerfields has the fencing products and experience to help you do it right. Call , email , and let the friendly people at Powerfields help you every step of the way.