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key
icon description
easy to use easy to use
moderately easy to use moderately easy to use
not very easy to use not very easy to use
Not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty Not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty
accessible with ease accessible with ease
lower cost lower cost
medium cost medium cost
higher cost higher cost

Fences : Evaluation Summary

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  Stockproof
(Cattle & Horses)		 Stockproof
(Sheep)		 Visual
Appearance		 Installation Cost
(/unit length)		 Ease of
Installation

Suitability for use
alongside
Public Paths
5.1 Post & Wire Fence with
Timber Droppers		 accessible with ease accessible with ease moderately easy to use lower cost not very easy to use not very easy to use
5.2 Post & Wire Fence accessible with ease accessible with ease moderately easy to use medium cost not very easy to use moderately easy to use
5.3 Post & Wire Fence with Top Rail accessible with ease accessible with ease easy to use medium cost not very easy to use easy to use
5.4 Post & Pig Net Fence with Top Wire accessible with ease accessible with ease moderately easy to use medium cost moderately easy to use moderately easy to use
5.5 Post & Pig Net Fence with Top Rail
accessible with ease accessible with ease moderately easy to use medium cost moderately easy to use easy to use
5.6 Post & Rabbit Net Fence
not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty not very easy to use lower cost moderately easy to use not very easy to use
5.7 Post & Five Rail Timber Fence
accessible with ease accessible with ease moderately easy to use higher cost moderately easy to use moderately easy to use
5.8 Post & Four Rail Timber Fence
accessible with ease accessible with ease easy to use higher cost moderately easy to use easy to use
5.9 Post & Three Rail Timber Fence
accessible with ease not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty easy to use medium cost easy to use easy to use
5.10 Birdsmouth Timber Fence not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty easy to use medium cost easy to use easy to use
5.11 Single Rail Barrier Fence not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty
 not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty
 easy to use
lower cost
 easy to use
easy to use


Notes

1 May be stockproof, but not suitable for use where this type of
livestock is present because of damage to netting

2 Stockproof except for small hill lambs

3 Stockproof for cattle and horses, but cattle may put their heads
through the fence and pull off the rails