I won't be carrying this
In this episode of The Fence Podcast, Brian T. Frederiksen highlights a specialized fencing product known as apron fence, also referred to as predator fence. While touring the facility, he comes across a massive roll of wire and learns it weighs about 200 pounds, making it anything but easy to carry. The discussion centers on how this type of fencing is used as a retrofit solution when existing fences are not enough to stop animals from digging underneath. The apron fence is laid on the predator side of an existing fence so that when animals like feral swine, coyotes, wolves, or even bears try to dig under it, they end up standing on the wire and cannot tunnel beneath the barrier. The episode also notes that similar methods are used for turtle fencing in Nevada, where the fencing must be bent or modified to prevent burrowing. Brian mentions that some products come with the apron built in, but this particular version is designed for retrofit applications and is sold in 330-foot rolls.
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(328 words)All right. So, we were walking through here and I noticed there's a a roll of wire being built that I uh thought I could carry until you told me it was a 200lb roll. But what's the deal with this? I mean, that is just out of everything I've seen in here, I haven't seen anything being made that was that short. What is the deal with this wire? This is that apron fence. So, this would be something that probably be a retrofit. Uh somebody put up a fence probably 8 foot tall, found it, maybe feral swine or coyotes or wolves or something or bear even digging under their fence. So now what they're doing is they're going to lay this apron fence down on the uh predator's side and when the predator comes to dig under the fence, he'll actually be standing on the fence. He'll try to dig, but he'll get into this and he won't be able to dig under your fence. So it's we call it an apron fence or a predator fence. Yeah. So I mean we use them for turtles. I think I was telling you we have turtle fencing in Nevada where we got to kind of go and bend the fence. Yeah. Same thing. So they can't dig and dig underneath it. We have a product that actually has the apron built in. Um, but this is a kind of a retrofit job. So, this comes in uh what are the lengths of these rolls? I mean, that's a big roll. 330 foot rolls, but it's a 2x4. So, it's still 330 ft. Couple hundred lb. I don't think I'm going to be carrying that thing around too easy. Uh, you know, I don't even working out. Not going to happen. All right, John. Walking around here, everywhere I go is just something really cool to see. Let's go see what we can see on the other
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