[Azzdodd]

Has anyone ever used these for fencing? I he about 30m of fence on my land that is poor but it's not my resposibility an the farmer doesn't plan on fixing it so I want to basically use pallets with posts inbeetween as fence there is a hedge there but dies in winter an not much good.....so I thought just infront of the hedge? He keeps his ewe lambs in the next field an my ram got in last year....6 ewes lambs in 2 hours!! He wasn't happy obviously but I stated its his fence to maintain but wasn't bothered said I need to control my ram!

[lachlanandmarcus]

if you are in Scotland it is normally shared responsibility, in England its often one side or the other, depending on the deeds etc, how have you concluded that it is definitely his resp?
......if its unclear then really if you own the stock that does the deed and is the one getting out then you should be fencing him so that your stock doesnt do that.
Pallets my sheep would just regard as a handy ladder/climbing frame, but they are Shetlands. But any ram in breeding season wouldnt see them as much barrier I wouldnt think.

[Yeoman]

My understanding was that as livestock keepers we need to ensure that our stock are kept secure.  If your neighbour owns a fence that happens to keep your stock secure then great.  If it doesn't then you could come to an agreement about strengthening his fence.  Alternatively, if an agreement couldn't be reached you would need to put your own fence up next to your neighbour's.
I'm not sure if Scottish law is different but I can't see how it would be fundamentally different.  Imagine if your stock got through your neighbours fence then went on to damage a third party's property e.g a greenhouse.  I don't think you could pass liability for the damage onto your neighbour due to their poor fencing.
I may be wrong though...

[JMB]

I've seen fences patched up with pallets and people use them for sheep races and lambing pens.
I can see that they might climb, depending on the breed, and little feet might get stuck, if the slats were lengthways. Having said that we have some post and rail fencing and ours don't climb that.
A few can jump though ( ours are hebs plus one Shetland) . Although they only jump if I'm rounding them up.
If your ram is athletic and takes a fancy to the ewes next door you may need more height.
J xxx

[OhLaLa]

I've seen a ewe push her head between pallet wood, have a wether who climbs anything and everything, and had a ewe who was a jumper, regardless of what she was trying to get over.
Maybe breaking the pallet wood up back into slats, removing all nails, and attaching to the wooden posts might be a better (but hard work) idea. Check for safety distances between the 'rails' before you attach to the posts, including the distance between ground and first rail.

[Foobar]

Or fill in the gaps of the pallets (taking the slats off other pallets), so that you have no gaps.  Nothing to use to climb on then.

[Azzdodd]

Long story how it all started I rent the land of a couple who got it with there house and they never used it they used to pay to get it cut! Anyway long story short the fence that was there was squashed by his sheep in a winter to get to good grass which didn't matter till I took the land on and then when u asked him to fix his reply was the hedge will grow back....I fixed the whole after my ram went through with a piece of site fencing but I want to build a more permanent fixture there and was trying to think of a cheap option before I stock fenced

[Marches Farmer]

Around here the fence is generally agreed to belong to the person on whose side the fencing staples are, as the fence will have been put up from that side ....

[escapedtothecountry]

You can be responsible for a fence but it is not your responsibility  to keep someone else's livestock out.... Only yours in.  I have no livestock and am responsible for a fence with a neighbour with sheep. If his sheep damage my fence he has to pay to rectify so he has put up electric fencing to keep his sheep in.


Pallets are great for so many things. Making compost bins; chairs coffee tables (yes I've tried all three) and probably great for some temporary fencing.

[zarzar]

hi we use pallets as a fence to our lambing/treatment pen and is best if you can get the slates as close together as possible if has gaps do them so that they cant climb them and get feet stuck, but i have never had a problem.