Did you know that 40 years ago the rural fencing scene was a real gentleman’s game?

They produced good products at fair prices-and only sold you what you needed to get the job DONE RIGHT.

In the old days one BIG fencing Manufacturer gave you the facts:

That the best fencing for the long run was elastic-with steel posts arranged to support high tensile strands at the correct height and intermediate lightweight droppers to hold the strands apart at the right spacing.

The steel posts had to be spaced sufficiently far apart so that they didn’t interfere with the strands being able to elastically absorb stock impact.

A fact from the fencing supplier:

The BIG fencing supplier has pointed out in their literature that placing the steel post closer together actually increases the bending loads on the posts near the point of stock impact and PERVENTS elastic fencing from working as effectively.

The Result?

They flood the market with tonnes of steel posts and through clever marketing, convince you that rigid fencing isn’t that bad after all-which means (it’s a miracle) you need to buy tonnes and tonnes of steel posts.

Why?

1. They want to sell more steel.
2. The fence dropper solution they offer is time consuming to install and stays bent after heavy impact.

Here is where you Save …

• SAVE $$$ … ON MATERIAL COSTS

  • A fence post is 3 to 4 times the price of a Lightning Fence Dropper

• SAVE TIME AND $$$ … ON LABOUR COSTS

  • It takes over a minute to install and wire/clip up a post and
  • It takes less than 10 seconds to install a Lightning Fence Dropper

• SAVE $$$ … ON TRANSPORT COSTS

  • 1,000 star posts weigh approx. 3,400 kg
  • 1,000 Lightning Fence Droppers weighs less than 200 kg

• HELP SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT

  • Making the wire for a Lightning fence dropper produces at least 1/20th of the air pollution created making a steel post

• SAVE TIME AND $$$ … ON REPAIRS

  • Using more droppers and less fence posts creates a stronger fence with greater elasticity imposing less strain on your posts when impacted by an animal.
  • An elastic fence bounces back after an animal strike resulting in a very low maintenance fence.

To demonstrate this theory, we had four fencing contractors put together a quote based on the identical specifications.

The results showed an average saving of $506.00 per kilometre in material costs alone. (See below)

In the quote below, the only thing that has changed is the replacement of every 2nd post with a Lightning Fence dropper, resulting in:

• Posts being spaced further apart
• Less clips being used
• Less pressure on the posts when the fence is impacted
• A savings of $506.39 per kilometre in material costs.
• A further savings of 50 hours or more in labour costs

(conservatively 45 seconds per post x 4000 posts = 50 hours)