Designed to Reduce Wind Resistance
StockGuard recommends usually to set the posts at a maximum of 5 metres apart. This means fewer attachment locations, but more vulnerability to the wind. In windy areas the spacing of the posts will usually need to be closer.
250 metres of tape represents the surface of a 9 metre square
sail, which is a lot on a windy day.
The combination of open weave and thickness of StockGuard tape
(much thicker than other brands) allows the wind to pass
through the weaving.
Fence tape that flaps in the wind will result in faster wear on
the fence. Do not twist the tape to keep it from flapping in the
wind.
The more you stretch the tape using our tensioners #36W, the more
the tape resists to the push of violent winds, those pushes
creating a repetitive mecanic friction, ending up destroying the
stainless steel filaments that ensure the continuity of the
electric flow. The StockGuard insulators will block the tape
preventing it from wiggling into them, and thus avoiding wear and
tear of the tape.
This picture (1-second exposure) taken in a 65 kilometre per hour wind shows the StockGuard tape holding steady (above) and a poor quality brand tape flapping below.