There’s got to be a better way of shifting electric mesh paddock fencing

I’d love to have some Green Hat thinking (creative) on this.

First an observation—-when my better half helps me move the paddock it takes a half hour, when I do it alone it generally takes 2. It involves capturing the dog, tethering, going over to turn off the current, getting things tangled, getting them untangled. . .

But if two hours can be fun fun fun it’s no big deal, it’s nothing terrible.

Or if it can be so fun the whole neighborhood wants to participate and no one need be “noble” or in a good place in their life or anything, but it is just the funnest thing to do at that point in the week…

Or if it is magically able to be stretchy and all-natural materials and long-lasting and affordable…

Anyone wanna play with some ideas ?  

(Green Hat thinking can be picking a random word and then letting your mind explain why that’s a solution…)

How much fence are you moving? It takes me ~30 minutes to move about 300 feet of electric netting, and that includes time to mow the path of the net. If it's getting tangled, then there is a better way. Hard to describe in words, but here goes. I pick up the poles, hold them together, and drag the intervening flaps of net behind me. I wouldn't call it creative, but it works fine for me and others. How much of your 2 hours is devoted to chasing and tethering the dog?

Hi Joshua,
I would second the question of how much fencing. That sounds like a huge fence, or perhaps using a different technique would help make it more efficient. Also, what is your setup like? A lot of trees and bushes in the area? Or A wide open pasture?

I had a 100' electric poultry net with a solar charger that I would move every couple days. Once I got the hang of it, if I was by my self, I could move everything (fence, charger, coop, feeder, waterer) to a new spot in about 20 minutes. It would be twice that long if the kids helped, but when they helped it was more fun, so I didn't mind.

I would start at one end and hold the poles in my right hand. I would stretch out my left hand and put a loop over my left thumb... it was about half way to the next pole. I would then use my left arm to hold the fence tight while swinging my right hand around to grab the next pole. I would repeat this wiffle waffle thing until I had it all, and then do it in reverse to setup the next spot. It would rarely tangle doing it this way.

***Edit - PS if I needed a bigger area, I would still have shorter lengths of fence and put  them together. I have tried doing a 200ft length by myself, and I couldn't do it myself without getting it tangled.